ITIS Standard Report Page: Pelodytidae

Pelodytidae Bonaparte, 1850
Taxonomic Serial No.: 208070

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Family
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	European Spadefoot Toads [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2009

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cord�s, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vert�br�s, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Amphibia – amphibiens, anf�bio, Amphibians
	Order	Anura – Frogs, perereca, r�, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads
	Family	Pelodytidae Bonaparte, 1850 – European Spadefoot Toads
		Direct Children:
	Genus	Pelodytes Bonaparte, 1838

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference, database (version 3)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August, 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Pelodytidae

	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v5.3, database (version 5.3)
	Acquired:	2009
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2009. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.3 (12 February, 2009). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/ American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Pelodytidae

	Source:	Duellman In Parker, 1982, database (version 1)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Pelodytidae

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Pelodytidae

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Frost, Darrel R.
	Publication Date:	1997
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition
	Page(s):
	Publisher:	Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, U.S.A.
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	Reference for:	Pelodytidae

Geographic Information


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Comments


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