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Myobatrachidae  Schlegel in Gray, 1850
Taxonomic Serial No.: 208090

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Rheobatrachidae Heyer and Liem, 1976
  
  Common Name(s): Australian Frogs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                            SuperfamilyMyobatrachoidea Schlegel, 1850  
                               FamilyMyobatrachidae Schlegel in Gray, 1850 – Australian Frogs  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Genus Anstisia Webster and Bool, 2022  
                                  Genus Arenophryne Tyler, 1976  
                                  Genus Assa Tyler, 1972  
                                  Genus Crinia Tschudi, 1838  
                                  Genus Geocrinia Blake, 1973  
                                  Genus Metacrinia Parker, 1940  
                                  Genus Mixophyes Günther, 1864  
                                  Genus Myobatrachus Schlegel in Gray, 1850  
                                  Genus Paracrinia Heyer and Liem, 1976  
                                  Genus Pseudophryne Fitzinger, 1843  
                                  Genus Rheobatrachus Liem, 1973  
                                  Genus Spicospina Roberts, Horwitz, Wardell-Johnson, Maxson and Mahony, 1997  
                                  Genus Taudactylus Straughan and Lee, 1966  
                                  Genus Uperoleia Gray, 1841  
       

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  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: Myobatrachidae   
       
  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: Myobatrachidae   
       
  Source: Duellman In Parker, 1982, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Myobatrachidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Myobatrachidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Frost, Darrel R.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition   
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  Publisher: Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.   
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  Reference for: Myobatrachidae   
       

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