Organisms

Anura

An order of the class Amphibia, which includes several families of frogs and toads. They are characterized by well developed hind limbs adapted for jumping, fused head and trunk and webbed toes. The term toad is ambiguous and is properly applied only to the family Bufonidae.

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Abstract

An order of the class Amphibia, which includes several families of frogs and toads. They are characterized by well developed hind limbs adapted for jumping, fused head and trunk and webbed toes. The term toad is ambiguous and is properly applied only to the family Bufonidae.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Frogs and Toads
  • Toads and Frogs
  • Anuras
  • Bombina
  • Salientia
  • Toad, Fire-Bellied
  • Fire-Bellied Toad
  • Fire-Bellied Toads
  • Salientias
  • Toad, Fire Bellied
  • Toads, Fire-Bellied

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17 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal

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History Note

81; FROGS & TOADS were headings 1964-80

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Previous Indexing

  • Amphibia (1966-1980)

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.090w.180w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Anura. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001001. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001001
  2. Anura. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog
  3. Anura. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53636