Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 |
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]
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Rao's frog may refer to:
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