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Sphaerotheca (frog)
''Sphaerotheca'' is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. They can be found in South Asia. Molecular data suggest that they are closely related to ''Fejervarya''. Ecologically, they are burrowing frogs. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in ''Sphaerotheca'': * '' Sphaerotheca bengaluru'' * ''Sphaerotheca breviceps'' (Schneider, 1799) * '' Sphaerotheca dobsoni'' (Boulenger, 1882) * '' Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus'' (Rao, 1937) * '' Sphaerotheca maskeyi'' (Schleich and Anders, 1998) * '' Sphaerotheca pluvialis'' (Jerdon, 1853) * '' Sphaerotheca rolandae'' (Dubois, 1983) * '' Sphaerotheca strachani'' (Murray, 1884) * '' Sphaerotheca varshaabhu'' Deepak, Dinesh, Chetan Nag, Ohler, Shanker, Souza, Prasad, and Ashadevi, 2024 The status of '' Sphaerotheca swani'' is disputed, with Deepak and colleagues (2024) arguing for its recognition (as is done by AmphibiaWeb), whereas it is considered a synonym of ''Sphaerotheca breviceps The Indian burrowing frog (''Sphaer ...
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Sphaerotheca Breviceps
The Indian burrowing frog (''Sphaerotheca breviceps'') is a species of frog found in South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and in Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...). Description Its vomerine teeth form two oblique groups extending a little beyond the hind edge of the choanse. Its habit is stout. The head is short, with a rounded snout; the occiput is swollen, and the interorbital space is narrower than the upper eyelid. The tympanum is distinct, about two-thirds the diameter of the eye. The fingers are moderate and obtuse, with the first extending much beyond second, nearly as long as third; the toes are moderate, obtuse, and half-webbed; the subarticular tubercles are moderate, with the inner metatarsal tubercle being very large, sha ...
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Sphaerotheca Rolandae
''Sphaerotheca rolandae'' (common names: Sri Lanka bullfrog, Roland's burrowing frog, southern burrowing frog, marble sand frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae found in Sri Lanka. It is controversial whether the species also occurs in India and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease .... References rolandae Frogs of Sri Lanka Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1983 {{Dicroglossidae-stub ...
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Amphibian Genera
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniote, anamniotic, tetrapod, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class (biology), class Amphibia. In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all Tetrapod, tetrapods, but excluding the amniotes (tetrapods with an amniotic membrane, such as modern reptiles, birds and mammals). All extant taxon, extant (living) amphibians belong to the monophyletic subclass (biology), subclass Lissamphibia, with three living order (biology), orders: Anura (frogs and toads), Urodela (salamanders), and Gymnophiona (caecilians). Evolved to be mostly semiaquatic, amphibians have adapted to inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living in freshwater ecosystem, freshwater, wetland or terrestrial ecosystems (such as riparian woodland, fossorial and even arboreal habitats). Their biological life cycle, life cycle typically starts out as aquatic animal, aquatic larvae with gills known as tadpoles, but some species have devel ...
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Sphaerotheca (frog)
''Sphaerotheca'' is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. They can be found in South Asia. Molecular data suggest that they are closely related to ''Fejervarya''. Ecologically, they are burrowing frogs. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in ''Sphaerotheca'': * '' Sphaerotheca bengaluru'' * ''Sphaerotheca breviceps'' (Schneider, 1799) * '' Sphaerotheca dobsoni'' (Boulenger, 1882) * '' Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus'' (Rao, 1937) * '' Sphaerotheca maskeyi'' (Schleich and Anders, 1998) * '' Sphaerotheca pluvialis'' (Jerdon, 1853) * '' Sphaerotheca rolandae'' (Dubois, 1983) * '' Sphaerotheca strachani'' (Murray, 1884) * '' Sphaerotheca varshaabhu'' Deepak, Dinesh, Chetan Nag, Ohler, Shanker, Souza, Prasad, and Ashadevi, 2024 The status of '' Sphaerotheca swani'' is disputed, with Deepak and colleagues (2024) arguing for its recognition (as is done by AmphibiaWeb), whereas it is considered a synonym of ''Sphaerotheca breviceps The Indian burrowing frog (''Sphaer ...
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''Amphibian Species of the World 6.2: An Online Reference'' (ASW) is a herpetology database. It lists the names of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians, which scientists first described each species and what year, and the animal's known range. The American Museum of Natural History hosts ''Amphibian Species of the World'', which is updated by herpetologist Darrel Frost. As of 2024, it contained more than 8700 species. History The Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) started this project in 1978 because the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) needed a database for animals. (The ASC later changed its name to Natural Science Collections Alliance.) The ASC's Stephen R. Edwards wrote ''Mammal Species of the World'' first and started ''Amphibian Species of the World'' second. Edwards decided to write about living amphibians because Richard G. Zweifel had just composed a large list of amphibian names and because experts from the Universi ...
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AmphibiaWeb is an American non-profit website that provides information about amphibians. It is run by a group of universities working with the California Academy of Sciences: San Francisco State University, the University of California, Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley, University of Florida at Gainesville, and University of Texas at Austin. AmphibiaWeb's goal is to provide a single page for every species of amphibian in the world so research scientists, citizen science, citizen scientists and conservationists can collaborate. It added its 7000th animal in 2012, a glass frog from Peru. As of 2022, it hosted more than 8,400 species located worldwide. Beginning Scientist David Wake founded AmphibiaWeb in 2000. Wake had been inspired by the decline of amphibian populations across the world. He founded it at the Digital Library Project at the University of California at Berkeley in 2000. Wake came to consider AmphibiaWeb part of his legacy. Uses AmphibiaWeb pro ...
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Sphaerotheca Swani
''Sphaerotheca swani'' is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Nepal. Its natural habitat is swamp A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...s. References swani Amphibians of Nepal Endemic fauna of Nepal Amphibians described in 1956 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ranidae-stub ...
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Sphaerotheca Varshaabhu
''Sphaerotheca varshaabhu'' commonly known as the Varshaa burrowing frog is a species of Ranidae family frog which is found in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... The species name is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Varshaabhu’. Varshaa means rain and bhu means taking birth. It signifies its breeding activity only during the rainy season. References varshaabhu Amphibians described in 2024 {{Dicroglossidae-stub ...
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Sphaerotheca Strachani
''Sphaerotheca'' may refer to: * ''Sphaerotheca'' (frog), a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae * ''Sphaerotheca'' (fungus), a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae {{genus disambiguation ...
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Sphaerotheca Maskeyi
''Sphaerotheca maskeyi'' is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Nepal and possibly Bhutan and India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, and freshwater marsh In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p More in genera ...es. References maskeyi Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1998 {{Ranidae-stub ...
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