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{{Short description|Order of amphibians}}
{{Taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Mesobatrachia
| fossil_range = [[Late Jurassic]] to present
| fossil_range = [[Late Jurassic]] to present, {{fossil range|155.7|0}}
| image = Rhinophrynus dorsalis.jpg
| image = Rhinophrynus dorsalis.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Rhinophrynus dorsalis]]''
| image_caption = ''[[Rhinophrynus dorsalis]]''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Mesobatrachia
| authority =
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Amphibia]]
| subclassis = [[Lissamphibia]]
| superordo = [[Batrachia]]
| ordo = [[Frog|Anura]]
| subordo = '''Mesobatrachia'''
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
| subdivision =
[[Megophryidae]] <br>
:[[Megophryidae]]
[[Pelobatidae]] <br>
:[[Pelobatidae]]
[[Pelodytidae]] <br>
:[[Pelodytidae]]
:[[Pipidae]]
[[Scaphiopodidae]] <br>
[[Rhinophrynidae]] <br>
:[[Rhinophrynidae]]
[[Pipidae]]
:[[Scaphiopodidae]]
:†[[Palaeobatrachidae]]
}}
}}


The '''Mesobatrachia''' are the second-largest of the [[Frog|Anura]] [[suborder]]s of amphibians. It contains six families, 20 genera and 168 species. Recognized as a group in 1993, the name (''meso-'' "middle" ''batrachia'' "frogs") is contrasted with the primitive [[Archaeobatrachia]] and the more diverse and advanced [[Neobatrachia]].
The '''Mesobatrachia''' ([[Ancient Greek]] ''μέσος'' (mésos, "middle") + ''batrachia'' ("frogs")) is a [[paraphyletic]] group of relatively primitive frogs. At the end of 2016, it contained 3 superfamilies ([[Pelobatoidea]], [[Pelobatoidea#Pelodytoidea|Pelodytoidea]] and [[Pipoidea]]), 6 families, 16 genera, and 244 species. Recognized as a group in 1993, the name is contrasted with the primitive [[Archaeobatrachia]] and the more diverse and advanced [[Neobatrachia]].


The Mesobatrachia comprise five [[fossorial]] families, including the spadefoot toads of Europe, North America, and East Asia, the parsley frogs, and the Mexican burrowing toad, as well as one obligatorily aquatic family, the Pipidae of Africa and South America.
The Mesobatrachia comprise five [[fossorial]] families, including the spadefoot toads of Europe, North America, and East Asia, the parsley frogs, and the Mexican burrowing toad, as well as one obligatorily aquatic family, the Pipidae of Africa and South America. Later studies recognised that the group was paraphyletic with respect to [[Neobatrachia]].


The families currently accepted in the Mesobatrachia suborder are:
Mesobatrachia are a relatively new group, only having been identified as such in 1993.

* [[Megophryidae]]
* [[Pelobatidae]]
* [[Pelodytidae]]
* [[Pipidae]]
* [[Rhinophrynidae]]
* [[Scaphiopodidae]]


==References==
==References==
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| pmid = 15795855
| issue = 5
| issue = 5
| s2cid = 17021360
}}
|url=https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/3880726/39160_170248y.pdf}}



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Latest revision as of 18:15, 24 October 2022

Mesobatrachia
Temporal range: Late Jurassic to present, 155.7–0 Ma
Rhinophrynus dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Mesobatrachia
Families
Megophryidae
Pelobatidae
Pelodytidae
Pipidae
Rhinophrynidae
Scaphiopodidae
Palaeobatrachidae

The Mesobatrachia (Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, "middle") + batrachia ("frogs")) is a paraphyletic group of relatively primitive frogs. At the end of 2016, it contained 3 superfamilies (Pelobatoidea, Pelodytoidea and Pipoidea), 6 families, 16 genera, and 244 species. Recognized as a group in 1993, the name is contrasted with the primitive Archaeobatrachia and the more diverse and advanced Neobatrachia.

The Mesobatrachia comprise five fossorial families, including the spadefoot toads of Europe, North America, and East Asia, the parsley frogs, and the Mexican burrowing toad, as well as one obligatorily aquatic family, the Pipidae of Africa and South America. Later studies recognised that the group was paraphyletic with respect to Neobatrachia.

The families currently accepted in the Mesobatrachia suborder are:

References

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  • Gissi, Carmela; Diego San Mauro; Graziano Pesole; Rafael Zardoya (February 2006). "Mitochondrial phylogeny of Anura (Amphibia): A case study of congruent phylogenetic reconstruction using amino acid and nucleotide characters". Gene. 366 (2): 228–237. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2005.07.034. PMID 16307849.
  • San Mauro, Diego; Miguel Vences; Marina Alcobendas; Rafael Zardoya; Axel Meyer (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea" (PDF). American Naturalist. 165 (5): 590–599. doi:10.1086/429523. PMID 15795855. S2CID 17021360.