What is Parsley frog?
{{Taxobox | name = Parsley frogs | image = Pelodytes punctatus side.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = [[Common parsley frog]] | fossil_range = {{Fossilrange|47|0}}Mid [[Eocene]] – Recent | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Anura]] | subordo = [[Mesobatrachia]] | familia = '''Pelodytidae''' | familia_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850 | genus = '''''Pelodytes''''' | genus_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1838 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Pelodytes caucasicus]]''<br/> ''[[Pelodytes ibericus]]''<br/> ''[[Pelodytes punctatus]]'' | range_map = Pelodytidae range.png | range_map_width = 200px | range_map_caption = Distribution of Pelodytidae (in black) }} '''Parsley frogs''' or Pelodytidae, is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[order (biology)|order]] [[Anura]]. The family has just one genus, '''Pelodytes'''. These frogs live in southwestern [[Europe]] and the [[Caucasus]]. Parsley frogs are typical looking frogs. They are closely related to [[Spadefoot toad]]s and [[Megophryidae|Megophyrids]]. The parsley frogs are small, smooth skinned frogs. They reach a length of {{convert|5|cm|in}}. They are one of the few families of frogs which have more known extinct species and genera (two or three) than living species. ==Taxonomy== *Family '''Pelodytidae''' **Genus '''''Pelodytes''''' ***''[[Pelodytes caucasicus]]'' – [[Caucasian parsley frog]] ***''[[Pelodytes ibericus]]'' – [[Iberian parsley frog]] ***''[[Pelodytes punctatus]]'' – [[Common parsley frog]] ==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite book |last=Cogger |first=H.G. |author2= R.G. Zweifel, and D. Kirschner |year=2004 |title=Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians, Second Edition |publisher=Fog City Press |isbn=1-877019-69-0}} * {{cite web |title=ADW: Pelodytidae: Information |url= http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pelodytidae.html |accessdate= 2006-05-13}} [[Category:Frogs of Europe]]