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Anura

Order of the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads, comprising about 2,600 species. According to their anatomy and reproductive habits, they are classified into 12 to 17 families in five or six groups. All have loose skins, no tail in the adult, and pass through an aquatic larval stage. They usually have no ribs and their skeleton and hindlegs are adapted for swimming and leaping.



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All-in, all-out ranaculture systems may be able to eliminate FV3 infection by preventing exposure of cultured larvae to mechanical vectors and native anurans.
Frog virus 3 infection, cultured American bullfrogs by Baldwin, Charles A. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
We focused on anurans inhabiting a site contaminated by a coal-burning power plant because these sites are a major global source of selenium contamination (Lemly 1996; Rowe et al.
Reproduction, embryonic development, and maternal transfer of ... by Jackson, Brian Phillip / Environmental Health Perspectives
It's Saturday night down at the old mill pond, and gaggles of lonely anurans are looking for love.
Single singing male toad seeks same by Bennett, R. / Science News
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