Frog
Member of an order of vertebrates belonging to the amphibians, and comprising largely carnivorous, short-bodied, and tailless animals This article is about the group of amphibians. For other uses, see Frog (disambiguation). Frogs Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Present, 200–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Various types of frogs. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Clade : Salientia Order: Anura Duméril, 1806 (as Anoures) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia – List of Anuran families Native distribution of frogs (in green) Variegated golden frog ( Mantella baroni ) in the Ranomafana National Park of Madagascar A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (literally without tail in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend