Sphaerotheca bengaluru P. Deepak, K. P. Dinesh, A. Ohler, K. Shanker, B. H. Channakeshavamurthy & J. S. Ashadevi, 2020 - Bengaluru Burrowing Frog

Phylogeneticaly S. bengaluru has a sister relationship to S. pashchima with which it is allopatric in distribution and has a high level of genetic divergence. S. bengaluru is known from the mid-elevations of semi-urban agricultural lands
of Budumanahalli, Bengaluru which falls in the Deccan plateau region of India.