Burrowing frog

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Burrowing frog may refer to several fossorial frog species:

  • Giant burrowing frog (Heleioporus australiacus), a frog in the family Myobatrachidae found in coastal south east New South Wales and Victoria, Australia
  • Indian burrowing frog (Sphaerotheca breviceps), a frog in the family Dicroglossidae found in South Asia
  • Ornate burrowing frog (Opisthodon ornatus), a frog in the family Myobatrachidae native to Australia
  • Northern burrowing frog (Neobatrachus aquilonius), a frog in the family Myobatrachidae endemic to Australia
  • Spencer's burrowing frog (Opisthodon spenceri), a frog in the family Myobatrachidae native to western and central Australia
  • Striped burrowing frog (Cyclorana alboguttata), a frog in the family Hylidae found throughout much of Australia
  • Painted burrowing frog (Neobatrachus pictus), also called Sudell's frog, a frog in the family Myobatrachidae native to western Victoria, eastern South Australia including Kangaroo Island, and southern New South Wales
  • Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis), a frog in the family Rhinophrynidae found in southern Texas through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador to Nicaragua and Costa Rica
  • Moquard's burrowing frog (Scaphiophryne calcarata), a frog in the family Microhylidae endemic to Madagascar
  • Shovelnose frogs (Hemisus), the only genus in the family Hemisotidae, found in tropical and subtropical sub-Saharan Africa
  • Rainbow burrowing frog (Scaphiophryne gottlebei), a frog in the family Microhylidae found in Madagascar
  • Short-footed frog (Cyclorana brevipes), a frog in the family Hylidae native to eastern Queensland, Australia