''Uperodon'' is a genus of

microhylid The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family (biology), family of frogs. The 683 species are in 63 genera and 11 subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family. Evolution ...

frogs. They occur in South Asia (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh) and Myanmar. ''Uperodon'' reached its current composition in 2016 when the genus Ramanella was brought into its synonymy. The common names of these frogs are globular frogs and balloon frogs in reference to their stout appearance, or dot frogs, the last specifically referring to the former Ramanella. ''Uperodon'' includes burrowing frogs that eat ants and termites.

Species

There are 12 recognized species: * '' Uperodon anamalaiensis'' (Rao, 1937) * '' Uperodon globulosus'' (Günther, 1864) * '' Uperodon montanus'' (Jerdon, 1853) * '' Uperodon mormoratus'' (Rao, 1937) * '' Uperodon nagaoi'' (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2001) * '' Uperodon obscurus'' (Günther, 1864) * '' Uperodon palmatus'' (Parker, 1934) * '' Uperodon rohani'' Garg, Senevirathne, Wijayathilaka, Phuge, Deuti, Manamendra-Arachchi, Meegaskumbura, and Biju, 2018 * '' Uperodon systoma'' (Schneider, 1799) * '' Uperodon taprobanicus'' (Parker, 1934) * ''

Uperodon triangularis ''Uperodon triangularis'' is a species of narrow-mouthed frog (family Microhylidae) found in southwestern India. They are endemic to the Western Ghats, where they are known to breed in water collected in tree hollows. The advertisement calls o ...

'' (Günther, 1876) * '' Uperodon variegatus'' (Stoliczka, 1872) The AmphibiaWeb also lists ''Uperodon minor'' Rao, 1937, which is considered

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

of ''Uperodon anamalaiensis'' by the Amphibian Species of the World.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q745035 Microhylidae Amphibian genera Amphibians of Asia Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron