Limnonectes jarujini Matsui, Panha, Khonsue, and Kuraishi, 2010

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Dicroglossidae > Subfamily: Dicroglossinae > Genus: Limnonectes > Species: Limnonectes jarujini

Limnonectes jarujini Matsui, Panha, Khonsue, and Kuraishi, 2010, Zootaxa, 2615: 15. Holotype: CUMZ A-7709, by original designation. Type locality: " near Kaeng Krachan Reservoir, Kaeng Krachan, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand (12° 57′ N, 99° 32′ E, 400 m a.s.l.)".

English Names

Jarujin's Fanged Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 24). 

Jarujin's Stream Frog (Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 262).

Jarujim Broad-headed Frog (Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 21).

Distribution

Southwestern to southern (peninsular) Thailand (provinces of Kanchanaburi, Surat Thanihang Nga, Uthai Thani, Petchaburi, Kanchanaburi, Prachuap Kirikhan, Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat); likely to occur in adjacent southern Myanmar and northernmost peninsular Malaysia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Thailand

Likely/Controversially Present: Malaysia, Malaysia, West (Peninsular), Myanmar

Endemic: Thailand

Comment

In the Limnonectes kuhlii complex according to the original publication. Chan-ard, Cota, and Makchai, 2011, Amph. E. Region Thailand: 135, detailed the range in Thailand. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 262–263, provided a brief account (photographs, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 21, briefly discussed identification, habitat, and possible range in Myanmar.

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