Kaloula baleata (Müller, 1836)
Bombinator baleatus Müller In Van Oort and Müller, 1836, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Wetensch., 16: 96. Type(s): Not stated; possibly including RMNH 2218 according to M.S. Hoogmoed in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 384; Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 89, suggested that BMNH 44.2.22.93 (2 specimens formerly of the RMNH) might be syntypes. Gassó Miracle, van den Hoek Ostende, and Arntzen, 2007, Zootaxa, 1482: 31, noted that RMNH 221i8 could not be located. Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 51, reported, apparently in error, that ZSIC A.100069 as a typel. Type locality: "Krawang", Java, Indonesia.
Hyladactylus baleatus — Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 85.
Hylaedactylus baleatus — Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 734.
Hylaedactylus balteatus — Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856, Nomencl. Rept. Amph. Mus. Zool. Berol.: 42. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hylaedactylus balteatus var. concatenata Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856, Nomencl. Rept. Amph. Mus. Zool. Berol.: 42. Types: ZMB, not noted by any recent author. Type locality: Unknown.
Hylaedactylus lividus Bleeker, 1857, Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Nederl. Indie, 14: 239. Types: Not designated. Type locality: Java. Nomen nudum. Synonymy by Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 148; Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 88; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 491.
Bombinator (Hylaedactylus) balteatus — Schlegel, 1858, Handl. Dierkd., 2: 58. Incorrect subsequent spelling of the species name.
Hylaedactylus celebensis Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 122. Syntypes: BMNH (2 specimens); including BMNH 1848.8.19.23 according to Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 89. Type locality: "India", apparently in error. Synonymy by Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 88; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 491.
Kaloula baleata — Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 122.
Callula baleata — Cope, 1867, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 192. Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 169.
Calohyla celebensis — Peters, 1872, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1872: 585.
Plectropus baleatus — Knauer, 1883, Naturgesch. Lurche: 112.
Kaloula baleata — Barbour, 1909, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 61: 405. Barbour, 1912, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 40: fig. 6; Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 148.
Kaloula baleata baleata — Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 427.
Kaloula baleata ghoshi Cherchi, 1954, Doriana, Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 1 (47): 1. Syntypes: MSNG (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Piccole Andamane, fiume Tciongarè", Andaman Islands.
English Names
Muller's Narrowmouth Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 90; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 51).
Flower Pot Toad (Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 55).
Brown Bullfrog (Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 55; Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 64; Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 98; Grismer, 2012, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Seribuat Arch.: 54).
Brown bullfrog (Kaloula baleata ghoshi: Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 64).
Black Bullfrog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 162).
Black Burrowing Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 162).
Gong Frog (McKay, 2006, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Bali: 33).
Javanese Bullfrog (McKay, 2006, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Bali: 33).
Distribution
Southern peninsular Thailand to Malaya; Greater and Lesser Sundas, including Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java, and isolated records in Maylaysian and Indonesian, Borneo (possibly to be found in Brunei), as well as Palawan I., Philippines; Andaman Islands; reported in southern Vietnam (An Khe District, Gia Lai Province, 900-1000 m).
Comment
For accounts see Mertens, 1930, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 42: 232-235; Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 113-114; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 491-493; and Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 55-56, who implied that the Philippine Kaloula kalingensis could be recognized as distinct from Kaloula baleata. Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 34-35, 208, provided a brief account for the Andaman Is. population. See brief account and photo by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 55-56. Pauwels, Ohler, Dubois, and Nabhitabhata, 2000, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc., 47: 261-263, provided the record for Thailand. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 99, provided the record for Vietnam without reference to voucher specimens; that this is so far out of the range renders it questionable. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 162, provided a brief characterization and photograph. Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann, and Kosuch, 2002, Amph. Rept. Mount Kinabalu: 125, provided an account. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 98-99, 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. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 43, provided specific localities for Vietnam. McKay, 2006, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Bali: 33-34, provided a brief account and photograph. Das and Kraus, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 214-215, provided the first record for Brunei. Wanger, Motzke, Saleh, and Iskandar, 2011, Salamandra, 47: 17-29, reported the species from central Sulawesi, Indonesia. See brief account by Grismer, 2012, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Seribuat Arch.: 54-55, for the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia.
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