HERPADEX
CS EN
Basic information
Hemisus guttatus
Snout-burrower
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderFrogs
FamilyHemisotidae
GenusHemisus
- Czech name
- Prasatka skvrnitá
- English name
- Snout-burrower
- Alternative names
- Spotted Burrowing Frog, Spotted Pig-nosed Frog, Spotted Shovel-nosed Frog, Spotted Shovel-snouted Frog, Spotted Shovelnose Frog, Spotted Snout-burrower
- Synonyms
- Engystoma guttatum, Hemisus guttatum
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 80 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Clutch size
- 200–2,000 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf2106 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3KT3W · COL26.9