Sphaerotheca rolandae

Sphaerotheca rolandae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Sphaerotheca
Species: S. rolandae
Binomial name
Sphaerotheca rolandae
(Dubois, 1983)
Synonyms

Rana breviceps ssp. rolandae Dubois, 1983
Tomopterna rolandae (Dubois, 1983)

Sphaerotheca rolandae (common names: Sri Lanka bullfrog, Roland's burrowing frog, southern burrowing frog, marble sand frog) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family found in Sri Lanka. It is controversial whether the species also occurs in India and Nepal.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Dutta, S. (2004). "Sphaerotheca rolandae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Sphaerotheca rolandae (Dubois, 1983)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 March 2014.


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