Kalophrynus interlineatus (Blyth, 1855)
Engystoma (?) interlineatum Blyth, 1855 "1854", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 23: 732. Holotype: ZSIC 9853 according to Sclater, 1892, List Batr. Indian Mus.: 22, and Chanda, Das, and Dubois, 2001 "2000", Hamadryad, 25: 104, who discussed the location and identification of the type. Ohler and Grosjean, 2005, Herpetozoa, 18: 99-106, discussed the holotype Type locality: "Pegu" (= Bago), Myanmar.
Diplopelma interlineatum — Anderson, 1871, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1871: 202.
Berdmorea interlineata — Stoliczka, 1872, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1872: 146.
Calophrynus interlineata — Theobald, 1882, in Mason (ed.), Burma, Ed. 2: 291.
Kalophrynus pleurostigma interlineatus — Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 97.
Kalophrynus interlineatus — Matsui, Chan-ard, and Nabhitabhata, 1996, Copeia, 1996: 440-445.
Kalophrynus orangensis Dutta, Ahmed, and Das, 2000, Hamadryad, 25: 68. Holotype: ZSIC A9087, by original designation. Type locality: "Orang National Park (26° 30′ N; 92° 15′ E), Darrang District, Assam, north-eastern India". Synonymy by Ohler and Grosjean, 2005, Herpetozoa, 18: 99-106.
English Names
Piebald Narrowmouthed Frog (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 304).
Striped Sticky Frog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 96; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 50).
Bubble-nest Frog (Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 39).
Blyth's Microhylid Frog (Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 62).
Orang Sticky Frog (Kalophrynus orangensis [no longer recognized]: Paul, Biswas, and Deuti, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 97; Ahmed, Das, and Dutta, 2009, Amph. Rept. NE India: 30).
Distribution
Southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, and Guangdong) to southern Vietnam (Cao Bang Province), Laos, and southern Cambodia, southeastern Myanmar, and eastern and northwestern Thailand; Assam, India, and Bangladesh.
Comment
Chinese population discussed by Pope, 1931, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 61: 586; and Liu and Hu, 1961, Tailless Amph. China: 286-287. Matsui, Chan-ard, and Nabhitabhata, 1996, Copeia, 1996: 440-445, removed Kalophrynus interlineatus from the synonymy of Kalophrynus pleurostigma, where it had been placed by Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 97. See accounts (as Kalophrynus pleurostigma interlineatus) by Yang, 1991, Amph. Fauna of Yunnan: 229-230; Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China: 335; and Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 304-305. Karsen, Lau, and Bogadek, 1986, Hong Kong Amph. Rept.: 33, provided a brief account (as Kalophrynus pleurostigma interlineatus). Zhang and Wen, 2000, Amph. Guangxi: 139, provided an account (as Kalophrynus pleurostigma interlineatus) for Guangxi. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 98, provided the statement of range for Vietnam. Reported for southwestern Cambodia by Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002, Raffles Bull. Zool., 50: 465-481. Stuart, 1999, in Duckworth et al. (eds.), Wildlife in Lao PDR: 49, reported Kalophrynus pleurostigma (assumed here to be Kalophrynus interlineatus) for Laos. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 96-97, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Teynié, David, Ohler, and Luanglath, 2004, Hamadryad, 29: 35, commented on its distribution in Laos. Stuart, Sok, and Neang, 2006, Raffles Bull. Zool., 54: 137, provided a record and remarks regarding the species in Cambodia. Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 203-204, provided a brief account for Assam, India (as Kalophrynus orangensis). Ohler and Grosjean, 2005, Herpetozoa, 18: 99-106, restricted use of the name Kalophrynus interlineatus to India to Laos, with cautious application to Vietnam and southern China. Stuart, 2005, Herpetol. Rev., 36: 475, provided a record for Khammouan Province, Laos. Stuart and Emmett, 2006, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S.,, 109: 6, provided a record for the Cadamom Mountains, southwestern Cambodia. Paul, Biswas, and Deuti, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 97-98, provided a record (as Kalophrynus orangensis) for West Bengal, India. Mahony and Reza, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 348, provided a record for Bangladesh. Yang, 2008, in Yang and Rao (ed.), Amph. Rept. Yunnan: 120-121, provided a brief account (as Kalophrynus pleurostigma interlineatus) for Yunnan, China. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 953-957, provided an account and spot map for China. Ahmed, Das, and Dutta, 2009, Amph. Rept. NE India: 30, provided a brief account (as Kalophrynus orangensis) for northeastern India. Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 62, provided a brief characterization and photographs. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 498-499, provided a brief account for China including photographs of specimens and habitat. Shi, 2011, Amph. Rept. Fauna Hainan: 47-48, provided an account for Hainan.
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