Glyphoglossus is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae.[1][2] The genus occurs in Southeastern Asia.[1] 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.[1] They are fossorial frogs that spend only limited time on the soil surface and are typically known from only few specimens.[3]
| Glyphoglossus | |
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| Glyphoglossus molossus, the type species | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Microhylinae |
| Genus: | Glyphoglossus Günther, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Glyphoglossus molossus Günther, 1869 | |
| Species | |
9 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[1][3][4] Consequently, Calluella was brought into synonymy of Glyphoglossus.[4]
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[5]
Species
There are nine recognized species:[1][2]
- 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)