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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerotheca |
| Species: | S. dobsonii
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| Sphaerotheca dobsonii (Boulenger,1882)
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Rana dobsonii Boulenger, 1882 | |
Description edit
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 edit
- ^ 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) - ^ 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.
- ^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
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