Cyclorana
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Cyclorana alboguttata |
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| Steindachner , 1867 |
The genus Cyclorana , also called water reservoir frogs , belongs to the frogs (Anura) from the family of the Australian tree frogs (Pelodryadidae). It occurs with 14 species exclusively in Australia . Some authors treat the genus as a synonym for the genus Ranoidea and incorporate it into this genus.
species
- Cyclorana alboguttata ( Günther , 1867)
- Cyclorana australis ( Gray , 1842)
- Cyclorana brevipes ( Peters , 1871)
- Cyclorana cryptotis Tyler & Martin , 1977
- Cyclorana cultripes Parker , 1940
- Cyclorana longipes Tyler & Martin , 1977
- Cyclorana maculosa Tyler & Martin , 1977
- Cyclorana maini Tyler & Martin , 1977
- Cyclorana manya Beurden & McDonald , 1980
- Cyclorana novaehollandiae Steindachner , 1867
- Cyclorana occidentalis Anstis , Price , Roberts , Catalano , Hines , Doughty & Donnellan , 2016
- Cyclorana platycephala ( Günther , 1873) - water reservoir frog
- Cyclorana vagitus Tyler , Davies & Martin , 1981
- Cyclorana verrucosa Tyler & Martin , 1977
particularities
The water reservoir frog ( Cyclorana platycephala ) and its relative Cyclorana occidentalis (Western water reservoir frog) can absorb and store so much water in its bladder and in the subcutaneous spaces through the skin that it looks completely puffy as an adaptation to dry weather phases. Aborigines take advantage of this by looking for the frogs and using the water to drink.
Individual evidence
- ^ Darrel R. Frost: Ranoidea Tschudi, 1838 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998–2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Marion Anstis , Luke C. Price, J. Dale Roberts, Sarah R. Catalano, Harry B. Hines, Paul Doughty, Stephen C. Donnellan: Revision of the water-holding frogs, Cyclorana platycephala (Anura: Hylidae), from arid Australia, including a description of a new species. In: Zootaxa. Volume 4126, No. 4, 2016, pp. 451-479, doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4126.4.1 .
literature
- Bernhard Grzimek (ed.): Grzimeks animal life. Volume 5: Fish 2, amphibian. Licensed edition in dtv, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-423-03204-9 .
Web links
- Darrel R. Frost: Ranoidea Tschudi, 1838 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998–2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.