| Sphaerotheca | |
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| Sphaerotheca breviceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Dicroglossinae |
| Genus: | Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Sphaerotheca strigata Günther, 1859 "1858"
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Sphaerotheca is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae.12 They can be found in South Asia.13 Molecular data suggest that they are closely related to Fejervarya.1 Ecologically, they are burrowing frogs.3
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in Sphaerotheca:1
- Sphaerotheca bengaluru Deepak, Dinesh, Ohler, Shanker, Channakeshavamurthy & Ashadevi, 20204
- 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, 202435
The status of Sphaerotheca swani is disputed, with Deepak and colleagues (2024) arguing for its recognition3 (as is done by AmphibiaWeb2), whereas it is considered a synonym of Sphaerotheca breviceps by the Amphibian Species of the World.1
References
References
- Frost, Darrel R. (2024). "Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- "Dicroglossidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- Deepak, P.; Dinesh, K.P.; Nag, K.S. Chetan; Ohler, Annemarie; Shanker, Kartik; Souza, Princia D; Prasad, Vishal Kumar; Ashadevi, J.S. (2024). "Discovery and description of a new species of burrowing frog Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the suburban landscapes of Bengaluru, India". Zootaxa. 5405 (3): 381–410. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5405.3.3.
- Deepak, P.; Dinesh, K. P.; Ohler, Annemarie; Shanker, Kartik; Channakeshavamurthy, B. H.; Ashadevi, J. S. (2020-11-26). "A new species of Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the degraded urban ecosystems of Bengaluru, Deccan Plateau, India". Zootaxa. 4885 (3): 423–436. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4885.3.6. PMID 33311271. S2CID 229174927.
- "New species of burrowing frog named 'Sphaerotheca Varshaabhu' discovered in Bengaluru". NewsDrum. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.