Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana plicatella Stoliczka, 1873, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 42: 116. Type(s): Not designated; ZSIC 9542 is holotype according to Sclater, 1892, List Batr. Indian Mus.: 5. Type locality: "either Penang itself or on the opposite coast of the Wellesley Province", Malaya, Malaysia.

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

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

Euphlyctis plicatella — Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 124. by implication.

Limnonectes (Bourretia) plicatellus — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 62.

Limnonectes (Elachyglossa) plicatellus — Ohler and Dubois, 1999, Zool. Scripta, 23: 276.

English Names

Penang Wart Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 100).

Rhinoceros Frog (Lim and Lim, 1992, Guide Amph. Rept. Singapore: 34; Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 120).

Big-headed Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 128).

Distribution

Yala Province (peninsular Thailand) and Malaya, Malaysia; Singapore.

Comment

See Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 53; Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 401-405; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 270-272; and Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 85-86, for synonymy and discussion. Lim and Lim, 1992, Guide Amph. Rept. Singapore: 36, provided a brief account. See brief account and photo by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 101. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 120-121, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph.

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