Question

which two organisms are most closely related?
directions: use the information in the table to fill in the amphibian branching diagram below. list all organisms that belong in that box using their common name (listed in grey).

	mountain frog	spotted grass frog	alpine salamander	marbled frog	italian tree frog
kingdom	animalia	animalia	animalia	animalia	animalia
phylum	chordata	chordata	chordata	chordata	chordata
class	amphibia	amphibia	amphibia	amphibia	amphibia
order	anura	anura	urodela	anura	anura
family	limnodynastidae	limnodynastidae	salamandridae	limnodynastidae	hylidae
genus	philoria	limnodynastes	salamandra	limnodynastes	hyla
species	kundagungan	tasmaniensis	atra	convexiusculus	intermedia

□ mountain frog
□ spotted grass frog
□ alpine salamander
□ marbled frog
□ italian tree frog

Explanation:

Organisms are more closely related the higher - level taxonomic ranks they share. The Mountain Frog, Spotted Grass Frog, and Marbled Frog all belong to the same family (Limnodynastidae), while the Alpine Salamander is in a different family (Salamandridae) and the Italian Tree Frog is in a different family (Hylidae). Among the frogs in the Limnodynastidae family, the Spotted Grass Frog and Marbled Frog share the same genus (Limnodynastes), making them more closely related than the Mountain Frog which is in a different genus (Philoria).

Answer:

Spotted Grass Frog, Marbled Frog