Sphaerotheca dobsoni

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Ranidae Genus: Sphaerotheca Species: S. dobsoni
Binomial name
Sphaerotheca dobsoni

Sphaerotheca dobsoni is a species of frog capable of burrowing. It is found in South Asia.

[edit] 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.^[1]

Mangalore, South Canara.

[edit] References

1. ^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.