anuran

Definitions of anuran

1. adjective

   relating to frogs and toads
   synonyms: batrachian, salientian
2. noun

   any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
   synonyms: batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog

   types:

   ranid, true frog

   insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs

   leptodactylid, leptodactylid frog

   toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arboreal

   robber frog

   small terrestrial frog of tropical America

   Hylactophryne augusti, barking frog, robber frog

   of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark

   Leptodactylus pentadactylus, South American bullfrog, crapaud

   large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog

   tree frog, tree-frog

   any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes

   Ascaphus trui, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed frog, tailed toad

   western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ

   Liopelma hamiltoni

   primitive New Zealand frog with four unwebbed toes on forefeet and five on hind feet

   true toad

   tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin

   Alytes obstetricans, midwife toad, obstetrical toad

   European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch

   Alytes cisternasi, midwife toad

   similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians

   Bombina bombina, fire-bellied toad

   toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside

   spadefoot, spadefoot toad

   a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot

   tree frog, tree toad, tree-frog

   arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America

   Gastrophryne olivacea, western narrow-mouthed toad

   small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America

   Gastrophryne carolinensis, eastern narrow-mouthed toad

   small toad of southeastern United States

   sheep frog

   mostly of Central America

   tongueless frog

   almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America

   South American poison toad

   a South American toad

   Rana sylvatica, wood frog, wood-frog

   wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce

   Rana pipiens, leopard frog, spring frog

   common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots

   Rana catesbeiana, bullfrog

   largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice

   Rana clamitans, green frog, spring frog

   similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada

   Rana cascadae, cascades frog

   mountain frog found near water; of United States Northwest to California

   Rana goliath, goliath frog

   largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa

   Rana palustris, pickerel frog

   a meadow frog of eastern North America

   Rana tarahumarae, tarahumara frog

   Mexican frog found within a jump or two of water

   Rana temporaria, grass frog

   a common semiterrestrial European frog

   bufo

   any toad of the genus Bufo

   Bufo marinus, agua, agua toad

   largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests

   Bufo bufo, European toad

   common toad of Europe

   Bufo calamita, natterjack

   common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops

   American toad, Bufo americanus

   common toad of America

   Bufo viridis, Eurasian green toad

   Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring

   American green toad, Bufo debilis

   small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes

   Bufo canorus, Yosemite toad

   of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders

   Bufo speciosus, Texas toad

   nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest

   Bufo microscaphus, southwestern toad

   a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States

   Bufo boreas, western toad

   of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies

   Scaphiopus hammondii, western spadefoot

   this spadefoot toad live in California

   Scaphiopus multiplicatus, southern spadefoot

   this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States

   Scaphiopus bombifrons, plains spadefoot

   this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains

   Hyla crucifer, spring peeper

   a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring

   Hyla regilla, Pacific tree toad

   the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America

   Hyla arenicolor, canyon treefrog

   a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico

   chameleon tree frog

   a form of tree toad

   cricket frog

   either of two frogs with a clicking call

   chorus frog

   any of several small North American frogs having a loud call

   Pternohyla fodiens, lowland burrowing treefrog, northern casque-headed frog

   terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest

   Pipa americana, Pipa pipa, Surinam toad

   a South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back

   African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis

   a tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals

   type of:

   amphibian

   cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form