Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana laticeps Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 20. Syntypes: BMNH ("many spec.") and including animal figured on pl. 1, fig. 1 of original publication. Type locality: "Khassya" (= Khasi Hills, Assam) and "Bengal", India.

Polypedates affinis Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 21. Name attributed to Beddome, noted as a jar label name of the donor. Name suggested inadvertantly as a substitute name.

Rana (Rana) laticeps — Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 7.

Rana (Limnonectes) laticeps — Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 239. by implication.

Limnonectes (Limnonectes) laticeps — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 63.

English Names

Khasi Wart Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 100; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 28).

Corrugated Frog (Kiew, 1987, Malayan Nat. J., 41: 422).

Flat-headed Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 65; Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 38).

Broad-headed Frog (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 119).

Southern Big-headed Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 131).

Rivulet Frog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 116; Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 151; Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 51).

Distribution

Isolated populations from Meghalaya (Khasi and Garo Hills) and Assam (Kaziranga National Park), India, to peninsular Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo.

Comment

In the Limnonectes (Limnonectes) kuhlii group of Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 63. See Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 67; Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 405-407; Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 202-205; and Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 282-284, for review. See also Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 72-73. Choudhury, Hussain, Buruah, Saikia, and Sengupta, 2002, Hamadryad, 26: 278, commented on the range in Assam, India. Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 119, provided a brief account (as Rana laticeps). See brief account and photo by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 96-97. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 131, provided a brief characterization and photograph (which Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 100-102, noted was of a Philautus sp.). Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 116-117, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 132-133, provided range and partial taxonomic bibliography. Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 151, provided a brief description. Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 51, provided a photograph and brief account and suggested that the name may represent a species complex. Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 35-36, provided a brief characterization and photographs.

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