Batrachia

Translingual thumb|right|300px|Batrachia, Anura: European common frog thumb|right|300px|Batrachia, Urodela: Cave salamander Etymology mul la-new Batrachia, formerly a name for the zoological order Anura, from mul grc βατραχεια, neuter plural of adjective from grc βάτραχος frog Proper noun mul archaic superorder 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 order, now Caudata order. Further reading mul Amphibians