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Definition of Discoglossidae
1. Noun. Family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Family
Group relationships: Anura, Batrachia, Order Anura, Order Batrachia, Order Salientia, Salientia
Member holonyms: Alytes, Genus Alytes, Bombina, Genus Bombina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discoglossidae
Literary usage of Discoglossidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"The primitive condition still prevails in the Discoglossidae. In most of the
other Anura the fourth and third. distal ..."
2. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"In the case of the Discoglossidae I suspect it to be retardation, as the highest
genus is extinct. The others I shall arrange with them for temporary ..."
3. The Frog Book: North American Toads and Frogs, with a Study of the Habits by Mary Cynthia Dickerson (1906)
"The lowest of the Salientia and the most nearly related to the primitive Batrachians
are the Discoglossidae (outside of the Aglossa, which are not ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Although toad like it is not really related to the toads proper, but belongs to
the family Discoglossidae, characterized by a circular, adherent tongue, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"In the case of the Discoglossidae I suspect it to be retardation, as the highest
genus is extinct. The others I shall arrange with them for temporary ..."
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