What is Archaeobatrachia?
{{Taxobox | name = Archaeobatrachia | image = Hochstetters Frog on Moss.jpg | image_caption = [[Hochstetter's Frog]] (''Leiopelma hochstetteri'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibian|Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Frog|Anura]] | subordo = '''Archaeobatrachia''' | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = [[Tailed frog|Ascaphidae]] <br> [[Bombinatoridae]] <br> [[Discoglossidae]] <br> [[Leiopelmatidae]] }} '''Archaeobatrachia''' is a suborder of [[Frog|Anura]]. It has various primitive [[frog]]s and [[toad]]s. As the name literally suggests, these are the most [[primitive]] frogs. Many of the species (28 in total) show certain body features which are not in other frogs and toads. They are mostly found in [[Eurasia]], [[New Zealand]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Borneo]]. In addition, the family [[Tailed frog|Ascaphidae]] is found in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. They are only represented by two species. ==References== *{{cite journal | last1 = Gissi | first1 = Carmela | 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 | last2= Mauro |first2= Diego San|last3=Pesole |first3=Graziano |last4= Zardoya |first4=Rafael | pmid = 16307849 | issue = 2}} *{{cite journal | last1 = Roelants | first1 = Kim | 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 | first2= Franky |last2=Bossuyt | doi = 10.1080/10635150590905894 | pmid = 15805014 | issue = 1| s2cid = 10677785 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = San Mauro | first1 = Diego | title = Phylogenetic relationships of discoglossid frogs (Amphibia:Anura:Discoglossidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear gene