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Glyphoglossus

Gorin, Vladislav A.;Scherz, Mark D.;Korost, Dmitriy V.;Poyarkov, Nikolay A.

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Glyphoglossus

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Glyphoglossus is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae. The genus occurs in Southeastern Asia. Common name balloon frogs has been coined for it, whereas the common name squat frogs refers to the Calluella species that are now included in this genus. They are fossorial frogs that spend only limited time on the soil surface and are typically known from only few specimens.

Species

Burmese Squat Frog

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderAnura
  5. FamilyMicrohylidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations260

Calluella anfibio genero bat da, Anura ordenaren barruko Microhylidae familian sailkatua.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
Family
Microhylidae
Collections
ROM
Recorded in
Vietnam

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Microhylinae
Image
Balloon Frog (Glyphoglossus molossus)5.jpg
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taxon name
Glyphoglossus
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
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Commons category
Glyphoglossus
taxon synonym
Calluella
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Description
  • Species
  • References

Glyphoglossus is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae. The genus occurs in Southeastern Asia. Common name balloon frogs has been coined for it, whereas the common name squat frogs refers to the Calluella species that are now included in this genus. They are fossorial frogs that spend only limited time on the soil surface and are typically known from only few specimens.

==Taxonomy== Glyphoglossus, as currently delimited, includes species formerly included in a separate genus, Calluella. Molecular genetic data strongly suggest that Glyphoglossus is nested within Calluella. Consequently, Calluella was brought into synonymy of Glyphoglossus.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glyphoglossus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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