Biology:Hoplobatrachus

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Short description: Genus of amphibians

Hoplobatrachus
HoplobatrachusTigerinus.jpg
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus from the Western Ghats
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Hoplobatrachus
Peters, 1863
Species

5 recognized species, see article.

Hoplobatrachus is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae.[1][2] This genus is found in both 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 crowned bullfrogs or the tiger frogs.[1][3]

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Hoplobatrachus. Retrieved 25 January 2014. 
  2. "Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=586235. 
  3. Channing, A. & Rödel, M.-O. (2019) Field guide to the frogs & other amphibians of Africa. Struiker Nature, Cape Town.

Wikidata ☰ Q2328545 entry