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Limnodynastes dumerilii is a frog species from the family Limnodynastidae. [2] The informal names for the species and its subspecies include eastern or southern banjo frog , and bull frog . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The frog is also called the pobblebonk after its distinctive "bonk" call, which is likened to a banjo string being plucked.
The family is small, comprising only eleven different species. The American spadefoot toads are of typical shape to most fossorial (or burrowing) frogs. They are round, with short legs and protruding eyes. As suggested by their name, these frogs have hard, keratinous protrusions present on their feet, which help them to dig.
The Hyperoliidae, or sedge frogs and bush frogs, are a large family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored frogs which contain more than 250 species in 19 genera. Seventeen genera are native to sub-Saharan Africa. [ 1 ]
Heterixalus alboguttatus is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae endemic to Madagascar. Females possess a characteristic yellow-spotted dorsal patterning, while males can be almost uniformly white. It forms a species complex with H. boettgeri and H. madagascariensis, and is known to hybridize with H. boettgeri. [1]
Atelopus barbotini, popularly known as the purple fluorescent frog or more accurately the purple harlequin toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. General Information. The toad was formerly considered part of the Atelopus spumarius. It is not clear whether or not it is a single species or a group of related species.
The family includes terrestrial, burrowing, aquatic, and arboreal members, inhabiting a wide range of habitats. [3] Several of the genera within the Leptodactylidae lay their eggs in foam nests. These can be in crevices, on the surface of water, or on forest floors. These foam nests are some of the most varied among frogs.
Limnodynastidae, commonly known as the Australian ground frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands. They were formerly considered a subfamily of the Myobatrachidae , the other large radiation of terrestrial frogs in Australia, but are now considered a distinct family.
Ceratobatrachidae was formerly treated as a subfamily (i.e., Ceratobatrachinae) in the family Ranidae (true frogs), but have now been re-classified as a separate family. The following genera are recognised: [1] Subfamily Alcalinae Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015