Definition of Order batrachia

1. Noun. Frogs, toads, tree toads.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Batrachia

order Anthocerotales
order Anura
order Aphyllophorales
order Aplacophora
order Apodes
order Apodiformes
order Apterygiformes
order Arales
order Araneae
order Araneida
order Aristolochiales
order Artiodactyla
order Aspergillales
order Auriculariales
order Batoidei
order Batrachia
order Belemnoidea
order Bennettitales
order Berycomorphi
order Blastocladiales
order Branchiura
order Bryales
order Campanulales
order Caprimulgiformes
order Carnivora
order Caryophyllales
order Casuariiformes
order Casuarinales
order Caudata
order Cestida

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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