Hoplobatrachus
Appearance
Hoplobatrachus | |
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Hoplobatrachus tigerinus from the Western Ghats | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Subfamily: | Dicroglossinae |
Genus: | Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863 |
Species | |
5 recognized species, see article. |
Hoplobatrachus is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae.[1][2] This genus is found in both sub-Saharan Africa and southern and south-eastern Asia. It is the sister taxon of Euphlyctis, although there is some evidence that it might be paraphyletic with respect to Euphlyctis. These frogs are sometimes known as the crowned bullfrogs or the tiger frogs.[1][3]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Hoplobatrachus:[1]
- Hoplobatrachus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
- Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon, 1854)
- Hoplobatrachus litoralis Hasan, Kuramoto, Islam, Alam, Khan, and Sumida, 2012
- Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858)
- Hoplobatrachus salween Thongproh et al., 2022
- Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2024). "Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Channing, A. & Rödel, M.-O. (2019) Field guide to the frogs & other amphibians of Africa. Struiker Nature, Cape Town.