English > salientian: 2 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial / terrestrial species. |
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| Synonyms | frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian |
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| Narrower | Liopelma hamiltoni | Primitive New Zealand frog with four unwebbed toes on forefeet and five on hind feet |
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| South American poison toad | A South American toad |
| barking frog, robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti | Of southwest United States and Mexico |
| crapaud, South American bullfrog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus | large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog |
| eastern narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne carolinensis | small toad of southeastern United States |
| fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina | toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside |
| leptodactylid frog, leptodactylid | toothed frogs |
| midwife toad, Alytes cisternasi | Similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians |
| obstetrical toad, midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans | European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch |
| robber frog | small terrestrial / terrestrial frog of tropical America |
| sheep frog | Mostly of Central America |
| spadefoot, spadefoot toad | A burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection / projection on each hind foot |
| tailed frog, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed toad, Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
| tongueless frog | almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America |
| tree frog, tree-frog | Any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes |
| tree toad, tree frog, tree-frog | arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe |
| true frog, ranid | insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs |
| true toad | tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial / terrestrial and having drier warty skin |
| western narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne olivacea | small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America |
| Broader | amphibian | cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water |
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| Spanish | anura, anuro, batracio, escuerzo, rana, ranas, salientian, sapo, sapos |
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| Catalan | anur, batraci, galàpet, granota, gripau, salientian |
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