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This anuran is short, stocky, and toadlike; head broader than long, top flat; first finger longer than second, tips swollen; hind limbs short, tibiotarsal articulation reaching the axilla; toes half to one fourth webbed. Inner metatarsal tubercle long, compressed, flat, shovel-shaped; skin smooth, slightly varicose, with feeble longitudinal dorsal folds; tympanum distinct, as large as eye. Color: Dorsum olive golden, with a light yellow median line; a well marked large golden ocellus on shoulder on each side, continuing obliquely along flanks. Indistinct yellowish bars on limbs and jaws. Sometimes dorsum is faintly mottled. Ventrum cream, gular region black in breeding males. The eyes of juvenile Tomopterna breviceps are surrounded by a dark circle. Its broad head is reddish. The tadpoles are pinkish brown with dark brown spottings. The tadpoles have stout body, the snout is high broad and rounded. The oral disc is anterior, the fringe of oral papillae does not extend on anterior and posterior labium. The posterior labium double row of papillae. Labial tooth row formula is 2(2)/3. The beak is narrow and finely serrated. The lanceolate tail has dorsal fin broader than the ventral. Body is light brown with large dark brown blotches, ventrum grayishwhite with fine brown dottings. The tadpole is found in small ponds and side pools along streams. Total length of the tadpole 34-36 mm, tail 25-26 mm.For references in the text, see here
- Khan, M.S. (1976). '' An annotated checklist and key to the amphibians of Pakistan.'' Biologia , 22:201-210.
- Khan, M.S. (1985). ''An interesting collection of amphibians and reptiles from Cholistan Desert, Punjab, Pakistan.'' Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 82, 144-148.
- Minton, S.A. (1962). ''An annotated key to the amphibians and reptiles of Sind and Las Bela, West Pakistan.'' American Museum Novitates, 2081, 1-21.
- Minton, S.A. (1966). ''A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan.'' Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 134(2), 31-184.
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The burrowing frog is distributed throughout India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. In Pakistan it is reported from the Himalayan foothills, and extends into the Potwar Tableland. It has spotty distribution in the riparian system of Punjab (Khan 1976). Its colonies have been reported in desolate parts of the Cholistan Desert (Khan 1985a). Around Karachi, it is collected from the Hab and Malir River Valleys (Minton 1962, 1966).
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
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This burrowing frog inhabits relatively humid parts of Pakistan and is found in abundance along the Himalayan foothills in the northwest. It is essentially nocturnal, emerging at dusk from of its burrow which it excavates in soft sandy soil with the help of its broad shovel-shaped inner metatarsal tubercle. At dusk these frogs swarm fields around Manshera city. It is insectivorous, and is often seen devouring centipedes and millipedes which are common in its habitat. Breeding season starts with the first showers of summer monsoons, when males gather in the shallow marginal waters of large ponds, spaced well apart from each other. The call is a quickly repeated "Awang, awang, awang" uttered 5 to 7 times in a burst. The same habitat is a potential breeding site for other local amphibians, e.g., Bufo stomaticus, Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, Holobatrachus tigerinus and Microhyla ornata. Occasionally, a relatively agile male of B. stomaticus or E.cyanophlyctis pairs with a Tomopterna breviceps (regardless of sex) which being docile, offers little or no resistance; the pair soon separates. Eggs of Tomopterna breviceps are large, enclosed in two envelopes of jelly, and laid in small batches which float and adhere to the grass blades. Tomopterna breviceps has a remarkable resemblance to the burrowing frogs of the genus Uperodon.
Sphaerotheca breviceps
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Sphaerotheca breviceps és una espècie de granota que viu a l'Àsia meridional.
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The Indian burrowing frog (Sphaerotheca breviceps) is a species of frog found in South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and in Myanmar).[2]
Description
Indian burrowing frog at Madikai Ambalathukara, Kasaragod, India
Its vomerine teeth form two oblique groups extending a little beyond the hind edge of the choanse. Its habit is stout. The head is short, with a rounded snout; the occiput is swollen, and the interorbital space is narrower than the upper eyelid. The tympanum is distinct, about two-thirds the diameter of the eye. The fingers are moderate and obtuse, with the first extending much beyond second, nearly as long as third; the toes are moderate, obtuse, and half-webbed; the subarticular tubercles are moderate, with the inner metatarsal tubercle being very large, sharp-edged, shovel-shaped, and longer than the inner toe; no outer tubercle or tarsal fold is present. The hind limbs are short, and the tibiotarsal articulation reaches the axilla or the tympanum. The skin above is smooth or granulate, with some scattered tubercles or short, interrupted longitudinal folds; a strong fold runs from the eye to the shoulder; the belly and lower surfaces of thighs are granulate. In color, it is light brown or olive above, with darker spots or marblings, often a light vertebral band, and sometimes another on the upper side of each flank; the throats of males are blackish, and those of females are usually brown-spotted. The male has two well-developed internal subgular vocal sacs.[3]
From snout to vent, it averages 2.5 inches.
It is found in the drier regions of India from the Punjab and Sind to southern India and Sri Lanka. In the Himalayas, it occurs up to about 7000 feet. The structure of the hind limbs enables this frog to burrow in the ground for about 1.5 feet.
Habitat
The habitat ranges from dry, arid land to moist, deciduous forest. The microhabitat in which this frog is found includes leaf litter or under rocks, in crevices or in open spaces in arid areas.
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^ Ohler, A.; Khan, M.S.; van Dijk, P.P.; Wogan, G.; Dutta, S.; Inger, R.F.; Kumar Shrestha, T.; Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & de Silva, A. (2016) [errata version of 2004 assessment]. "Sphaerotheca breviceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58755A86145885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58755A11837725.en.
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^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider, 1799)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia
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The Indian burrowing frog (Sphaerotheca breviceps) is a species of frog found in South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and in Myanmar).
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Sphaerotheca breviceps es una especie de anfibio anuro de la familia Dicroglossidae. Se distribuye por el sur de la India. Se consideraba que su área de distribución era más amplia e incluía buena parte del sur de Asia, pero ahora esas poblaciones se asignan a diferentes especies: Sphaerotheca pluvialis, Sphaerotheca swani y Sphaerotheca maskeyi.[2] Se puede encontrar en muy diversos hábitats: bosques, plantaciones, zonas de matorral, pastizales y zonas urbanas.[1]
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↑ a b Ohler, A., Khan, M.S., van Dijk, P.P., Wogan, G., Dutta, S., Inger, R.F., Kumar Shrestha, T., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & de Silva, A. (2004). «Sphaerotheca breviceps». Lista Roja de especies amenazadas de la UICN 2022 (en inglés). ISSN 2307-8235. Consultado el 8 de marzo de 2021.
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↑ a b Frost, D.R. «Sphaerotheca breviceps». Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. (en inglés). Nueva York, EEUU: Museo Americano de Historia Natural. Consultado el 8 de marzo de 2021.
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Sphaerotheca breviceps es una especie de anfibio anuro de la familia Dicroglossidae. Se distribuye por el sur de la India. Se consideraba que su área de distribución era más amplia e incluía buena parte del sur de Asia, pero ahora esas poblaciones se asignan a diferentes especies: Sphaerotheca pluvialis, Sphaerotheca swani y Sphaerotheca maskeyi. Se puede encontrar en muy diversos hábitats: bosques, plantaciones, zonas de matorral, pastizales y zonas urbanas.
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Sphaerotheca breviceps Sphaerotheca generoko animalia da. Anfibioen barruko Dicroglossidae familian sailkatuta dago, Anura ordenan.
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Sphaerotheca breviceps est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Dicroglossidae[1].
Répartition
Cette espèce se rencontre au Pakistan, en Inde, au Népal, en Birmanie et au Sri Lanka du niveau de la mer à 1 500 m d'altitude[1].
Sa présence est incertaine au Bangladesh et aux Maldives.
Publication originale
- Schneider, 1799 : Historiae amphibiorum naturalis et literariae, fasciculus primus, continens ranas, calamitas, bufones, salamandras et hydros in genera et species descriptos notisque suis distinctos. Jena, vol. 1, p. 1-266, (texte intégral).
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Sphaerotheca breviceps est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Dicroglossidae.
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Herpetologie Sphaerotheca breviceps is een kikkersoort uit het geslacht Sphaerotheca in de familie van de Dicroglossidae.[2]
De wetenschappelijke naam werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1799 door Johann Gottlob Schneider als Rana breviceps.[3] Alain Dubois verplaatste de soort in 1987 naar het geslacht Sphaerotheca.
De kikker komt in Zuid-Azië voor in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Birma en Sri Lanka.[4] De soort is waargenomen van zeeniveau tot op 1500 meter boven zeeniveau.
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