Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus
Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (common names: Wattakole bullfrog, Rao's burrowing frog, Rao's white-banded frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to India: it is only known from its type locality in Kodagu district, Karnataka, in southern India. The type specimen is lost, and this name might be a junior synonym of Sphaerotheca breviceps.[2]
| Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerotheca |
| Species: | S. leucorhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rana leucorhynchus Rao, 1937 | |
References
- S.D. Biju; Sushil Dutta; Robert Inger; Anand Padhye (2004). "Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58757A11838015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58757A11838015.en. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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