The
Lissamphibia are a group of
tetrapods that includes all modern
amphibians. Lissamphibians consist of three living groups: the
Salientia (
frogs,
toads, and their extinct relatives), the
Caudata (
salamanders,
newts, and their extinct relatives), and the
Gymnophiona (the limbless
caecilians and their extinct relatives). A fourth group, the
Allocaudata, was moderately successful, spanning 160 million years from the
Middle Jurassic to the
Early Pliocene, but became extinct 3.6 million years ago.