Duttaphrynus microtympanum
| Duttaphrynus microtympanum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Duttaphrynus |
| Species: | D. microtympanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Duttaphrynus microtympanum (Boulenger, 1882) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bufo microtympanum Boulenger, 1882 | |
Duttaphrynus microtympanum (common names: southern hill toad, small-eared toad) is a species of toad found in the Western Ghats of India, possibly wider.[2]
Description
Head with prominent bony ridges, viz. a canthal, a pre-orbital, a supraorbital, a postorbital, and a short orbito-tympanic; snout short, blunt; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very small, not half the diameter of eye, generally indistinct. First finger extending beyond second; toes about half webbed, with single subarticular tubercles; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The tarsometatarsal articulation reaches the eye, or between the eye and the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces with irregular, distinctly porous warts; parotoids prominent, elliptical, twice or twice and a half as long as broad. Brown above; yellow beneath, marbled with brown. Male with a subgular vocal sac.
From snout to vent 3 inches.[3]
References
- ↑ S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, Chelmala Srinivasulu, Gajanan Dasaramji Bhuddhe (2004). "Duttaphrynus microtympanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Duttaphrynus microtympanum (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia
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