Anura
Let an agent identify anurans and their main families, explain their life cycle and biology, relay conservation status and legal protection from authoritative sources, and separate frogs and toads as informal groupings from the taxonomy.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent identify anurans and their main families, explain their life cycle and biology, relay conservation status and legal protection from authoritative sources, and separate frogs and toads as informal groupings from the taxonomy.
The order of amphibians comprising frogs and toads, tailless as adults, with long hind legs adapted for jumping, most reproducing by laying eggs in water that hatch into tadpoles; with over 7000 species on every continent except Antarctica, anurans are important in ecosystems and research, and many species are threatened by habitat loss, disease and climate change.
What it is for: Not for anything; an order of animals.
It can be identify families and common species; explain the life cycle and biology; relay conservation and protection information; explain the frog and toad distinction.
Distinguishing features
Tailless adults
Jumping locomotion
Metamorphosis from tadpole
Permeable skin sensitive to environment
What it looks like
Tailless amphibians with large heads, wide mouths, long hind legs and moist or warty skin; tadpoles are aquatic larvae with tails.
Physical character
species: over 7000 species
size: under 1 to about 32 cm - from the smallest frogs to the goliath frog
How it is recognised
Tailless adults with jumping hind legs
Aquatic tadpole stage in most species
Salamanders keep tails; caecilians are limbless
Related models
is a kind of - the class
includes - a major family
is threatened by - a fungal disease
is studied by - the discipline
In practice
Families and kinds
true frogs
true toads
tree frogs
poison frogs
other families such as glass frogs and narrow-mouthed frogs
developmental stages such as Gosner stages of tadpoles
Identifiers
taxon Anura order name
NCBI Taxonomy 8342
Standards and regulation
CITES listings for some species
National wildlife protection laws
IUCN Red List assessments
Animal research and welfare rules
Failure modes and hazards
Declines from disease, habitat loss and climate change
Toxins of poison frogs and toads to handlers and pets
Invasive species such as the cane toad
Misidentification
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identify What anuran this is.
Identity.
Taxonomy
Families and species.
Taxonomy
Taxonomy.
- Which family or species is it, and what features identify it? definition
- Is the animal a frog or toad, a salamander or another amphibian? boundary
Frog and toad
Informal groupings.
Frogtoad
Frogtoad.
- How do the informal terms frog and toad relate to the taxonomy? definition
- Which entry fits the specific species? action
Biology Life cycle and ecology.
Biology.
Life cycle
Metamorphosis.
Lifecycle
Lifecycle.
- How does the anuran life cycle proceed from egg to tadpole to adult? definition
- Which entry fits metamorphosis? action
Ecology
Ecology.
Ecology
Ecology.
- What roles do anurans play in ecosystems, and where do they live? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Conserve Threats and protection.
Conservation.
Threats
Threats.
Threats
Threats.
- What threats face anurans, including chytrid disease, and what is their status? provenance
- Which entry fits amphibian decline? action
Protection
Legal protection.
Protection
Protection.
- What legal protection applies, and what rules govern trade and handling? provenance
- Is the user asking about a specific animal or pet, which needs a veterinarian? boundary
People Research and culture.
Context.
Research
Research use.
Research
Research.
- How are anurans used in research, and what welfare rules apply? provenance
- Which entry fits model organisms? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What roles do frogs and toads play in culture and folklore? provenance
- Which entry fits amphibians in culture? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each major family be a separate entry?
- How should Red List assessments be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming a species and a staging system; should they be split off?