A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE CLASS AMPHIBIA 



Order Ecaudata: 



THE TAILLESS AMPHIBIANS: FROGS AND TOADS 



FAMILIES TYPICAL SPECIES 



Water Frogs . . . Ra 'n i-dae < 



Tree Frogs Hy' 7 i-dae 



Toads Bu-f on' i-dae. . . , 



Burrowing 



Toads. . . , 



Pel-o-bat' i-dae. 



Common 



Frog 



Bull Frog. . 

 Wood Frog. 

 Tree Frog . 

 American 



Toad 



Spade-Foot 

 Toad 



Rana da mat a. 



. Rana catesbiana. 

 . Rana sylvotica. 

 . Hi/la versicolor. 



Bufo lentiginosus. 

 Scaphiopus holbrooki. 



Order Urodela: 

 tailed amphibians 



AXOLOTL. . . . 



Salamanders 



Sid-a-nian'dri- 

 dae 



■ Spotted Sal- 

 amander. . 

 . Newt 



Ampiiiumas Am-phi-u' midae 



Mi d-Puppii ■> 

 Sirens 



Pro-te' i-dae. 



Hellbender 



Congo 



"Snake".. 

 Menobran- 



CHUS OR 



MuD-PlPPY 



Amblystoma mavor- 



\ Hum. 



Amblystoma punrta- 



tum. 

 . Triton viridesccns. 

 ( 'ri/pfobrancJuis (Mc- 

 nopoma) aUeghani- 

 ensis. 



Amphiuma means. 



j- Necturus maculaius. 



] . 



Si-ren'i-dae Mud "Eel". .Siren laccrtina. 



(' akcilians Coe-ci-li i-dae 



Order Apoda: 

 legless and worm-like amphibians 



Typtilonectes compres- 



sica 



uda. 



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