A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE CLASS AMPHIBIA 



Order Ecaudata: 



THE TAILLESS AMPHIBIANS: FROGS AND TOADS 



FAMILIES TYPICAL SPECIES 



Rana clamata. 



Water Frogs . . . Ra'ni-dae . 



Wood Frog 

 Tree Frogs Hy'li-dae Tree Frog. 



American 



Toad 



Burrowing 



Common 

 Frog .... 



Bull Frog Rana catetsbiana. 



Rana sylvatica. 



Toads Bu-fon' i-dae . . . 



Pel-o-bat'i-dae. . , 



Toads. 



Hyla versicolor. 

 Bufo lentiginosus. 



Spade-Foot . i r, , ■ , ,, , - 



rp bcapliiopus liolbrooia. 



Salamanders 



Order Urodela: 

 tailed amphibians 



AXOLOTL. . 



Sal-a-vian'dri- 

 dae 



Amphiumas Am-phi-u'midae 



Amblystoma mavor- 

 y tium. 



Spotted Sal- 1 Amblystoma punda- 

 amander . . J turn. 



Newt Triton viridescens. 



I Cryptobranchus (Me- 

 Hellbender I nopoma) alleghani- 



[ ensis. 

 Congo 



"Snake" 

 Menobran- 



Amphiuma means. 



chus or |- Necturus maculatus. 



Mud-Puppies . . Pro-te'i-dae j 



[ Mud-Puppy 

 Sirens Si-ren'i-dae Mud "Eel". .Siren lacertina 



Caectlians . 



Order Apoda: 



LEGLESS and WORM-LIKE AMPHIBIANS 



^, .,.,. , [ Typtilonedes comvres- 



. (Joe-ci-h i-dae "^ . , ' 



[ sicauda. 



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