Sphaerotheca (Ranidae)

Sphaerotheca breviceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Sphaerotheca
Species (8): S. bengaluru – S. breviceps – S. dobsoni – S. leucorhynchus – S. maskeyi – S. pluvialis – S. rolandae – S. strachani

Name

Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859: 20

• Type species: Sphaerotheca strigata Günther, 1859, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. [1858] 1859. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis: London. BHL

Additional references

• Dahanukar, N., Sulakhe, A. & Padhye, A. 2017. Identity of Sphaerotheca pluvialis (Jerdon, 1853) and other available names among the burrowing frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae) of South Asia. Journal of Threatened Taxa 9(6): 10269–10285. DOI: 10.11609/jott.3358.9.6.10269-10285 Reference page. 
• Prasad, V.K., Dinesh, K.P., Das, A., Swamy, P., Shinde, A.D. & Vishnu, J.B. 2019. A new species of Sphaerotheca Gunther, 1859 (Amphibia: Anura : Dicroglossidae) from the agro ecosystems of Chota Nagpur Plateau, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119(3): 197–210. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/132173 Reference page. 
• Jablonski, D., Masroor, R. & Hofmann, S. 2021. Revisited molecular phylogeny of the genus Sphaerotheca (Anura: Dicroglossidae): The biogeographic status of northernmost populations and further taxonomic changes. Diversity 13(5): 216. DOI: 10.3390/d13050216 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Burrowing Frogs

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