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Kaloula kalingensis Taylor, 1922

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Microhylinae > Genus: Kaloula

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Kaloula kalingensis Taylor, 1922, Philipp. J. Sci., 21: 178. Holotype: EHT 824, by original designation; now CAS?. Type locality: "Balbalan, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Luzon", Philippines.

Kaloula baleata kalingensis — Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 427.

Kaloula kalingensis — Ross and Gonzales, 1992, Natl. Mus. Pap., Manila, 2: 55. by implication; Das, Sengupta, Ahmed, and Dutta, 2005, Hamadryad, 29: 105.

English Names

Kalinga Narrowmouth Frog (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 452).

Distribution

Mountains of Luzon, as well as Polillo and Palaui Islands, Philippines.

Comment

Removal from the synonymy of Kaloula baleata (where it had been regarded as a subspecies) by implication of Ross and Gonzales, 1992, Natl. Mus. Pap., Manila, 2: 55, and Das, Sengupta, Ahmed, and Dutta, 2005, Hamadryad, 29: 105. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 452.

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