Batrachia

== Translingual == === Etymology === New Latin Batrachia, formerly a name for the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατραχεια (batrakheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) === Proper noun === Batrachia (archaic) A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Lissamphibia – since the late 20th century Batrachia has denoted both tailed and tailless Amphibia: the frogs, toads, salamanders and various extinct forms, but has excluded the caecilians. ==== Usage notes ==== The French zoologist Pierre André Latreille coined the term Batrachia at the end of the 18th century; from that time to the mid 20th century it denoted the tailless amphibians, now the Anura, generally called the frogs and toads, as distinct from the tailed Amphibia: the Urodela, now Caudata. === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Batrachia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Batrachia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia