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Banded Bullfrog
   

Brightly patterned specimen, Singapore
 


Dull specimen, Sedili Besar, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.
 


The species often hides itself inside man-made structures.
Phuket, Southern Thailand.

The Banded Bullfrog is a highly adaptable species able to survive in disturbed habitats including flooded grassland, roadside puddles and urban storm drains. By day it hides in holes in the ground, under leaf litter or in the crevices of walls or buildings.

The species is easily identified by the thick, black-edged, light brown to orange band which extends from the head along each side of the body. The upperside is dark to medium brown and the underside pale.

The mouth is wide, the head short and blunt and the eyes of moderate size. Generally chubby in form, it will inflate itself when feeling threatened.

Its call is a loud, cattle-like bellow, which can be heard after heavy rain has created flooded pools in which the frogs assemble.

The Banded Bullfrog ranges from parts of southern India and Sri Lanka through Burma, Thailand and parts of southern China and Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and Flores.  In Singapore it is considered a highly successful introduced species.

 

Family : MICROHYLIDAE
Species : Kaloula pulchra
Size (snout to vent) :  Female 7.5 cm, male 7.0 cm

References : H2, H3, H4