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

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scientific name	Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831
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Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831 View in CoL 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).

References

Grismer, LL, Grismer, JL, Wood, Jr PL, Ngo, VT, Neang, T, Chan, KO, 2011. Herpetology on the fringes of the Sunda Shelf: A discussion of discovery, taxonomy, and biogeography. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 57: 57 - 97