Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1803:64)

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 466-467

Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1803:64)

An XI (1803) Rana tigerina Daudin, Histoire Naturelle des Rainettes, des Grenouilles et des Crapauds. Quarto version, Levrault, Paris. 108 pp., col. pls. 1–38 [see pl. 20].

HOLOTYPE.— Animal figured on pl. 20 of the description (now presumly lost), from “Bengale” [ India].

LOCALITIES.— Khost, close to Khyber Pass [Paktia Prov., 1200 m] ( ZFMK 15984 ) [see pl. 1, fig. 8 for distribution] .

REMARKS.— In Afghanistan, this species is known from a single record ( Fig. 4) (Kullmann 1970) and has so far not been found again.