Batrachia

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Translingual

Batrachia, Anura: European common frog

Batrachia, Urodela: Cave salamander

Etymology

New Latin Batrachia, formerly a name for the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατραχεια (batrakheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”)

Proper noun

Batrachia

(archaic) A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Lissamphibia – since the late 20th century Batrachia has denoted both tailed and tailless Amphibia: the frogs, toads, salamanders and various extinct forms, but has excluded the caecilians.

Usage notes

The French zoologist Pierre André Latreille coined the term Batrachia at the end of the 18th century; from that time to the mid 20th century it denoted the tailless amphibians, now the Anura, generally called the frogs and toads, as distinct from the tailed Amphibia: the Urodela, now Caudata.

Further reading

“Batrachia”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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