Translingual

Batrachia, Anura: European common frog

Batrachia, Urodela: Cave salamander

Proper noun

Batrachia

1. A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Lissamphibia – since the late 20th century Batrachia has denoted both tailed and tailless Amphibia: the frogs, toads, salamanders and various extinct forms, but has excluded the caecilians.
   The French zoologist Pierre André Latreille coined the term Batrachia at the end of the 18th century; from that time to the mid 20th century it denoted the tailless amphibians, the Anura, generally called the frogs and toads, as distinct from the tailed Amphibia: the Urodela