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Definition of Family Pelobatidae
1. Noun. The amphibian family of spadefoot toads.
Exact synonyms: Pelobatidae
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Family
Group relationships: Anura, Batrachia, Order Anura, Order Batrachia, Order Salientia, Salientia
Member holonyms: Genus Scaphiopus, Scaphiopus, Spadefoot, Spadefoot Toad
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Family
Group relationships: Anura, Batrachia, Order Anura, Order Batrachia, Order Salientia, Salientia
Member holonyms: Genus Scaphiopus, Scaphiopus, Spadefoot, Spadefoot Toad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Pelobatidae
Literary usage of Family Pelobatidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... the region agrees with Ethiopia in possessing representatives of the limbless
Apoda, but differs in the presence of frogs of the family Pelobatidae, ..."
2. Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an by Nelson Annandale, Herbert C. Robinson (1903)
"... KUHL, a toad belonging to the family Pelobatidae, presented certain features
of interest, and I now propose to record my observations on its anatomy and ..."
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