Subspecies in India
Sphaerotheca pashchima was described from the western parts of peninsular India (Type Locality - Ambodi Village, Maharashtra). The species was known only from the states Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnatak (Padhye et al. 2017). Prasad et al. 2020, genetically confirmed the presence of this species in Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Sphaerotheca pashchima - Western Burrowing Frog
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
Padhye, A. D., N. Dahanukar, S. Sulakhe, N. Dandekar, S. Limaye, and K. Jamdade. 2017. Sphaerotheca pashchima, a new specfies off burrowing frog (Anura: Dficroglossidae) from western Indfia . Journal of Threatened Taxa 9: 10286–10296.
Prasad, V. K., K. B. Gautam, S. K. Gupta, R. S. Murthy, K. Ramesh, A. D. Shinde, and A. Das. 2020. Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach. Zootaxa 4851: 450–476
Prasad, V. K., K. B. Gautam, S. K. Gupta, R. S. Murthy, K. Ramesh, A. D. Shinde, and A. Das. 2020. Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach. Zootaxa 4851: 450–476
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Sphaerotheca pashchima Padhye, Dahanukar, Sulakhe, Dandekar, Limaye & Jamdade, 2017 – Western Burrowing Frog. In Gosavi, N., A. Bayani, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 1.05. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://indianamphibians.org/sphaerotheca-pashchima, accessed 2025/04/23.