Uperodon

"Balloon frog" redirects here. For other uses, see Balloon frog (disambiguation).

Uperodon is a genus of microhylid frogs.^[1][2] They occur in South Asia (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh) and Myanmar.^[1][2] Uperodon reached its current composition in 2016 when the genus Ramanella was brought into its synonymy.^[3] The common names of these frogs are globular frogs and balloon frogs^[1] in reference to their stout appearance,^[4] or dot frogs, the last specifically referring to the former Ramanella.^[1]

Uperodon
Uperodon systoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Microhylidae
Subfamily:	Microhylinae
Genus:	Uperodon Duméril & Bibron, 1841
Species
12 species (see text)
Synonyms[1]
Hyperodon Agassiz, 1846 Cacopus Günther, 1864 Pachybatrachus Keferstein, 1868 Ramanella Rao and Ramanna, 1925

Uperodon includes burrowing frogs that eat ants and termites.^[4][5]

Species

There are 12 recognized species:^[1]

• 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 (Günther, 1876)
• Uperodon variegatus (Stoliczka, 1872)

The AmphibiaWeb also lists Uperodon minor Rao, 1937,^[2] which is considered synonym of Uperodon anamalaiensis by the Amphibian Species of the World.^[1]