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Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider, 1799)

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Specimen from Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand
Specimen from Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand
Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider, 1799)
Specimen from Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymPyxicephalus (Tomopterna) fodiens Peters, 1860
synonymPyxicephalus breviceps Günther, 1864
synonymPyxicephalus fodiens Jerdon, 1853
synonymPyxicephalus pluvialis Jerdon, 1853
synonymRana (Tomopterna) breviceps Boulenger, 1920
synonymRana (Tomopterna) breviceps breviceps Dubois, 1983
synonymRana (Tomopterna) swani Dubois, 1981
synonymRana breviceps Schneider, 1799
synonymRana swani Myers and Leviton in Leviton, Myers and Swan, 1956
synonymRana variegata Gravenhorst, 1829
synonymSphaerotheca breviceps Dubois, 1999
synonymSphaerotheca maskeyi Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, 2000
synonymSphaerotheca strigata Günther, 1859 1858
synonymSphaerotheca swani (Myers and Leviton in Leviton, Myers and Swan, 1956)
synonymSphaerotheca swani Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, 2000
synonymSystoma breviceps Tschudi, 1838
synonymTomopterna (Sphaerotheca) breviceps Dubois, 1987 1986
synonymTomopterna (Sphaerotheca) swani Dubois, 1987 1986
synonymTomopterna breviceps (Schneider, 1799)
synonymTomopterna breviceps Deckert, 1938
synonymTomopterna maskeyi Schleich and Anders, 1998
synonymTomopterna strigata Günther, 1860
synonymTomopterna swani (Myers and Leviton in Leviton, Myers and Swan, 1956)
synonymTomopterna swani Dubois, 1976
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Short-headed Burrowing Frog
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Short stalky toad like burrowing species with round snout, robust body and metatarsal tubercles.
Sandeep Das, Anil Zachariah, P S Easa
Attributions Sandeep Das, Anil Zachariah, P S Easa
Contributors 
Sandeep Das
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
  1. Khan, M. S.2002, Sphaerotheca breviceps. Amphibia Web 2012
Diagnostic Keys
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat

Habitat

Terrestrial
Terrestrial
Freshwater
Freshwater
Fossorial frog inhabiting dry areas
Sandeep Das, Anil Zachariah, P S Easa
Attributions Sandeep Das, Anil Zachariah, P S Easa
Contributors 
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
  1. Khan, M. S.2002, Sphaerotheca breviceps. Amphibia Web 2012
Description
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka- Amphibia Web, 2012
Sandeep Das, Anil Zachariah, P S Easa
Attributions Sandeep Das, Anil Zachariah, P S Easa
Contributors 
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
  1. Khan, M. S.2002, Sphaerotheca breviceps. Amphibia Web 2012
Endemicity

Endemic to Western Ghats

Radhakrishnan, C and K.P. Dinesh. 2013. A Catalogue of Amphibia in the collection of the Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Calicut. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 339: 1-71.
Attributions Radhakrishnan, C and K.P. Dinesh. 2013. A Catalogue of Amphibia in the collection of the Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Calicut. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 339: 1-71.
Contributors 
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    No Data
    📚 Occurrence
    No Data
    📚 Demography and Conservation
    Risk Statement
    Least Concern
    Sandeep Das, Anil Zachariah, P S Easa
    Attributions Sandeep Das, Anil Zachariah, P S Easa
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
    1. Khan, M. S.2002, Sphaerotheca breviceps. Amphibia Web 2012
    No Data
    📚 Uses and Management
    No Data
    📚 Information Listing
    References
    1. Frost, Darrel R. 2016. Amphibian Species of the World: an online reference. Version 6 (03-04-2017). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Sphaerotheca/Sphaerotheca-breviceps American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
    1. Frost, Darrel R. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an online reference. Version 6 (12-10-2018). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Sphaerotheca/Sphaerotheca-breviceps American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
    1. 1987. Tomopterna (Sphaerotheca) swani - Dubois, “1986”, Alytes, 5: 57.
    2. 1860. Pyxicephalus (Tomopterna) fodiens - Peters, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 186
    3. 1999. Sphaerotheca breviceps - Dubois, J. South Asian Nat. Hist., 4: 8.
    4. 1998. Tomopterna maskeyi Schleich and Anders, In Schleich and Kästle, Contr. Herpetol. S. Asia Nepal India, 4: 57.
    5. 1920. Rana (Tomopterna) breviceps - Boulenger, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 102.
    6. 1987. Tomopterna (Sphaerotheca) breviceps - Dubois, “1986”, Alytes, 5: 57.
    7. 1976. Tomopterna swani - Dubois, Cah. Nepal., Doc., 6: 12.
    8. 1854. Pyxicephalus pluvialis Jerdon, “1853”, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 534.
    9. 1859. Sphaerotheca strigata Günther, “1858”, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 20.
    10. 1829. Rana variegata Gravenhorst, Delic. Mus. Zool. Vratislav., 1: 33.
    11. 1956. Rana swani Myers and Leviton In Leviton, Myers, and Swan, Occas. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ., 1: 7.
    12. 2000. Sphaerotheca pluvialis - Marmayou, Dubois, Ohler, Pasquet, and Tillier, C. R. Acad. Sci., Ser. 3, Paris, 323: 293.
    13. 1854. Pyxicephalus fodiens Jerdon, “1853”, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 534.
    14. 1864. Pyxicephalus breviceps - Gunther, Rept. Brit. India: 411.
    15. 1981. Rana (Tomopterna) swani - Dubois, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233.
    16. 1838. Systoma breviceps - Tschudi, Classif. Batr.: 86.
    17. 1983. Rana (Tomopterna) breviceps breviceps - Dubois, Alytes, 2: 166.
    18. 1799. Rana breviceps Schneider, Hist. Amph. Nat.: 140.
    19. 2000. Sphaerotheca maskeyi - Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, Lourenco and Goodman (eds.), Diversite et Endeemisme a Madagascar: 232.
    20. 1938. Tomopterna breviceps - Deckert, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1938: 142.
    21. 2000. Sphaerotheca swani - Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, Lourenco and Goodman (eds.), Diversite et Endeemisme a Madagascar: 232.
    22. 1860. Tomopterna strigata - Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860: 165.
    23. 1854. Pyxicephalus pluvialis Jerdon, “1853”, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 534.
    24. 1976. Tomopterna swani - Dubois, Cah. Nepal., Doc., 6: 12.
    25. 1859. Sphaerotheca strigata Günther, “1858”, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 20.
    26. 2000. Sphaerotheca pluvialis - Marmayou, Dubois, Ohler, Pasquet, and Tillier, C. R. Acad. Sci., Ser. 3, Paris, 323: 293.
    27. 1981. Rana (Tomopterna) swani - Dubois, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233.
    28. 1860. Pyxicephalus (Tomopterna) fodiens - Peters, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 186
    29. 1987. Tomopterna (Sphaerotheca) breviceps - Dubois, “1986”, Alytes, 5: 57.
    30. 1998. Tomopterna maskeyi Schleich and Anders, In Schleich and Kästle, Contr. Herpetol. S. Asia Nepal India, 4: 57.
    31. 2000. Sphaerotheca maskeyi - Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, Lourenco and Goodman (eds.), Diversite et Endeemisme a Madagascar: 232.
    32. 1838. Systoma breviceps - Tschudi, Classif. Batr.: 86.
    33. 1854. Pyxicephalus fodiens Jerdon, “1853”, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 534.
    34. 1920. Rana (Tomopterna) breviceps - Boulenger, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 102.
    35. 1983. Rana (Tomopterna) breviceps breviceps - Dubois, Alytes, 2: 166.
    36. 1999. Sphaerotheca breviceps - Dubois, J. South Asian Nat. Hist., 4: 8.
    37. 1956. Rana swani Myers and Leviton In Leviton, Myers, and Swan, Occas. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ., 1: 7.
    38. 1799. Rana breviceps Schneider, Hist. Amph. Nat.: 140.
    39. 2000. Sphaerotheca swani - Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, Lourenco and Goodman (eds.), Diversite et Endeemisme a Madagascar: 232.
    40. 1987. Tomopterna (Sphaerotheca) swani - Dubois, “1986”, Alytes, 5: 57.
    41. 1938. Tomopterna breviceps - Deckert, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1938: 142.
    42. 1860. Tomopterna strigata - Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860: 165.
    43. 1829. Rana variegata Gravenhorst, Delic. Mus. Zool. Vratislav., 1: 33.
    44. 1864. Pyxicephalus breviceps - Gunther, Rept. Brit. India: 411.
    Overview > Brief
    1. Khan, M. S.2002, Sphaerotheca breviceps. Amphibia Web 2012
    Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
    1. Khan, M. S.2002, Sphaerotheca breviceps. Amphibia Web 2012
    Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
    1. Khan, M. S.2002, Sphaerotheca breviceps. Amphibia Web 2012
    Demography and Conservation > Risk Statement
    1. Khan, M. S.2002, Sphaerotheca breviceps. Amphibia Web 2012
    Information Listing > References
    1. Frost, Darrel R. 2016. Amphibian Species of the World: an online reference. Version 6 (03-04-2017). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Sphaerotheca/Sphaerotheca-breviceps American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
    2. Frost, Darrel R. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an online reference. Version 6 (12-10-2018). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Sphaerotheca/Sphaerotheca-breviceps American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
    3. 1987. Tomopterna (Sphaerotheca) swani - Dubois, “1986”, Alytes, 5: 57.
    4. 1860. Pyxicephalus (Tomopterna) fodiens - Peters, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 186
    5. 1999. Sphaerotheca breviceps - Dubois, J. South Asian Nat. Hist., 4: 8.
    6. 1998. Tomopterna maskeyi Schleich and Anders, In Schleich and Kästle, Contr. Herpetol. S. Asia Nepal India, 4: 57.
    7. 1920. Rana (Tomopterna) breviceps - Boulenger, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 102.
    8. 1987. Tomopterna (Sphaerotheca) breviceps - Dubois, “1986”, Alytes, 5: 57.
    9. 1976. Tomopterna swani - Dubois, Cah. Nepal., Doc., 6: 12.
    10. 1854. Pyxicephalus pluvialis Jerdon, “1853”, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 534.
    11. 1859. Sphaerotheca strigata Günther, “1858”, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 20.
    12. 1829. Rana variegata Gravenhorst, Delic. Mus. Zool. Vratislav., 1: 33.
    13. 1956. Rana swani Myers and Leviton In Leviton, Myers, and Swan, Occas. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ., 1: 7.
    14. 2000. Sphaerotheca pluvialis - Marmayou, Dubois, Ohler, Pasquet, and Tillier, C. R. Acad. Sci., Ser. 3, Paris, 323: 293.
    15. 1854. Pyxicephalus fodiens Jerdon, “1853”, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 534.
    16. 1864. Pyxicephalus breviceps - Gunther, Rept. Brit. India: 411.
    17. 1981. Rana (Tomopterna) swani - Dubois, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233.
    18. 1838. Systoma breviceps - Tschudi, Classif. Batr.: 86.
    19. 1983. Rana (Tomopterna) breviceps breviceps - Dubois, Alytes, 2: 166.
    20. 1799. Rana breviceps Schneider, Hist. Amph. Nat.: 140.
    21. 2000. Sphaerotheca maskeyi - Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, Lourenco and Goodman (eds.), Diversite et Endeemisme a Madagascar: 232.
    22. 1938. Tomopterna breviceps - Deckert, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1938: 142.
    23. 2000. Sphaerotheca swani - Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, Lourenco and Goodman (eds.), Diversite et Endeemisme a Madagascar: 232.
    24. 1860. Tomopterna strigata - Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860: 165.
    25. 1854. Pyxicephalus pluvialis Jerdon, “1853”, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 534.
    26. 1976. Tomopterna swani - Dubois, Cah. Nepal., Doc., 6: 12.
    27. 1859. Sphaerotheca strigata Günther, “1858”, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 20.
    28. 2000. Sphaerotheca pluvialis - Marmayou, Dubois, Ohler, Pasquet, and Tillier, C. R. Acad. Sci., Ser. 3, Paris, 323: 293.
    29. 1981. Rana (Tomopterna) swani - Dubois, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233.
    30. 1860. Pyxicephalus (Tomopterna) fodiens - Peters, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 186
    31. 1987. Tomopterna (Sphaerotheca) breviceps - Dubois, “1986”, Alytes, 5: 57.
    32. 1998. Tomopterna maskeyi Schleich and Anders, In Schleich and Kästle, Contr. Herpetol. S. Asia Nepal India, 4: 57.
    33. 2000. Sphaerotheca maskeyi - Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, Lourenco and Goodman (eds.), Diversite et Endeemisme a Madagascar: 232.
    34. 1838. Systoma breviceps - Tschudi, Classif. Batr.: 86.
    35. 1854. Pyxicephalus fodiens Jerdon, “1853”, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 534.
    36. 1920. Rana (Tomopterna) breviceps - Boulenger, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 102.
    37. 1983. Rana (Tomopterna) breviceps breviceps - Dubois, Alytes, 2: 166.
    38. 1999. Sphaerotheca breviceps - Dubois, J. South Asian Nat. Hist., 4: 8.
    39. 1956. Rana swani Myers and Leviton In Leviton, Myers, and Swan, Occas. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ., 1: 7.
    40. 1799. Rana breviceps Schneider, Hist. Amph. Nat.: 140.
    41. 2000. Sphaerotheca swani - Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das, and Veith, Lourenco and Goodman (eds.), Diversite et Endeemisme a Madagascar: 232.
    42. 1987. Tomopterna (Sphaerotheca) swani - Dubois, “1986”, Alytes, 5: 57.
    43. 1938. Tomopterna breviceps - Deckert, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1938: 142.
    44. 1860. Tomopterna strigata - Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860: 165.
    45. 1829. Rana variegata Gravenhorst, Delic. Mus. Zool. Vratislav., 1: 33.
    46. 1864. Pyxicephalus breviceps - Gunther, Rept. Brit. India: 411.

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    📚 Meta data
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    🐾 Taxonomy
    RootRoot
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassAmphibia
    OrderAnura
    FamilyDicroglossidae
    SubfamilyDicroglossinae
    GenusSphaerotheca
    SpeciesSphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider 1799)
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