Kaloula

Kaloula
Banded bullfrog, Kaloula pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Microhylinae
Genus: Kaloula
Gray, 1831
Type species
Kaloula pulchra
Diversity
About 17 species (see text)

Kaloula is a genus of microhylid frogs found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia. They are sometimes known as the Asian narrowmouth toads.[1]

Species

The genus has currently about 17 species.[1] Some sources recognize Kaloula macrocephala Bourret, 1942 as a valid species,[2][3] whereas the Amphibian Species of the World treats it as a synonym of Kaloula pulchra.[1] Two species has been described just recently (in 2013), and there are unnamed species yet to be described.[1]

Binomial name and author Common name
Kaloula assamensis Das, Sengupta, Ahmed, and Dutta, 2005
Kaloula aureata Nutphand, 1989 Golden bullfrog
Kaloula baleata (Müller in Oort & Müller, 1836) Flower pot toad
Kaloula borealis (Barbour, 1908)
Kaloula conjuncta (Peters, 1863) Truncate-toed chorus frog
Kaloula indochinensis Chan, Blackburn, Murphy, Stuart, Emmett, Ho, and Brown, 2013
Kaloula kalingensis Taylor, 1922 Kalinga narrowmouth toad
Kaloula kokacii Ross & Gonzales, 1992 Catanduanes narrow-mouthed frog
Kaloula mediolineata Smith, 1917
Kaloula nonggangensis Mo, Zhang, Zhou, Chen, Tang, Meng, and Chen, 2013
Kaloula picta (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) Slender-digit chorus frog
Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831 Banded bullfrog, Chubby frog
Kaloula rigida Taylor, 1922 Luzon narrow-mouthed frog
Kaloula rugifera Stejneger, 1924
Kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934 Sri Lankan bullfrog
Kaloula verrucosa Boulenger, 1904
Kaloula walteri Diesmos, Brown & Alcala, 2002

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Kaloula Gray, 1831". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. "Kaloula macrocephala Bourret, 1942". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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