Australobatrachia
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| Australobatrachia Temporal range: | |
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| Calyptocephalella gayi above, Mixophyes fasciolatus below | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Clade: | Australobatrachia Frost et al., 2006 |
| Families | |
Australobatrachia ("southern frogs") is a clade of frogs in the suborder Neobatrachia. It comprises three families of frogs with a Gondwanan distribution, being known from Chile, Australia, and New Guinea. Together, they form the sister group to the superfamily Hyloidea.[1][2]
