Pelobatidae

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
חפריתיים
Name (Latin)
Pelobatidae
Name (Arabic)
بيلوباتيدا
Other forms of name
Archaic frogs
Burrowing toads
Eurasian spadefoot toads
Eurasian spadefoots
Frogs, Archaic
Pelobatids
Spadefoot toads, Eurasian
Spadefoots, Eurasian
See Also From tracing topical name
Anura
Toads
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q720765
Library of congress: sh 85099292
Sources of Information
  • ITIS, Apr. 28, 2004(Family Pelobatidae -- archaic frogs, pelobatids, Spadefoots)
  • NatureServe explorer, via WWW, Apr. 28, 2004(taxonomic comments under each species of Scaphiopus and Spea: Garcia-Paris et al. (2003) used mtDNA to examine the phylogenetic relationships of Pelobatoidea and found that the family Pelobatidae, as previously defined, is not monophyletic (Pelobates is sister to Megophryidae, not to Spea/Scaphiopus). They split the Pelobatidae into two families: Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates), which retain the name Pelobatidae, and North American spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus, Spea), which make up the revived family Scaphiopodidae.)
  • Amphibian species of the world, via WWW, Apr. 28, 2004(Pelobatidae Bonaparte, 1850. English names: Spadefoot Toads, Spadefoots, Burrowing Toads)
  • Checklist of amphibian species and identification guide, via WWW, Apr. 28, 2004(Family Pelobatidae - Spadefoots)