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Burrowing Frogs
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Burrowing Frogs

Sphaerotheca

Sphaerotheca is a genus of true frogs. They can be found in South Asia. Molecular data suggest that they are closely related to Fejervarya, perhaps as a monophyletic group within a paraphyletic Fejervarya.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Mangalore Burrowing Frog

speciesSphaerotheca dobsonii

Indian Burrowing Frog

speciesSphaerotheca breviceps

Western Burrowing Frog

speciesSphaerotheca maskeyi

Marbled Sand Frog

speciesSphaerotheca rolandae

Bengaluru Burrowing Frog

speciesSphaerotheca bengaluru

Jerdon's Burrowing Frog

speciesSphaerotheca pluvialis

Sphaerotheca varshaabhu

speciesSphaerotheca varshaabhu

Pakistan Burrowing Frog

speciesSphaerotheca strachani

Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus

speciesSphaerotheca leucorhynchus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 26220.