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Definition of Order Batrachia
1. Noun. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Amphibia, Class Amphibia
Member holonyms: Family Ranidae, Ranidae, Family Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylidae, Family Polypedatidae, Polypedatidae, Ascaphidae, Family Ascaphidae, Family Leiopelmatidae, Family Liopelmidae, Leiopelmatidae, Liopelmidae, Bufonidae, Family Bufonidae, Discoglossidae, Family Discoglossidae, Family Pelobatidae, Pelobatidae, Family Hylidae, Hylidae, Brevicipitidae, Family Brevicipitidae, Family Microhylidae, Microhylidae, Family Pipidae, Pipidae
Derivative terms: Salientian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Batrachia
Literary usage of Order Batrachia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"[Order BATRACHIA.] THE TOAD [Bufo vulgaris, Laureati], Toad», when they spawn,
have the ova taken up by the mouths of tin' m ¡din-is ; and, ..."
2. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Histological Series Contained by John Quekett (1855)
"Order BATRACHIA. THE Class Reptilia is divided into four orders, viz. Batrachia,
Ophidia, Chelonia and Sauria. The skeleton of these animals is much more ..."
3. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1854)
"Order BATRACHIA. (Newts, Salamanders, Frogs, Toads : the body naked: the skull
joined to the vertebral column by two condyles: ribs short or absent: ..."
4. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"axilla, or Blind Snake; which has the general form of the snake tribe, but which,
in fact, really belongs to the order Batrachia, having a skin destitute of ..."
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