Natatanura is a clade of frogs in the suborder Neobatrachia. The group has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found on every continent except Antarctica. It is the sister clade to Afrobatrachia within the superfamily Ranoidea.
The group includes the most widely distributed frog family Ranidae, as well as the largest extant species of frog, the goliath frog in the family Conrauidae.
Taxonomy Families: Ceratobatrachidae Conrauidae - slippery frogs, giant frogs Dicroglossidae – fork-tongued frogs Micrixalidae – dancing frogs Mantellidae – Malagasy frogs Nyctibatrachidae – night frogs Odontobatrachidae Petropedetidae – torrent frogs Phrynobatrachidae – puddle frogs Ptychadenidae – grassland frogs Pyxicephalidae Ranidae – true frogs Ranixalidae – Indian frogs Rhacophoridae – shrub frogs, bush frogs, moss frogs
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