Natatanura
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| Natatanura | |
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| Australian wood frog | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Superfamily: | Ranoidea |
| Clade: | Natatanura Frost et al., 2006 |
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Natatanura is a clade of frogs in the suborder Neobatrachia. The group has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found on every continent except Antarctica. It is the sister clade to Afrobatrachia within the superfamily Ranoidea.[1][2][3]
The group includes the most widely distributed frog family Ranidae, as well as the largest extant species of frog, the goliath frog in the family Conrauidae.