Sphaerotheca varshaabhu

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Sphaerotheca
Species: Sphaerotheca varshaabhu

Name

Sphaerotheca varshaabhu Deepak, Dinesh, Chetan Nag, Ohler, Shanker, Souza, Prasad & Ashadevi, 2024: 392

• Holotype: ZSI/WRC/A/2571, adult ♂, collected by P. Deepak and team on 24 July 2020.
• Type locality: “the disturbed suburban agro ecosystems of Budumanhalli (N 13.1973; E 77.5328, 850 msl), Bengaluru, Karnataka”, India.

References

Primary references

• Deepak, P., Dinesh, K.P., Chetan Nag, K.S., Ohler, A., Shanker, K., Souza, P., Prasad, V.K. & Ashadevi, J.S. 2024. Discovery and description of a new species of burrowing frog Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the suburban landscapes of Bengaluru, India. Zootaxa 5405(3): 381–410. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5405.3.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Varshaa Burrowing Frog