Amphibia
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See also: amphibia
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβια (amphíbia), nominative neuter plural of ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios, “two types of life”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
Proper noun[edit]
Amphibia
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Chordata – amphibians.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (class in Tetrapoda): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass[1]
Hyponyms[edit]
- (class): Lissamphibia (modern amphibians: frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, etc.) (subclass)
- †Labyrinthodontia, †Lepospondyli (extinct subclasses)
- Gerobatrachus (genus, incertae sedis)
- (class in Tetrapoda): Anura, Caudata, Gymnophiona - orders[1]
Coordinate terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Amphibia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Amphibia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Amphibia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Amphibia_(classifications) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Amphibia at the Tree of Life Web Project
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248