Occidozyga sumatrana (Peters, 1877)
Microdiscopus sumatranus Peters, 1877, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1877: 422. Holotype: ZMB 9123 according to Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 49. Type locality: "Sumatra", Indonesia.
Occidozyga sumatrana — Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 79.
Phrynoglossus sumatrana — Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Herpetol. Sinica, 12: 30. Gender disagreement. See comment under Dicroglossidae.
English Names
Puddle Frog (Lim and Lim, 1992, Guide Amph. Rept. Singapore: 19 [as Occidozyga laevis]).
Yellow-bellied Puddle Frog (Lim and Lim, 1992, Guide Amph. Rept. Singapore: 19 [as Occidozyga laevis]).
Sumatran Puddle Frog (Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 79).
Orange-headed Flood Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 97 [as Phrynoglossus laevis]).
Smooth-backed Puddle Frog (McKay, 2006, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Bali: 35 [as Occidozyga laevis]).
Distribution
Sumatra, Bali, Java; possibly in Borneo and the Malay Peninsula, possibly to southern China and West Bengal, India (see comment).
Comment
Resurrected from the synonymy of Occidozyga laevis by Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 79, where it had been placed by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 6. The distribution is provisional because of long-standing confusion with Occidozyga laevis. See brief account (as Phrynoglossus laevis) and photo by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 102. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 97, provided a brief characterization (as Phrynoglossus laevis) and photograph, which Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 101, did not think was identifiable beyond genus. Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 240-243; and Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 401-404, provided accounts of this species as Occidozyga laevis. See also Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 59-60. See comment under Occidozyga laevis. McKay, 2006, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Bali: 35-36, provided a brief account and photograph (as Occidozyga laevis). Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 58, provided a photograph and brief account, as Occidozyga laevis.
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