Frogs & Toads

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Superclass: Tetrapoda

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura (Frogs & Toads)

 

Total: approximately 5,503 frogs & toad species in the world

Total: 30 species in Alabama

 

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True Toads

Family: Bufonidae

approximately 503 Bufonidae species in the world - 4 in Alabama

 

Microhylid Frogs

Family: Microhylidae

approximately 433 Microhylidae species in the world - 1 in Alabama

 

Tree Frogs

Family: Hylidae

approximately 846 Hylidae species in the world - 16 in Alabama

 

Spadefoot Toads

Family: Pelobatidae

11 Pelobatidae species in the world - 1 in Alabama

 

Neotropical Frogs

Family: Leptodactylidae

approximately 1301 Leptodactylidae species in the world - 1 in Alabama

True Frogs

Family: Ranidae

approximately 810 Ranidae species in the world - 10 in Alabama

 

 

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