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Anura 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173423

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Rana cordofana (Steindachner, 1867)
  
  Common Name(s): Frogs [English]
  
    perereca [Portuguese]
  
    rã [Portuguese]
  
    sapo [Portuguese]
  
    crapauds [French]
  
    grenouilles [French]
  
    Toads [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderAnura  – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads  
    Direct Children:  
                            FamilyAllophrynidae Goin, Goin and Zug, 1978  
                            FamilyAlsodidae Mivart, 1869  
                            FamilyAlytidae Fitzinger, 1843  
                            FamilyArthroleptidae Mivart, 1869  
                            FamilyAscaphidae Fejérváry, 1923 – Tailed Frogs 
                            FamilyBatrachylidae Gallardo, 1965  
                            FamilyBombinatoridae Gray, 1825  
                            FamilyBrevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850  
                            FamilyBufonidae Gray, 1825 – Bufonids, bufonidés, crapauds, Toads 
                            FamilyCalyptocephalellidae Reig, 1960  
                            FamilyCentrolenidae Taylor, 1951 – Glass Frogs, Leaf Frogs 
                            FamilyCeratobatrachidae Boulenger, 1884  
                            FamilyCeratophryidae Tschudi, 1838  
                            FamilyConrauidae Dubois, 1992  
                            FamilyCycloramphidae Bonaparte, 1850  
                            FamilyDicroglossidae Anderson, 1871  
                            FamilyEricabatrachidae Dubois, Ohler and Pyron, 2021  
                            FamilyHeleophrynidae Noble, 1931 – Ghost Frogs 
                            FamilyHemiphractidae Peters, 1862  
                            FamilyHemisotidae Cope, 1867  
                            FamilyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815 – Hylids, New World Tree Frogs, Treefrogs, hylidés, hylidés arboricoles, Hylid Frogs 
                            FamilyHylodidae Günther, 1858  
                            FamilyHyperoliidae Laurent, 1943 – African Reed Frogs 
                            FamilyLeiopelmatidae Mivart, 1869 – Leiopelmatids, Ribbed Frogs, Tailed Frogs 
                            FamilyLeptodactylidae Werner, 1896 – Leptodactylids, Neotropical Frogs, grenouilles néotropicales, Leptodactylid Frogs 
                            FamilyMantellidae Laurent, 1946  
                            FamilyMegophryidae Bonaparte, 1850  
                            FamilyMicrixalidae Dubois, Ohler and Biju, 2001  
                            FamilyMicrohylidae Günther, 1858 – Microhylids, Microhylid Frogs 
                            FamilyNasikabatrachidae Biju and Bossuyt, 2003  
                            FamilyNyctibatrachidae Blommers-Schlösser, 1993  
                            FamilyOdontobatrachidae Barej, Schmitz, Günther, Loader, Mahlow and Rödel, 2014  
                            FamilyOdontophrynidae Lynch, 1969  
                            FamilyPelobatidae Bonaparte, 1850 – Archaic Frogs, Pelobatids, Spadefoots 
                            FamilyPelodryadidae Günther, 1858  
                            FamilyPelodytidae Bonaparte, 1850 – European Spadefoot Toads 
                            FamilyPetropedetidae Noble, 1931  
                            FamilyPhrynobatrachidae Laurent, 1941  
                            FamilyPhyllomedusidae Günther, 1858  
                            FamilyPipidae Gray, 1825 – Tongueless Frogs 
                            FamilyPtychadenidae Dubois, 1987  
                            FamilyPyxicephalidae Bonaparte, 1850  
                            FamilyRanidae Batsch, 1796  
                            FamilyRanixalidae Dubois, 1987  
                            FamilyRhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932 – Old World Tree Frogs 
                            FamilyRhinodermatidae Bonaparte, 1850 – Darwin's Frogs 
                            FamilyRhinophrynidae Günther, 1858 – Burrowing Toads 
                            FamilyScaphiopodidae Cope, 1865  
                            FamilySooglossidae Noble, 1931 – Seychelle Frogs 
                            FamilyTelmatobiidae Fitzinger, 1843  
                            SuperfamilyBrachycephaloidea Günther, 1858  
                            SuperfamilyDendrobatoidea Cope, 1865  
                            SuperfamilyMyobatrachoidea Schlegel, 1850  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Anura    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: crapauds[French], grenouilles [French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: perereca[Portuguese], rã [Portuguese], sapo [Portuguese]   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Anura   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Anura   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Anura   
       
  Source: ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy, document (version Animalia)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall   
  Reference for: Anura   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Anura   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Anura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Anura   
       

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