amphibian family

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amphibian family - any family of amphibians Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammalsfamily Salamandridae, Salamandridae - salamandersAmbystomatidae, family Ambystomatidae - New World salamandersCryptobranchidae, family Cryptobranchidae - large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamandersDicamptodontidae, family Dicamptodontidae - large and small highly aquatic salamandersfamily Plethodontidae, Plethodontidae - small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adultsAmphiumidae, family Amphiumidae - congo snakesfamily Sirenidae, Sirenidae - sirensfamily Ranidae, Ranidae - a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogsfamily Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylidae - New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidaefamily Polypedatidae, Polypedatidae - Old World tree frogsAscaphidae, family Ascaphidae - family of one species of frog: tailed frogfamily Leiopelmatidae, family Liopelmidae, Leiopelmatidae, Liopelmidae - primitive New Zealand frogsBufonidae, family Bufonidae - true toadsDiscoglossidae, family Discoglossidae - family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tonguefamily Pelobatidae, Pelobatidae - the amphibian family of spadefoot toadsfamily Hylidae, Hylidae - the amphibian family of tree frogsBrevicipitidae, family Brevicipitidae, family Microhylidae, Microhylidae - narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwidefamily Pipidae, Pipidae - tongueless frogsfamily Xenopodidae, Xenopodidae - in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family PipidaeCaeciliadae, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliadae, family Caeciliidae - coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibiansfamily - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"