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This is a division of amphibians, they are characterised by their lack of a tail at their adult stage. Anurans are also characterised by the males need to call out at breeding season to attract females. This is done by vocal sacs although sometimes this is absent, in this case the call produced is quiet and usually short.
| Archaeobatrachia | ||
| Bombinatoridae | Alytidae | |
| Bombina variegata (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Alytes obstetricans (Laurenti, 1768) Discoglossus montalentii Lanza, Nascetti, Capula & Bullini, 1984 Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837 Discoglossus sardus Tschudi in Otth, 1837 |
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| Pelobatidae | Pelodytidae | Pipidae |
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Pelobates cultripes (Cuvier, 1829) Pelobates fuscus (Laurenti, 1768) |
Pelodytes punctatus (Daudin, 1802) | Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802) |
| Neobatrachia | ||
| Bufonidae | Hylidae | Ranidae |
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Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) Bufo calamita Laurenti, 1768 Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1758 |
Hyla arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) Hyla meridionalis Boettger, 1874 Hyla sarda (de Betta, 1853) |
Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) Pelophylax bergeri (Günther, 1986) Pelophylax kl. esculentus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pelophylax kl. grafi (Crochet, Dubois, Ohler & Tunner, 1995) Pelophylax lessonae (Camerano, 1882) Pelophylax perezi (Seoane, 1885) Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771) Rana arvalis Nilsson, 1842 Rana dalmatina Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1838 Rana pyrenaica Serra Cobo, 1993 Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 |
This is the other division in amphibians. They are characterised by their tail which they retain through their life from the aquatic phases of the larva right until the last days of the adults life. They do not call out in the breeding season.
| Salamandridae | Plethodontidae |
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Calotriton asper (Dugès, 1852) Euproctus montanus (Savi, 1838) Lissotriton helveticus (Razoumowsky, 1789) Lissotriton vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Mesotriton alpestris (Laurenti, 1768) Salamandra corsica Savi, 1838 Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) Salamandra lanzai Nascetti, Andreone, Capula & Bullini, 1988 Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768 Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768) Triturus carnifex (Laurenti, 1768) Triturus marmoratus (Latreille, 1800) |
Speleomantes strinatii (Aellen, 1958) |