Parsley frog

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Parsley frog Temporal range: 47–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Mid Eocene – Recent

Common parsley frog
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Superfamily:	Pelobatoidea
Family:	Pelodytidae
Genus:	Pelodytes Bonaparte, 1838
Species
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Distribution of Pelodytidae (in black)

Distribution of Pelodytidae

The parsley frogs or Pelodytidae are a family of order Anura. The family consists of a single genus, Pelodytes, which contains five species. These frogs can be found in south-western Europe and the Caucasus. The common name of "parsley frogs" comes from the common parsley frog which, because of its colouring, appears to be garnished with parsley.

Parsley frogs are typical-looking frogs closely related to European spadefoot toads and megophryids, but differ largely in appearance. Their cryptic colouring is not as strong as in many megophryids, but they are still quite well-camouflaged, usually being green or brown. Unlike the European spadefoot toads, they lack hardened protrusions on their feet, although they are still fossorial, and are generally slender.^[1]

The parsley frogs are small, smooth-skinned frogs, reaching a length of 5 cm (2.0 in). They are one of the few families of frogs which contain more known extinct species and genera (two or three) than extant species. Although now found only in the Palearctic realm, fossils of a mid-Miocene species were also found in North America.^[1]

Taxonomy

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Family Pelodytidae
- Genus Pelodytes
  - Pelodytes atlanticus – Lusitanian parsley frog
  - Pelodytes caucasicus – Caucasian parsley frog
  - Pelodytes hespericus – Hesperides' parsley frog
  - Pelodytes ibericus – Iberian parsley frog
  - Pelodytes punctatus – Common parsley frog

References

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^ ^a ^b Zweifel, Richard G. (1998). Cogger, H.G.; Zweifel, R.G. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.

Cogger, H.G.; R.G. Zweifel; D. Kirschner (2004). Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians Second Edition. Fog City Press. ISBN 1-877019-69-0.
"ADW: Pelodytidae: Information". Retrieved 13 May 2006.

v t e Extant anuran families by suborder
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Craniata Superclass Tetrapoda Class Amphibia
Archaeobatrachia	Ascaphidae Bombinatoridae Discoglossidae Leiopelmatidae
Mesobatrachia	Megophryidae Pelobatidae Pelodytidae Pipidae Scaphiopodidae Rhinophrynidae
Neobatrachia	Amphignathodontidae Aromobatidae Arthroleptidae Brachycephalidae Brevicipitidae Bufonidae Centrolenidae Craugastoridae Dendrobatidae Heleophrynidae Hemiphractidae Hemisotidae Hylidae Hyperoliidae Leptodactylidae Mantellidae Microhylidae Myobatrachidae Petropedetidae Pyxicephalidae Ranidae Rhacophoridae Rhinodermatidae Sooglossidae
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Taxon identifiers
Pelodytes	Wikidata: Q719414 Wikispecies: Pelodytes ASW: Pelodytes BOLD: 101501 CoL: 6KCN EoL: 42724 Fauna Europaea: 177895 Fauna Europaea (new): 525037be-a561-46c8-9769-b6757d679618 GBIF: 2424291 iNaturalist: 25315 ITIS: 208071 NBN: NHMSYS0000375987 NCBI: 43541 Open Tree of Life: 509553 Paleobiology Database: 58730

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