American Museum of Natural History

Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

  • ASW home
  • herpetology site

Ansonia kraensis Matsui, Khonsue, and Nabhitabhata, 2005

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Ansonia

[link to this account]

Ansonia kraensis Matsui, Khonsue, and Nabhitabhata, 2005, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 22: 810. Holotype: KUHE 35053, by original designation. Type locality: "Punyaban waterfall (98° 52′ E, 10° 06′ N, 113 m a.s.l., Ranong Province, Thailand".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Isthmus of Kra, peninsular Thailand, from the vicinity of Tasan to the vicinity of Kathu Waterfalls.

Comment

Grismer, 2006, Zootaxa, 1327: 1327: 1-27, reported that specimens previous reported as Ansonia malayana from Tasan, Chumphon Province, Thailand, are actually of this species. Wood, Grismer, Norhayati, and Senawi, 2008, Herpetologica, 64: 321-340, provided comparative information for this and other species from the Malayan Peninsula.

External Links

Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.

  • For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
  • For images search Arkive, CalPhoto Images and Google Images
  • To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
  • For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
  • For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
  • For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist;
  • for a quick link to their maps see iNaturalist KML
  • How to cite
  • How to use
  • Higher taxonomy and progress
  • Structure of records
  • History of the project
  • Contributors, 1985 edition
  • Contributors, online edition
  • Versions
  • Museum abbreviations
  • Useful links
  • Copyright and terms of use

Copyright © 1998-2013, Darrel Frost and The American Museum of Natural History. All Rights Reserved.

Send inquiries to Darrel Frost <frost at amnh org>.