Myobatrachidae Late | |
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The common eastern froglet (Crinia signifera) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Superfamily: | Myobatrachoidea |
Family: | Myobatrachidae Schlegel, 1850 |
Subfamilies | |
See text | |
Distribution of Myobatrachidae (in black) | |
Synonyms | |
Rheobatrachinae Heyer & Liem, 1976 |
Myobatrachidae, commonly known as Australian ground frogs or Australian water frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea. Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long, to the second-largest frog in Australia, the giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus), at 12 cm (4.7 in) in length. The entire family is either terrestrial or aquatic frogs, with no arboreal species.