Salientia

Salientia
Temporal range:
Early Triassic – Present, Possible earlier origin based on molecular clock
Hourglass Treefrogs Hyla ebraccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Superorder: Batrachia
Clade: Salientia
Laurenti, 1768
Subgroups

Salientia (Latin salire, salio meaning "to jump") are a total group of amphibians that includes the order Anura, frogs and toads, and various extinct proto-frogs that are more closely related to frogs than they are to Urodela, salamanders and newts. The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago.

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