Glyphoglossus

Glyphoglossus is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae.[1][2] The genus occurs in Southeastern Asia.[1] 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.[1] They are fossorial frogs that spend only limited time on the soil surface and are typically known from only few specimens.[3]

Glyphoglossus
Glyphoglossus molossus, the type species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Microhylinae
Genus: Glyphoglossus
Günther, 1869 "1868"
Type species
Glyphoglossus molossus
Günther, 1869 "1868"
Species

9 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]

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.[1][3][4] Consequently, Calluella was brought into synonymy of Glyphoglossus.[4]

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.[5]

Species

There are nine recognized species:[1][2]

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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.
  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.
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