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Basic information
Sphaerotheca breviceps
Band Sand Frog
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderFrogs
FamilyFork-tongued frogs
GenusSphaerotheca
- Czech name
- Tomopterna krátkohlavá
- English name
- Band Sand Frog
- Alternative names
- Burrowing Frog, Clumsy-looking Burrowing Frog, Indian Burrowing Frog, Magadha Burrowing Frog, Olive Frog, Short-headed Burrowing Frog
- Synonyms
- Pyxicephalus breviceps, Rana breviceps, Rana swani, Sphaerotheca magadha, Sphaerotheca swani, Systoma breviceps, Tomopterna breviceps, Tomopterna swani
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 63 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Diurnal, Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf1774 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6YXV2 · COL26.9