Uperodon

Uperodon
	Uperodon systoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Microhylidae
Subfamily:	Microhylinae
Genus:	Uperodon; Duméril & Bibron, 1841
Species
	12 species (see text)
Synonyms[1]
	Hyperodon Agassiz, 1846 ; Cacopus Günther, 1864 ; Pachybatrachus Keferstein, 1868 ; Ramanella Rao and Ramanna, 1925 ;

Uperodon is a genus of microhylid frogs.[1][2] They occur in South Asia (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh) and Myanmar.[1][2] Uperodon reached its current composition in 2016 when the genus Ramanella was brought into its synonymy.[3] The common names of these frogs are globular frogs and balloon frogs[1] in reference to their stout appearance,[4] or dot frogs, the last specifically referring to the former Ramanella.[1]

Uperodon includes burrowing frogs that eat ants and termites.[4][5]

Species

There are 12 recognized species:[1]

Uperodon anamalaiensis (Rao, 1937)
Uperodon globulosus (Günther, 1864)
Uperodon montanus (Jerdon, 1853)
Uperodon mormoratus (Rao, 1937)
Uperodon nagaoi (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2001)
Uperodon obscurus (Günther, 1864)
Uperodon palmatus (Parker, 1934)
Uperodon rohani Garg, Senevirathne, Wijayathilaka, Phuge, Deuti, Manamendra-Arachchi, Meegaskumbura, and Biju, 2018
Uperodon systoma (Schneider, 1799)
Uperodon taprobanicus (Parker, 1934)
Uperodon triangularis (Günther, 1876)
Uperodon variegatus (Stoliczka, 1872)

The AmphibiaWeb also lists Uperodon minor Rao, 1937,[2] which is considered synonym of Uperodon anamalaiensis by the Amphibian Species of the World.[1]

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References

Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Uperodon Duméril and Bibron, 1841". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
"Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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.
Boulenger, G. A. (1890). Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 495–497.
Das, I. (1996). "Resource use and foraging tactics in a south Indian amphibian community" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 2 (1): 1–30.

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[Frost-1] Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Uperodon Duméril and Bibron, 1841". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[AmphibiaWeb-2] "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[Peloso_et_al._2016-3] 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.

[Boulenger-4] Boulenger, G. A. (1890). Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 495–497.

[5] Das, I. (1996). "Resource use and foraging tactics in a south Indian amphibian community" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 2 (1): 1–30.