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Hoplobatrachus

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Dicroglossinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Hoplobatrachus

Higher classification
  
True frog

Order
  
Frog

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Lower classifications
  
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, Chinese edible frog, Crowned bullfrog, Hoplobatrachus crassus

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Hoplobatrachus is a genus of frogs in the Dicroglossidae family. This genus is found in both the Sub-Saharan Africa and southern and southeastern Asia. It is the sister taxon of Euphlyctis, although there is some evidence that it might be paraphyletic with respect to Euphlyctis. These frogs are sometimes known as the Peters frogs or crowned bullfrogs.

Contents

Indian bullfrog hoplobatrachus tigerinus


Species

Hoplobatrachus has five described species:

  • Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon, 1854)
  • Hoplobatrachus litoralis Hasan, Kuramoto, Islam, Alam, Khan, and Sumida, 2012
  • Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858)
  • Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Wiegmann, 1834)
  • Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802)
  • References

    Hoplobatrachus Wikipedia