Pulchrana similis ( Günther 1873 )

Diesmos, Arvin C., Watters, Jessa L., Huron, Nicholas A., Davis, Drew R., Alcala, Angel C., Crombie, Ronald I., Afuang, Leticia E., Gee-Das, Genevieve, Sison, Rogelio V., Sanguila, Marites B., Penrod, Michelle L., Labonte, Marie J., Davey, Conner S., Leone, E. Austin, Diesmos, Mae L., Sy, Emerson Y., Welton, Luke J., Brown, Rafe M. & Siler, Cameron D., 2015, Amphibians of the Philippines, Part I: Checklist of the Species, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (20), pp. 457-539 : 480

Pulchrana similis ( Günther 1873)

Polypedates similis Günther 1873

Rana similis, Boulenger 1882 ; Brown and Guttman 2002

Rana (Hylarana) signata Boulenger 1920

Rana signata similis, Inger 1954 ; Alcala and Brown 1998

Rana (Pulchrana) similis, Dubois 1992

Pulchrana similis, Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, and Green 2006

Hylarana similis, Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang 2007 ; Brown and Siler 2013 Pulchrana similis, Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy 2015

Type locality and holotype specimen: Philippines, Luzon, Laguna del Bay (Status and whereabouts of holotype unknown; not traced) .

Philippine distribution: Cagraray, Catanduanes, Luzon, Polillo, Rapu-Rapu (Endemic).

Figures 23 and 39 .

Figures

FIGURE 23. Geographic range maps for members of the family Ranidae (Pulchrana moellendorffi, P. similis, Sanguirana albotuberculata, and S. aurantipunctata). Points represent museum vouchered specimens with georeferenced locality information overlaid on a topographic map of the Philippines.

FIGURE 39. Photographs in life of A) Lithobates catesbeianus (Ranidae), B) Pulchrana granocula (Ranidae), C) Pulchrana mangyanum (Ranidae), D) Pulchrana moellendorffi (Ranidae), E) Pulchrana similis (Ranidae), F) Sanguirana albotuberculata (Ranidae), G) Sanguirana aurantipunctata (Ranidae), and H) Sanguirana everetti (Ranidae). Photographs copyright Rafe M. Brown (D, G), Janalee P. Caldwell (A), and Cameron D. Siler (B, C, E, F, H).