Pelodytidae

Pelodytidae
Temporal range: Mid Eocene–recent,
Pelodytes punctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Superfamily: Pelobatoidea
Family: Pelodytidae
Bonaparte, 1850
Type genus
Pelodytes
Bonaparte, 1838
Synonyms[2]
  • Pelodytina Bonaparte, 1850
  • Pelodytides — Bruch, 1862
  • Pelodytidae — Cope, 1866
  • Pelodytinae — Fejérváry, 1923

Pelodytidae, also known as the parsley frogs, or rarely, mud divers, is a family of frogs. It contains a single extant genus, Pelodytes,[2][3][4][5] and two genera only known from fossils.[1][4] The extant species are found in southwestern Europe and the Caucasus.[2][3][5]

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