Amphibia
See also: amphibia
Translingual
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Typhlonectes natans (order Gymnophiona)
Etymology
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”).
Hypernyms
- (class in Tetrapoda): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass[1]
Hyponyms
- (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]
References
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
- 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
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