Cyclorana

Cyclorana alboguttata

Cyclorana is a genus of frogs and toads ( Anura ) from the family of tree frogs in the broader sense ( Hylidae ). It comes with 13 species exclusively in Australia. Some authors the genus is treated as a synonym of Litoria.

Species

  • Cyclorana alboguttata ( Günther, 1867)
  • Cyclorana australis (Gray, 1842)
  • Cyclorana brevipes (Peters, 1871)
  • Cyclorana cryptotis Tyler & Martin, 1977
  • Cyclorana cultripes Parker, 1940
  • Cyclorana longipes Tyler & Martin, 1977
  • Cyclorana maculosa Tyler & Martin, 1977
  • Cyclorana maini Tyler & Martin, 1977
  • Cyclorana manya Beurden & McDonald, 1980
  • Cyclorana novaehollandiae Steindachner, 1867
  • Cyclorana platycephala ( Günther, 1873 ) - Water reservoir Frog
  • Cyclorana vagitus Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
  • Cyclorana verrucosa Tyler & Martin, 1977

Special

The water reservoir frog ( Cyclorana platycephala ) can absorb as much water as an adaptation to arid climatic phases in his bladder and into the subcutaneous space through the skin and save that he looks completely bloated. Aborigines do ( t) s take advantage of that by looking for the frogs and use the water for drinking.

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