Species of Thailand
Larut bug-eyed frog
Theloderma asperum
George Albert Boulenger, 1886
In Thai: ปาดตะปุ่มเล็ก
Theloderma asperum is a frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is also known as the pied warty frog, hill garden bug-eyed frog, or somewhat informally, bird poop frog. It is the smallest frog of the genus, reaching no more than 3 centimeters long. The main color of the frog is red-brown. The sides of the frog are mud-white with red spots. The frog has dark red eyes. The frog can be found in the northeastern India, Burma, China (Tibet, possibly more widely), Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam as well as Sumatra in Indonesia.
Theloderma asperum is a tree bark mimic that breeds in tree holes.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Rhacophoridae
- Genus
- Theloderma
- Species
- Theloderma asperum
Common names
- English:
- Larut bug-eyed frog
- Pied warty frog
- Hill garden bug-eyed frog
- Bird poop frog
- Pied warted tree frog
- Thai: ปาดตะปุ่มเล็ก
Synonyms
- Rhacophorus asperrimus, Ernst Ahl (1927)
- Ixalus asper, George Albert Boulenger (1886)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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