Pelodytidae
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| Pelodytidae Temporal range: Early Eocene–recent, | |
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| Pelodytes punctatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Superfamily: | Pelobatoidea |
| Family: | Pelodytidae Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type genus | |
| Pelodytes Bonaparte, 1838 | |
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Pelodytidae, also known as the parsley frogs, or rarely, mud divers, is a family of frogs. It contains a single extant genus, Pelodytes,[2][3][4][5] and three genera only known from fossils.[1][4] The extant species are found in southwestern Europe and the Caucasus.[2][3][5]
- Pelodytes Bonaparte, 1838 – 5 species, southwestern Europe and the Caucasus[2][3]
- †Aerugoamnis Henrici, Baez & Grande, 2013 – 1 species, North America[6]
- †Miopelodytes Taylor, 1941 – 1 species, North America[7]
- †Tephrodytes Henrici, 1994 – 1 species, North America[8]