amphibian family

/æmˌfɪbiən ˌfæm(ə)li/

Definitions of amphibian family

1. noun

   any family of amphibians
   types:

   Salamandridae, family Salamandridae

   salamanders

   Ambystomatidae, family Ambystomatidae

   New World salamanders

   Cryptobranchidae, family Cryptobranchidae

   large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders

   Dicamptodontidae, family Dicamptodontidae

   large and small highly aquatic salamanders

   Plethodontidae, family Plethodontidae

   small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults

   Amphiumidae, family Amphiumidae

   congo snakes

   Sirenidae, family Sirenidae

   sirens

   Ranidae, family Ranidae

   a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs

   Leptodactylidae, family Leptodactylidae

   New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae

   Polypedatidae, family Polypedatidae

   Old World tree frogs

   Ascaphidae, family Ascaphidae

   family of one species of frog: tailed frog

   Leiopelmatidae, Liopelmidae, family Leiopelmatidae, family Liopelmidae

   primitive New Zealand frogs

   Bufonidae, family Bufonidae

   true toads

   Discoglossidae, family Discoglossidae

   family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue

   Pelobatidae, family Pelobatidae

   the amphibian family of spadefoot toads

   Hylidae, family Hylidae

   the amphibian family of tree frogs

   Brevicipitidae, Microhylidae, family Brevicipitidae, family Microhylidae

   narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide

   Pipidae, family Pipidae

   tongueless frogs

   Xenopodidae, family Xenopodidae

   in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae

   Caeciliadae, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliadae, family Caeciliidae

   coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians

   type of:

   family

   (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera