Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Ixalus horridus Boulenger, 1903, in Annandale and Robinson (eds.), Fasciculi Malayenses, 2(1): 139. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.7.97 (formerly 1903.4.13.111), 1947.2.7.99 (formerly 1903.4.13.112) and 1947.2.8.1-10 (formerly 1903.4.13.113-122) according to Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 37. Type locality: "near our camp on Bukit Besar", Pattani, Thailand.

Philautus horridus — Smith, 1926, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 18: 80. Smith, 1930, Bull. Raffles Mus., 3: 117.

Rhacophorus (Philautus) horridus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 52, 65.

Theloderma horridum — Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 517.

English Names

Thai Bug-eyed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114).

Black-brown Warted Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 151).

Malayan Warted Treefrog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 164).

Spiny Wart Frog (Grismer, 2012, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Seribuat Arch.: 64).

Distribution

Extreme southern peninsular Thailand and Malaya; northern Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia, and possibly Brunei); Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia.

Comment

See accounts by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 469-471(as Philautus horridus), Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 517-519. and Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 93-94 (as Philautus horridus), for accounts. Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995, Raffles Bull. Zool., 43: 115-131, provided Borneo record. See brief account and photo by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 138-139. Grismer, Escobar, and Youmans, 2002, Herpetol. Rev., 33: 222, reported the Pulau Tioman record and commented on the range. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 164-165, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. See Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006, Russ. J. Herpetol., 13: 155-175, for brief comments. Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 82, provided a photograph and brief account for a Theloderma sp. in Brunei, which may be of this species. See brief account by Grismer, 2012, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Seribuat Arch.: 64-65, for the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia.

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