…Unusually aggressive for a frog, they will even bite a person's finger. In Southeast Asia, there is the Asian horned frog Megophrys (illustration), which belongs to the spadefoot family and has protrusions above its eyes, and in the Solomon Islands, there is the Solomon's horned frog Ceratobatrachus guentheri , which belongs to the ranidae family. These are examples of parallel evolution of organisms in which species from different regions and lineages have similar morphologies. [Takaji Matsui] … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Ceratobatrachus guentheri" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…カエルには珍しく攻撃的で人の指にもかみつく。 東南アジアにはスキアシガエル科で眼の上に突起をもつアジアツノガエル属Megophrys(イラスト)が生息し,またソロモン諸島にはアカガエル科のソロモンツノガエルCeratobatrachus guentheriがおり,地域も系統も異にする種が相似の形態となる生物の並行進化の一例を示している。【松井 孝爾】。… ※「Ceratobatrachus guentheri」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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