Vocabulary

Mantellidae (family of frogs)

Microhylidae (family of frogs)

Myobatrachidae (family of frogs)

Ranidae (family of frogs)

Rhacophoridae (family of frogs)

Rhinodermatidae (family of frogs)

Sooglossidae (family of frogs)

Leiopelmatidae (family of frogs)

Bombinatoridae (family of frogs)

Pelobatidae (family of frogs)

Pelodytidae (family of frogs)

Pipidae (family of frogs)

Rhinophrynidae (family of frogs)

brown-spotted spinefoot (Siganus stellatus); starspotted spinefoot; tellate rabbitfish; yellow-tail starry rabbitfish

store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

central stalk of a dried rice plant

Titanosaurus (member of a dubious genus of sauropod dinosaurs)

straw work; straw craft

civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood)

Cronquist system (taxonomic classification system of flowering plants)

APG system; Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system

Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources

environmental studies

research fellow

postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher

postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher

chatting without a break; talking without pause

false invoice; false billing

genuine article; real thing; real deal

semicircular canal (of the inner ear)

Namiye's frog (Limnonectes namiyei)

Amami tip-nosed frog (Odorrana amamiensis)

Dybowski's frog (Rana dybowskii)

Holst's frog (Rana holsti)

Ishikawa's frog (Odorrana ishikawae)

Ryukyu tip-nosed frog (Odorrana narina)

bayonet

Anura; order comprising the frogs and toads

Anura; order comprising frogs and toads

tailless aircraft; tail-less airplane