Pelodytidae
Sign in to savePelodytidae, also known as the parsley frogs, or rarely, mud divers, is a family of frogs. It contains a single extant genus, Pelodytes, and three genera only known from fossils. The extant species are found in southwestern Europe and the Caucasus.
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Pelodytidae, also known as the parsley frogs, or rarely, mud divers, is a family of frogs. It contains a single extant genus, Pelodytes, and three genera only known from fossils. The extant species are found in southwestern Europe and the Caucasus.
==Genera== Pelodytes Bonaparte, 1838 – 5 species, southwestern Europe and the Caucasus †Aerugoamnis Henrici, Baez & Grande, 2013 – 1 species, North America †Miopelodytes Taylor, 1941 – 1 species, North America †Tephrodytes Henrici, 1994 – 1 species, North America
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