- Amphibians of Pakistan
There are 22
species ofamphibian s inPakistan .Family RANIDAE
( Broad-Mouthed Frogs)
*Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis
*Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis microspinulata
*Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis seistanica
*Hoplobatrachus tigerinus - Indian Bullfrog
*Fejervarya limnocharis
*Fejervarya syhadrensis
*Hoplobatrachus tigerinus Family MEGOPHRYIDAE
*
Paa vicina
*Scutiger pleskei
*Paa sternosignata
*Paa hazarensis
* *Paa barmoachensis
*Sphaeroteca breviceps
*Scutiger occidentalis -Deosai Frog Toads
*
Bufo melanostictus
*Bufo olivaceus
*Bufo stomaticus
*Bufo himalayanus Bufo viridis subgroup with
*
Bufo latastii *
Bufo pseudoraddei pseudoraddei *
Bufo pseudoraddi batuae -Batura toad *
Bufo surdus References
* http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/AmphibiansofPakistan/broadmouthfrogsofPakistan.htm
* STÖCK M., M. SCHMID, C. STEINLEIN AND W.-R. GROSSE (1999): Mosaicism in somatic triploid specimens of the Bufo viridis complex in the Karakoram with examination of calls, morphology and taxonomic conclusions. Ital. J. Zool. (Modena) 66 (3): 215-232.
* STÖCK M., D. FRYNTA, W.-R. GROSSE, C. STEINLEIN, M. SCHMID (2001). A review of the distribution of diploid, triploid and tetraploid green toads (Bufo viridis complex) in Asia including new data from Iran and Pakistan. Asiatic Herp. Res. (Berkeley) 9: 77-100.
* STÖCK M., R. GÜNTHER AND W. BÖHME (2001). Progress towards a taxonomic revision of the Asian Bufo viridis group: Current status of nominal taxa and unsolved problems (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkunde Dresden 51: 253–319.
* STÖCK M., D. K. LAMATSCH, C. STEINLEIN, J. T. EPPLEN, W.-R. GROSSE, R. HOCK, T. KLAPPERSTÜCK, K. P. LAMPERT, U. SCHEER, M. SCHMID AND M. SCHARTL (2002): A bisexually reproducing all-triploid vertebrate. Nature Genetics 30 (3): 325-328.
* STÖCK M., MORITZ C., HICKERSON M., FRYNTA D., DUJSEBAYEVA T., EREMCHENKO V., MACEY J.R., PAPENFUSS T. J., AND WAKE D. B. (2006): Evolution of mitochondrial relationships and biogeography of Palearctic green toads (Bufo viridis subgroup) with insights in their genomic plasticity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41:663-689.
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