Family Discoglossidae (Noun)
Meaning
Family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The species belongs to the family Discoglossidae, which is characterized by a distinctive disk-like tongue that cannot be fully retracted into the mouth.
- Some researchers consider the Discoglossidae to be closely related to the Microhylidae, both of which have representatives with a fixed tongue.
- The family Discoglossidae is relatively small, containing less than a dozen recognized species.
- Old World toads in the family Discoglossidae were once commonly kept in herpetological collections.
- In the past, taxonomists group the now Discoglossidae into Alytidae and its subfamily Discoglossinae.