Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus

Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (common names: Wattakole bullfrog, Rao's burrowing frog, Rao's white-banded frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to India: it is only known from its type locality in Kodagu district, Karnataka, in southern India. The type specimen is lost, and this name might be a junior synonym of Sphaerotheca breviceps.[2]

Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Sphaerotheca
Species:
S. leucorhynchus
Binomial name
Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus
(Rao, 1937)
Synonyms

Rana leucorhynchus Rao, 1937
Tomopterna leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937)

References

  1. S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger, Anand Padhye (2004). "Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58757A11838015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58757A11838015.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 March 2014.


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