Anura, also called Salientia, one of the major extant orders of the class Amphibia. It includes the frogs and toads, which, because of their wide distribution, are known by most people around the world. The name frog is commonly applied to those forms with long legs and smooth, mucus-covered skins, toad being used for a variety of robust, short-legged anurans, especially those with rough skins. The name toad is applied so unevenly that one member of a family may be called a toad and a closely related member a frog. The familiar members of the family Bufonidae may be distinguished as “true toads.” In this article, frog is applied generally to members of the Anura and toad to those for which it has traditionally been used. There are roughly 5,400 species of living anurans.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/29023/Anura |