Definition of Family bufonidae

1. Noun. True toads.

Exact synonyms: Bufonidae
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Family
Group relationships: Anura, Batrachia, Order Anura, Order Batrachia, Order Salientia, Salientia
Member holonyms: True Toad, Genus Bufo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Bufonidae

family Bovidae
family Bradypodidae
family Bramidae
family Branchiobdellidae
family Branchiostegidae
family Branchiostomidae
family Brevicipitidae
family Bromeliaceae
family Brotulidae
family Bruchidae
family Bryaceae
family Buccinidae
family Bucconidae
family Bucerotidae
family Bufonidae
family Burhinidae
family Burmanniaceae
family Burseraceae
family Buxaceae
family Cactaceae
family Caeciliadae
family Caeciliidae
family Caenolestidae
family Caesalpiniaceae
family Callionymidae
family Calliphoridae
family Callithricidae
family Callitrichaceae
family Calostomataceae

Literary usage of Family bufonidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Frequents swampy grounds. The food of all these species consists of insects. family bufonidae. " Toads." Genus BOFO. ..."

2. Convergence in Evolution by Arthur Willey (1911)
"We may now consider the case of two genera of toads belonging to one family (Bufonidae) of a large order (Batrachia-Anura). These show several exceptional ..."

3. Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated Animals by Frank Evers Beddard (1905)
"But in this case some of the family Bufonidae, the toads par excellence, will have to be excluded. On the whole the term toad had ..."

4. The Balance of Nature and Modern Conditions of Cultivation: A Practical by George Abbey (1909)
"... of amphibian Vertebrata and family Bufonidae, which is distinguished by the toes of the hind feet being slightly webbed, but not so perfectly as in the ..."

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