Glyphoglossus

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| image = Balloon Frog (Glyphoglossus molossus)5.jpg

| image_caption = Glyphoglossus molossus, the type species

| taxon = Glyphoglossus

| authority = Günther, 1869

| type_species = Glyphoglossus molossus

| type_species_authority = Günther, 1869

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 9 species (see text)

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| Calluella | Stoliczka, 1872

| Kalluella | — incorrect subsequent spelling

| Colpoglossus | Boulenger, 1904

| Dyscophina | van Kampen, 1905

| Calliglutus | Barbour and Noble, 1916 }}

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

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. Consequently, Calluella was brought into synonymy of Glyphoglossus.

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. Species of this Genus are found in the range from Southern China to Indo-Malaya

Species

There are nine recognized species:

Glyphoglossus brooksii (Boulenger, 1904)
Glyphoglossus capsus (Das, Min, Hsu, Hertwig, and Haas, 2014)
Glyphoglossus flavus (Kiew, 1984)
Glyphoglossus guttulatus (Blyth, 1856)
Glyphoglossus minutus (Das, Yaakob, and Lim, 2004)
Glyphoglossus molossus Günther, 1869
Glyphoglossus smithi (Barbour and Noble, 1916)
Glyphoglossus volzi (Van Kampen, 1905)
Glyphoglossus yunnanensis (Boulenger, 1919)

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Microhylidae.shtml|title=Microhylidae |year=2019 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=23 March 2019}}

{{cite journal |last1=Das |first1=I. |last2=Yaakob |first2=N. S. |last3=Lim |first3=B. L. |name-list-style=amp |title=New species of Calluella Stoliczka, 1872 (Anura : Microhylidae) from Taman Negara, Pahang State, Peninsular Malaysia |journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |date=2004 |volume=52 |pages=257–260 |url=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/52rbz257-260.pdf }}

{{cite journal |last1=Das |first1=I. |last2=Min |first2=P.Y. |last3=Hsu |first3=W.W. |last4=Hertwig |first4=S.T. |last5=Haas |first5=A. |name-list-style=amp |title=Red hot chili pepper. A new Calluella Stoliczka, 1872 (Lissamphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo) |journal=Zootaxa |date=2014 |volume=3785 |issue=4 |pages=550–560 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3785.4.4 |pmid=24872245|url=http://ir.unimas.my/4390/1/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Pepper%20A%20New%20Calluella%20Stoliczka%2C%201872%20%28Lissamphibia%20Anura%20Microhylidae%29%20from%20Sarawak%2C%20East%20Malaysia%20%28Borneo%29%20abstract.pdf }}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Microhylinae/Glyphoglossus |title=Glyphoglossus Gunther, 1869 "1868" |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2019 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=23 March 2019}}

{{cite journal|last1=Peloso|first1=Pedro L.V.|last2=Frost|first2=Darrel R.|last3=Richards|first3=Stephen J.|last4=Rodrigues|first4=Miguel T.|last5=Donnellan|first5=Stephen|last6=Matsui|first6=Masafumi|last7=Raxworthy|first7=Cristopher J.|last8=Biju|first8=S.D.|last9=Lemmon|first9=Emily Moriarty|last10=Lemmon|first10=Alan R.|last11=Wheeler|first11=Ward C. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae) |journal=Cladistics |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=113–140 |doi=10.1111/cla.12118|s2cid=84925667|doi-access=free}}

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Category:Microhylidae

Category:Amphibians of Asia

Category:Amphibian genera

Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther

Category:Fauna of the Indomalayan realm