Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856)
Engystoma (?) berdmorei Blyth, 1856 "1855", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 24: 720. Type(s): Not stated; ZSIC 9718-20 are syntypes according to Sclater, 1892, List Batr. Indian Mus.: 23. Type locality: "Pegu" (= Bago), Myanmar; given as "Schwe Gyen" on the Sitang River, Pegu (= Bago), Myanmar by Theobald, 1873, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1873: 112.
Callula natatrix Cope, 1867, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 192. Syntypes: MCZ 630, according to original publication; MCZ 1587 (5 specimens, apparently renumbered), according to Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 69: 235). Type locality: "Near Rangoon, Burmah". Synonymy by Günther, 1868, Zool. Rec., 4: 146; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 166; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 509.
Diplopelma (Engystoma) berdmorei — Günther, 1868, Zool. Rec., 4: 146.
Diplopelma berdmorei — Theobald, 1873, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1873: 112.
Microhyla (Engystoma) berdmorei — Mason, 1882, Burma, Ed. 3: 292.
Microhyla berdmorii — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 166. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Microhyla (Engystoma) berdmorei —Boulenger In Mason, 1882, Burma, Ed. 3: 500.
Microhyla malcolmi Cochran, 1927, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 40: 182. Holotype: USNM 72172, by original designation. Type locality: "Pak Jong, Siam". Synonymy by Parker, 1928, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 2: 473-499; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 509.
Microhyla berdmorei — Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 127.
Microhyla (Microhyla) bermorei — Dubois, 1987, Alytes, 6: 3.
English Names
Pegu Rice Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 90).
Berdmore's Narrow-mouthed Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 64).
Burmese Microhylid Frog (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 36).
Berdmore's Chorus Frog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 102; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 53).
Distribution
Arunachel Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya (India) and northern Bangladesh, Yunnan (China), Myanmar, Thailand, through Laos, the Central Higlands of Vietnam, and Cambodia south to Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo; Bangladesh (see comment).
Comment
Subgenus Microhyla, Microhyla berdmorei group. See Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 118-119. See comment under Microhyla fowleri. See accounts by Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 560-563; and Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 149-151. Choudhury, Hussain, Buruah, Saikia, and Sengupta, 2002, Hamadryad, 26: 277, Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 58-59, Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 36-39, and Sarkar and Ray, 2006, In Alfred (ed.), Fauna of Arunachal Pradesh, Part 1: 291, provided accounts for the Indian component of the range. See brief account and photo by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 60. 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, commented in the range in Laos. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 102-103, 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: 44, provided specific localities for Vietnam. Stuart, 2005, Herpetol. Rev., 36: 475-476, provided specific localities for Laos. Stuart and Emmett, 2006, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S.,, 109: 6, provided a record for the Cardamom Mountains, southwestern Cambodia. Devi and Shamungou, 2006, J. Exp. Zool. India, 9: 317-324, provided a record for Manipur, northeastern India. Mahony, 2008, Hamadryad, 32: 34-45, reported a tentatively identified specimen from the Chittagong Hill Tract, Bangladesh, that he assumed would ultimately be named as a new species also occurring in adjacent northeastern India. Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 65-66, provided a brief characterization and photographs. Teynié, David, and Ohler, 2010, Zootaxa, 2416: 8, commented on the range in Sumatra. Mahony, Hasan, Kabir, Ahmed, and Hossain, 2009, Hamadryad, 34: 80-94, discussed the vouchered range in Bangladesh. Hasan, Islam, Khan, Alam, Kurabayashi, Igawa, Kuramoto, and Sumida, 2012, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 29: 162-172, suggested on the basis of molecular evidence that samples from Bangladesh represents an unnamed species.
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