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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Amphibians > Anura

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Anura  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Frogs and Toads
  • Toads and Frogs

Note

  • NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal

Scope note

  • An order of the class Amphibia, which includes several families of frogs and toads. They are characterized by well developed hind limbs adapted for jumping, fused head and trunk and webbed toes. The term "toad" is ambiguous and is properly applied only to the family Bufonidae.

History note

  • 81; FROGS & TOADS were headings 1964-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001001

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