Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Megalophrys guttulata Blyth, 1856 "1855", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 24: 717. Type(s): Not stated, presumably originally ZSIC, but reported as lost by Theobald, 1868, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 37: 82. Type locality: "Inhabits Pegu" (= Bago), Myanmar.

Callula guttulata — Günther, 1869 "1868", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868: 479, 490.

Calluella guttulata — Stoliczka, 1872, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1872: 146. Bourret, 1927, Fauna Indochine, Vert., 3: 262; Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 28.

English Names

Burmese Squat Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 88).

Orange Burrowing Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 154).

Striped Spadefoot Frog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 96).

Blotched Burrowing Frog (Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 42).

Distribution

Southern Myanmar and most of mainland Thailand to the Central Higlands of Vietnam (Dac Lac, Gia Lai, and Kon Tum provinces, 400-1000 m) to the northern part of the Malay Peninsula (see comment).

Comment

See Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 481-483, and Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 569-572, for accounts. See Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S.,, 92: 10-11, for the Vietnam record. Recorded for Thailand by Khonsue and Thirakhupt, 2001, Nat. Hist. J. Chulalongkorn Univ., 1: 77. See brief account and photo by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 48-49. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 98, provided a statement of range in Vietnam. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 154-155, provided a brief characterization and photograph. Stuart, 1999, in Duckworth et al. (eds.), Wildlife in Lao PDR: 49, commented on range in Laos. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 96-97, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 41, provided specific localities for Vietnam. Stuart and Emmett, 2006, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S.,, 109: 6, provided a record for the Cadamom Mountains, southwestern Cambodia. Chan, Daicus, and Norhayati, 2010, Russ. J. Herpetol., 17: 202-206, doubted the presence of this species in West Malaysia.

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