Bull frogs [1] ( lat. Kaloula ) - a genus of amphibians from the family Uzkoroty . Includes 16 species.
| Bull Frogs |
Red spotted bull frog |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squad: | Tailless Amphibians |
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| International scientific name |
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Kaloula JE Gray , 1831 |
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The total length of representatives of this genus ranges from 5 to 9 cm. The head is short, massive. The eyes are medium sized. The trunk is large, in most species rounded with short but powerful limbs. The background color is mostly dark with large bright spots located randomly (in some species) or symmetrically on the sides (in others).
They live in tropical forests in humid places near water bodies. Active mainly at dusk. They feed mainly on insects.
These are oviparous amphibians.
Found from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to the Philippines and the Great Sunda Islands, as well as in China and the Korean Peninsula.
As of November 2018, 19 species are included in the genus [2] :
- Kaloula assamensis Das at al., 2005
- Kaloula aureata Nutphand, 1989
- Kaloula baleata (Müller, 1836) - Red - spotted Bull Frog
- Kaloula borealis (Barbour, 1908) - Far Eastern Bull Frog
- Kaloula conjuncta (Peters, 1863) - Philippine Bull Frog
- Kaloula ghoshi Cherchi, 1954
- Kaloula indochinensis Chan at al., 2013
- Kaloula kalingensis Taylor, 1922
- Kaloula kokacii Ross & Gonzales, 1992
- Kaloula latidisca Chan, Grismer & Brown, 2014
- Kaloula mediolineata Smith, 1917 - Siamese Bull Frog
- Kaloula nonggangensis Mo at al., 2013
- Kaloula picta (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) - Painted Bull Frog
- Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831 - Decorated Bull Frog , or Indian Bull Frog
- Kaloula rigida Taylor, 1922 - Luzon Bull Frog
- Kaloula rugifera Stejneger, 1924 - Green Bull Frog
- Kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934
- Kaloula verrucosa Boulenger, 1904 - Lumpy Bull Frog
- Kaloula walteri Diesmos at al., 2002
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 42. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ Frost DR Kaloula . Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D., Paglinawan LE, Bailly N., Kirk PM, Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalog of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist .. Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved on 24 september 2012.
