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Salientia /ˌseɪlɪˈɛnʃɪə / /ˌseɪlɪˈɛntɪə/plural noun Zoology Another term for Anura.The superorder Salientia (Anura) includes toads, frogs and their close fossil relatives The closest living relatives of the Salientia are the other amphibians, salamanders and caecilians. Derivatives salientian noun & adjective ...- The linea masculina proves to be characteristic of the males of many species of salientians of various families, and is conspicuous even in the common species used for laboratory dissection in Europe and America.
- The Lower Triassic salientian Triadobatrachus exhibits early stages in the evolution of the anuran skull that enable close comparison with Palaeozoic dissorophoid amphibians and point to the early evolution of anuran hearing and vocalization.
Origin Modern Latin (plural), from Latin salire 'to leap'. |