Theloderma phrynoderma (Ahl, 1927)
Phrynoderma asperum Boulenger, 1893, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 2, 13: 342. Syntypes: MSNG (1 specimen), BMNH (2 specimens) [note that only 2 specimens mentioned in original publication] and MSNG 29414 designated lectotype by Capocaccia, 1957, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 3, 69: 218. Type locality: "Thao", northern Myanmar. Secondary homonym of Ixalus asper Boulenger, 1886.
Rhacophorus phrynoderma Ahl, 1927, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1927: 47. Replacement name for Phrynoderma asperum Boulenger, 1893.
Rhacophorus (Phrynoderma) phrynoderma — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 60.
Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) leprosus phrynoderma — Wolf, 1936, Bull. Raffles Mus., 12: 158.
Theloderma phrynoderma —Inger In Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 550. Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2005, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 74: 169.
English Names
Burmese Bug-eyed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114).
Distribution
Northern Myanmar.
Comment
Discussed (as Rhacophorus leprosus phrynoderma) by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 413-414. See criticism of the formation of Rhacophorus leprosus in the sense of Wolf, 1936, Bull. Raffles Mus., 12: 154-159, by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 408. See identification table by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 122-123, to compare this species (as Theloderma asperum) to other rhacophorids of the Sunda Shelf region.
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