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Genus of amphibians

Glyphoglossus
Glyphoglossus molossus, the type species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Microhylinae
Genus: Glyphoglossus
Günther, 1869
Type species
Glyphoglossus molossus
Günther, 1869
Species

9 species (see text)

Synonyms

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.

Description

Diagnostic characteristics of Calluella are wide head and flattened body; reduced eyes; presence of maxillary and vomerine teeth; toes with reduced webbing; circular pupil; large, oval, and entire tongue; palate having paired dermal ridges; and a large compressed inner metatarsal tubercle under each foot. Species of this Genus are found in the range from Southern China to Indo-Malaya

Species

There are nine recognized species:

References

  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Glyphoglossus Gunther, 1869 "1868"". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ^ Das, I.; Min, P.Y.; Hsu, W.W.; Hertwig, S.T. & Haas, A. (2014). "Red hot chili pepper. A new Calluella Stoliczka, 1872 (Lissamphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3785 (4): 550–560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3785.4.4. PMID 24872245.
  4. ^ Peloso, Pedro L.V.; Frost, Darrel R.; Richards, Stephen J.; Rodrigues, Miguel T.; Donnellan, Stephen; Matsui, Masafumi; Raxworthy, Cristopher J.; Biju, S.D.; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Lemmon, Alan R. & Wheeler, Ward C. (2016). "The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae)". Cladistics. 32 (2): 113–140. doi:10.1111/cla.12118. S2CID 84925667.
  5. Das, I.; Yaakob, N. S. & Lim, B. L. (2004). "New species of Calluella Stoliczka, 1872 (Anura : Microhylidae) from Taman Negara, Pahang State, Peninsular Malaysia" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 52: 257–260.
Taxon identifiers
Glyphoglossus


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