MICROHYLIDAE, Gunther, 1858

Krysko, Kenneth L., Burgess, Joseph P., Rochford, Michael R., Gillette, Christopher R., Cueva, Daniel, Enge, Kevin M., Somma, Louis A., Stabile, Jennifer L., Smith, Dustin C., Wasilewski, Joseph A., Kieckhefer Iii, Guy N., Granatosky, Michael C. & Nielsen, Stuart V., 2011, 3028, Zootaxa 3028, pp. 1-64 : 22

MICROHYLIDAE

The Malaysian Painted Frog, Kaloula pulchra Gray 1831b , is indigenous to India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Sumatra, and Sulawesi ( Inger 1999). This species is known to have been transported into Australia and New Zealand via cargo and has established non-indigenous populations in Borneo, Brunei, Celebes, Guam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore ( Christy et al. 2007; Tyler & Chapman 2007; Charles 2008; Das 2009; Fidenci 2009; Kraus 2009). On 29 December 2006 at 2100 h, Michael Cravens collected an adult K. pulchra (photographic voucher UF 152654) in the parking lot of a strip mall at 5450 Stirling Road, Hollywood, Broward County (26.046123 o N, - 80.218873 o W), ca. 100 m east of the animal importer's facility at 6450 Stirling Road, Hollywood, Broward County (26.04591 o N, - 80.21976 o W). On 2 April 2008, Nathan H. Nazdrowicz collected an adult (51 mm SVL) K. pulchra (UF 153704) under a railroad tie just outside the property of the animal importer's facility. On 22 August 2009 at 2315 h, CRG and DC collected an adult K. pulchra (photographic voucher UF 155691; MorphoBank M88445 ; Fig. 9) inside a cinder block wall along the same strip mall at 5450 Stirling Road. Although multiple K. pulchra have now been found in a 3.5-year period, there is no current evidence of reproduction (stage 3). This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. These represent the first known vouchers for this species in Florida.