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Leptophryne cruentata (Tschudi, 1838)

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

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Bufo cruentatus Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 52. Syntypes: RMNH 2130 (2 specimens) according to M.S. Hoogmoed in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 67; Given as RMNH 2130-31 by Gassó Miracle, van den Hoek Ostende, and Arntzen, 2007, Zootaxa, 1482: 32, who noted that 2131 could not be located. Type locality: "India orient."; given as Java [Indonesia] by Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 666; Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 43, noted that the types came from Cibodas, Java, Indonesia.

Leptophryne cruentata — Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 42.

Bufo montanus Werner, 1897, Zool. Anz., 20: 265. Holotype: NHMW 22864, according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 14, and Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 18. Type locality: "Tijibodas (Java)", Indonesia. Synonymy by Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 78.

Cacophryne cruentata — Brongersma, 1935, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 18: 257-259.

English Names

Indonesia Tree Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 44).

Bleeding Toad (Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 43).

Fire Toad (Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 43).

Distribution

Known only from Mount Pangrango, Mount Gedeh, and Curug Luhur, Jawa Barat, Java, Indonesia, 1000-2000 m elevation.

Comment

See comment under Leptophryne borbonica. See accounts by Liem, 1973 "1971", Philipp. J. Sci., 100: 137 (as Cacophryne cruentata), and Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 43-44. See identification table by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 26, to compare this species with others in the Sunda Shelf region. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 195.

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