Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831

Fatihah-Syafiq, Muhamad, Badli-Sham, Baizul Hafsyam, Fahmi-Ahmad, Muhammad, Aqmal-Naser, Mohamad, Rizal, Syed Ahmad, Azmi, Mohd Shahrizan Azrul, Grismer, Larry L. & Ahmad, Amirrudin B., 2020, Checklist of herpetofauna in the severely degraded ecosystem of Bidong Island, Peninsular Malaysia, South China Sea, ZooKeys 985, pp. 143-162 : 143

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.985.54737

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:82208EA8-3634-4FA4-8422-169BC4E87F90

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831
status

 

Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831 Banded bullfrog Fig. 2 View Figure 2

Notes.

The banded bullfrog is fossorial but also shelters in burrows, tree holes and beneath surface objects. On 1 April 2019, one specimen was collected in a small tree cavity about 1.5 m above ground near MNRS at night.

Distribution.

This species is abundant in Peninsular Malaysia, and has also been found on Perhentian Besar, Redang and Tenggol islands ( Grismer et al. 2011).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Microhylidae

Genus

Kaloula