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One can divide
amphibious into three major groups;
The first: Frogs, including frogs and toads that belong to Order Anura in
Class Amphibia.
The second is Order Caudata, like salamander.
The third group will be Order Apoda that has no
extremities and sized like earthworms.
Amphibious are the weakest group among all
vertebrates.
| 【Bufonidae】Their most common and recognizable features are the large pair of parotoid gland behind their eyes and the various warts covering they body. The family of Bufonidae in Taiwan:Spectacled Toad、Central Formosan Toad |
| 【Hylidae 】One of the Amphibians that habitat on trees, with the toes like tree frogs and the ribs and spines like toads so it's also known as tree toads. There's one of this sort to be found in Taiwan-Chinese tree toad |
| 【Rhacophoridae】 Most tree frogs have great protected color on them. On their toes, there're swelling toes with cupules to help them climb and stick on vertical barks or walls. The family of Tree frogs in Taiwan:Motrecht's tree frogs、Brown tree frogs、White lipped tree frogs、Taipei tree frogs、Emerald tree frogs、Japanese Buerger 's frogs、Eiffinger's tree frogs、Meintein tree frogs、Orange belly tree frogs、Farmland tree frogs |
| 【Microhylidae】Most tree frogs have great protected color on them. On their toes, there're swelling toes with cupules to help them climb and stick on vertical barks or walls. The family of Tree frogs in Taiwan:Butler's rice frog、Heymosi's narrow-mothed toad 、Ornate rice tree frogs、Stejnger's paddy frogs、花狹口蛙 |
| 【Hynobiidae】 Salamander were originally named Hynobius but it's also called Salamander due to its Salami-Like smell. The family of Salamanders in Taiwan:Alisan's salamander 、Formosan salamander、Sonani's salamander |