Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus

Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dicroglossidae
Genus:	Sphaerotheca
Species:	S. leucorhynchus
Binomial name
Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937)
Synonyms
Rana leucorhynchusRao, 1937 Tomopterna leucorhynchus(Rao, 1937)

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]

References

1. 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 15 November 2021.
2. 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.