Kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934
Kaloula pulchra taprobanica Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 86. Holotype: BMNH 1905.3.25.138, by original designation. Type locality: "Punduloya, Ceylon, 4,000 ft.", Sri Lanka.
Kaloula taprobanica — Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996, Amph. Fauna Sri Lanka: 30.
English Names
Sri Lankan Bullfrog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 64; Schleich, Anders, and Kästle, 2002, in Schleich and Kästle (eds.), Amph. Rept. Nepal: 78).
Sri Lankan Kaloula (Anders, 2002, in Schleich and Kästle (eds.), Amph. Rept. Nepal: 183; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 52).
Indian Painted Frog (Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 118).
Ceylon Kaloula (Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 118).
Sri Lankan Painted Frog (Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 64).
Common Bullfrog (De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 77).
Distribution
Northeastern India (including Assam and West Bengal) and Bangladesh south to Sri Lanka at low elevations; low elevations of Nepal.
Comment
Sri Lanka population discussed by Kirtisinghe, 1957, Amph. Ceylon: 78-80. See account by Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996, Amph. Fauna Sri Lanka: 20, and brief account by Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 58-59. Biju, 2001, Occas. Publ. Indian Soc. Conserv. Biol., 1: 9, reported this species from the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala. Anders, 2002, in Schleich and Kästle (eds.), Amph. Rept. Nepal: 158-162, provided an account for Nepalese population but noted that confusion with Kaloula pulchra exists. See Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 141, for Nepal record (as Kaloula pulchra). Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 118-121, provided an account for peninsular India. Reza and Mahony, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 348, provided a record for Madhupur National Park, Bangladesh. Gajbe, 2003, Cobra, Chennai, 52: 17-18, provided a record for Madhya Pradesh, India. Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 64-65, provided a brief characterization and photographs. De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 77, provided a brief account and color photograph. Bopage, Wewalwala, Krvavac, Jovanovic, Safarek, and Pushpamal, 2011, Salamandra, 47: 173-177, reported the species in lowland forest in the Kanneliya Forest of southwestern Sri Lanka. See Shah and Tiwari, 2004, Herpetofauna Nepal: 38, for brief account for Nepal. Hasan and Sumida, 2012, Herpetol. Rev., 43: 97, provided a range extension in Bangladesh and briefly commented on the range
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