Amphibians Quiz

Common Name	Family Name	Interesting Facts
Sirens		Lack hind limbs and pelvic girdle (SE North America)
Giant Salamanders		Cutaneous respiration (Japan, China, E USA)
Asiatic Salamanders		Eggs laid in double curly strands (Asia)
Amphiumas		Lack external gills, have vestigial limbs (SE North America)
Lungless Salamanders		Nasolabial groove, direct development (NA, SA, Europe)
Torrent Salamanders		Vestigial lungs, unique glands on male (NW USA)
Mudpuppies and Olm		Filamentous gills (Europe, E NA)
True Salamanders and Newts		Toxic skin glands, sexually dimorphic (NA, Europe, Africa, Asia)
Mole Salamanders		Underground most of year (NA)
Pacific Giant Salamanders		Produce barking sound (NW North America)
American Tailed Caecilians		Terminal mouth, scales (SA)
Asian Tailed Caecilians		Parental care of eggs, scales (India, SE Asia)
Indian Caecilians		India
Buried-eyed Caecilians		Africa
Tailless Caecilians		No tail, sub-terminal mouth (SA, Central America, Africa, India)
Aquatic Caecilians		No tail, narial plugs on tongue, sub-terminal mouth (SA)
Tailed Frogs		Internal fertilization via tail, tympana absent (NW North America)
New Zealand Frogs		Only amphibian native to New Zealand (New Zealand)
Fire-bellied Toads		Uken reflex (Europe, China)
Disk-tongued Frogs		Europe, Middle East, Africa
Midwife Toads		Male carries eggs wrapped around ankles (Europe)
Mexican Burrowing Toad		Lacks tympanum, specializes on ants (Central America)
Tongueless Frogs		Aquatic, lateral line system (SA, Africa)
Spadefoots		Fossorial, keratinized spade on hind foot (NA)
Spadefoots		Vertical pupils, rapid larval development (Europe, Africa)
Parsley Frogs		Europe, Asia

Common Name	Family Name	Interesting Facts
Asian Toadfrogs		Mimic dead leaves (China, SE Asia)
Ghost Frogs		South Africa
Seychelles Frogs		Only found on Seychelles Islands (Seychelles Islands)
No Name		Recently discovered, fossorial, white protrusion on snout (India)
Chilean Toads		Chile
Australian Frogs		Australia, New Guinea
True Frogs		Includes Goliath Frog and subfamily Mantellinae (Cosmopolitan except Australia)
Asian Treefrogs		Toe webbing for parachuting, arboreal (Africa, SE Asia)
Narrow-mouthed Toads		Fossorial, palatal folds on back of neck (NA, SA, Africa, Asia, Australia)
No Name		Globular body, direct development, male glues himself to female during amplexus (Africa)
Reed Frogs		Arboreal, brightly colored, has toe discs (Africa)
Sub-saharan Frogs		Africa
Shovel-nosed Frogs		Africa
True Toads		No teeth, parotoid skin glands, warty skin (Cosmopolitan)
Ruthven's Frogs		Brazil
Glass Frogs		Expanded toe discs, transparent ventrally, skin reflects infrared wavelengths (SA, Central America)
Treefrogs		Adhesive toe discs, lack poison glands, includes Paradox Frog (Cosmopolitan)
Marsupial Frogs		Arboreal, direct development, eggs carried by female in dorsal pouch (SA and Central America)
Poison Dart Frogs		Tadpoles carried by parents, female may feed unfertilized eggs to tadpoles (SA and Central America)
Mouth-brooding Frogs		Fleshy proboscis, tadpoles carried to water in mouth of male, includes Darwin Frog (Argentina and Chile)
Short-headed Toads		Direct development, reduced digits (Brazil)
Southern Frogs		SA and Central America
No Name		Terrestrial, sit-and-wait predators, includes Lake Titicaca Frog (SA)
No Name		Communicate by foot-flagging, live near waterfalls (SA)
Rain Frogs		Direct development, two species introduced to US (SA, Central America, SE USA)
Robber Frogs		SA and Central America

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