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Sphaerotheca dobsonii

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Sphaerotheca dobsonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Sphaerotheca
Species:
S. dobsonii
Binomial name
Sphaerotheca dobsonii
(Boulenger,1882)
Synonyms

Rana dobsonii Boulenger, 1882
Tomopterna dobsonii (Boulenger, 1882)

Sphaerotheca dobsonii (common names: Mangalore bullfrog, Dobson's burrowing frog) is a species of frog capable of burrowing. It is found in southern India.[1][2]

Description

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At Madikai, in Kerala

The vomerine teeth occur in two oblique series between the choanae. It is stout, with a large head, a short, rounded snout, with an obtuse canthus rostralis; the interorbital space is narrower than the upper eyelid; the tympanum is very distinct, three-fourths of the diameter of the eye. The fingers are moderate and obtuse, with the first much longer than the second, as long as third; the toes are webbed at the base and moderate; the subarticular tubercles are large; the inner metatarsal tubercle is very large, sharp-edged, shovel-shaped, and longer than the inner toe; no outer tubercle or tarsal fold is present. The tibiotarsal articulation reaches the shoulder or the tympanum. The skin is smooth above, and granular on the belly and under the thighs; a fold runs from the eye to the shoulder. Grayish or purplish above, it is indistinctly marbled with brown, sometimes with a fine, light vertebral line; a deep black streak runs from the end of the snout, through the nostril and the eye, to the shoulder, expanding in a round spot on the tympanum; the thighs are black above, whitishly marbled; the beneath is yellowish, and the throat is brown-spotted. It ranges in length from 2–3 in, snout to vent.[3]

It is found in Mangalore and South Canara.

References

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  1. ^ a b Sushil Dutta, Anand Padhye, Robert Inger (2004). "Sphaerotheca dobsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58756A11837892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58756A11837892.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Sphaerotheca dobsonii (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. ^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.