Hoplobatrachus
| Hoplobatrachus | |
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| Hoplobatrachus tigerinus from the Western Ghats | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Dicroglossinae |
| Genus: | Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863 |
| Species | |
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5 recognized species, see article. | |
Hoplobatrachus is a genus of frogs in the Dicroglossidae family.[1][2] This genus is found in both the Sub-Saharan Africa and southern and southeastern Asia. It is the sister taxon of Euphlyctis, although there is some evidence that it might be paraphyletic with respect to Euphlyctis. These frogs are sometimes known as the Peters frogs or crowned bullfrogs.[1]
Species
Hoplobatrachus has five described species:[1]
- Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon, 1854)
- Hoplobatrachus litoralis Hasan, Kuramoto, Islam, Alam, Khan, and Sumida, 2012
- Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858)
- Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Wiegmann, 1834)
- Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802)
References
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ "Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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