- Sphaerotheca dobsoni
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Amphibia
ordo =Anura
familia =Ranidae
genus = "Sphaerotheca "
species = "S. dobsoni"
binomial = "Sphaerotheca dobsoni"
synonyms ="Sphaerotheca dobsoni" is a species of
frog capable of burrowing. It is found inSouth Asia .Description
Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choanae. Habit stout. Head large; snout short, rounded, with obtuse canthus rostralis; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, three fourths the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, obtuse, first much longer than second, as long as third; toes webbed at the base, moderate; subarticular tubercles large; inner metatarsal tubercle very large, sharp-edged, shovel-shaped, longer than the inner toe; no outer tubercle; no tarsal fold. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the shoulder or the tympanum. Skin smooth above, granular on the belly and under the thighs; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. greyish or purplish above, indistinctly marbled with brown, sometimes with a fine light vertebral line; a deep black streak from the end of the snout, through the nostril and the eye, to the shoulder, expanding in a round spot on the tympanum; thighs black above, whitish marbled; beneath yellowish, throat brown-spotted.from snout to vent 2-3 inches. [Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.]
Mangalore, South Canara.
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