What is Ascaphidae?
{{Automatic taxobox | name = Tailed frogs | image = Ascaphus_truei_web.jpg | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Fejérváry, 1923 | taxon = Ascaphus | authority = [[Leonhard Hess Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1899 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Ascaphus montanus'' <small>Mittleman and Myers, 1949</small> * ''Ascaphus truei'' <small>[[Leonhard Hess Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1899</small> | range_map = Ascaphus range.png | range_map_caption = Distribution of Ascaphidae (in black) }} '''Ascaphidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[frog]]s. They are called '''tailed frogs''' because they have an [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]] that looks like a [[tail]]. The tail helps them to live in fast-moving [[stream]]s. They live in [[North America]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greendiamond.com/environment/wildlife.asp |title=Wildlife - Environment - Green Diamond Resource Company |access-date=2012-07-23 |archive-date=2008-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119151137/http://www.greendiamond.com/environment/wildlife.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == Books == * {{cite journal | title = Mitochondrial phylogeny of Anura (Amphibia): A case study of congruent phylogenetic reconstruction using amino acid and nucleotide characters | doi = 10.1016/j.gene.2005.07.034 | journal = Gene | volume = 366 | pages = 228–237 |date=February 2006 | pmid = 16307849 | issue = 2 | last1 = Gissi | first1 = Carmela | last2 = San Mauro | first2 = Diego | last3 = Pesole | first3 = Graziano | last4 = Zardoya | first4 = Rafael }} * {{cite journal | title = Archaeobatrachian paraphyly and pangaean diversification of crown-group frogs | url = https://archive.org/details/sim_systematic-biology_2005-02_54_1/page/111 | journal = Systematic Biology | volume = 54 | pages = 111–126 |date=February 2005 | doi = 10.1080/10635150590905894 | pmid = 15805014 | issue = 1 | last1 = Roelants | first1 = Kim | last2 = Bossuyt | first2 = Franky | s2cid = 10677785 }} == Other websites == {{Commons category-inline|