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AMPHIBIAN FAMILY
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I. (noun)
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Classified under:
Hypernyms ("amphibian family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amphibian family"):
Caeciliadae; Caeciliidae; family Caeciliadae; family Caeciliidae (coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians)
family Xenopodidae; Xenopodidae (in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae)
family Pipidae; Pipidae (tongueless frogs)
Brevicipitidae; family Brevicipitidae; family Microhylidae; Microhylidae (narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide)
family Hylidae; Hylidae (the amphibian family of tree frogs)
family Pelobatidae; Pelobatidae (the amphibian family of spadefoot toads)
Discoglossidae; family Discoglossidae (family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue)
Bufonidae; family Bufonidae (true toads)
family Leiopelmatidae; family Liopelmidae; Leiopelmatidae; Liopelmidae (primitive New Zealand frogs)
Ascaphidae; family Ascaphidae (family of one species of frog: tailed frog)
family Polypedatidae; Polypedatidae (Old World tree frogs)
family Leptodactylidae; Leptodactylidae (New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae)
family Ranidae; Ranidae (a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs)
family Sirenidae; Sirenidae (sirens)
Amphiumidae; family Amphiumidae (congo snakes)
family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)
Dicamptodontidae; family Dicamptodontidae (large and small highly aquatic salamanders)
Cryptobranchidae; family Cryptobranchidae (large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders)
Ambystomatidae; family Ambystomatidae (New World salamanders)
family Salamandridae; Salamandridae (salamanders)
Holonyms ("amphibian family" is a member of...):
Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)