Anura
~27 ‘families’, encompassing >4100 species
- Most diverse amphibian group _ worldwide distribution
Specialized for jumping/hopping
- Hindlimbs longer and more powerful than forelimbs
- Morphological specializations
- Fused tibia and fibula; fused radius and ulna.
- Pelvis firmly fastened to vertebral column
- Vertebral column shortened and stiffened
- Urostyle
- Unique to anurans
- Fused caudal vertebrae