What is Shovelnose frog?
{{Taxobox | name = Shovelnose frogs | image = Hemisus marmoratus Museum de Genève.JPG | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Anura]] | subordo = [[Neobatrachia]] | familia = '''Hemisotidae''' | familia_authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1867 | genus = '''''Hemisus''''' | genus_authority = [[Albert Charles Lewis Günther|Günther]], 1859 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Hemisus barotseensis]]''<br/> ''[[Hemisus brachydactylus]]''<br/> ''[[Hemisus guineensis]]''<br/> ''[[Hemisus guttatus]]''<br/> ''[[Hemisus marmoratus]]''<br/> ''[[Hemisus microscaphus]]''<br/> ''[[Hemisus olivaceus]]''<br/> ''[[Hemisus perreti]]''<br/> ''[[Hemisus wittei]]'' | range_map = Hemisotidae range.PNG | range_map_caption = Distribution of Hemisotidae (in black) }} The '''shovelnose frogs''' are nine [[species]] of [[frog]] in the [[genus]], '''''Hemisus'''''. The is the [[monotypic|only genus]] in the [[Family (biology)|Family]] '''Hemisotidae'''. They are found in tropical and subtropical [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. The shovelnose frogs are medium sized frogs, reaching a length of {{convert|8|cm|in}}. They are round-bodied, with short legs. Their head is small and narrow, with a hard, upturned nose.<ref name=EoR>{{cite book |editor=Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.|author= Zweifel, Robert G.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofre0000unse_h2i0|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|pages= [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofre0000unse_h2i0/page/101 101]–102|isbn= 0-12-178560-2}}</ref> The shovelnose frogs are digging frogs. They live most of their life underground. The female will dig underground while it is in [[amplexus]]. It then will lay the [[egg (biology)|eggs]] in an underground hole. The male will leave through the tunnel, and the female will stay with the eggs. Once enough rain has fallen, the female will dig, with her nose, towards a water source. The [[tadpole]]s will stay th