Vertebrate fauna of SE Asia
  

 

   
Home  
——————————  
SE Asia fauna ...  
   
Primates
 Carnivorans
 Large Mammals
 Small Mammals
 Mammal calls
 Bats
—————
Birds
—————
 Snakes
 Lizards & Crocodilians
 Turtles
—————
 Amphibians
 Tadpoles
 Frog calls
—————
Freshwater Fishes
 Marine & Brackish Fishes
—————
Species Lists
 





 


 
——————————  
SE Asia Vert Records (SEAVR) ...  
   
Philippines Records
  Indochina Records
  Indonesia & PNG Records
 
——————————  
New Guinea herptiles ...  
Snakes   Lizards   Frogs  
——————————  
   
  New or updated pages ...
 
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
——————————  
 

Search this site ...

 
 


   

 
  ——————————  
 

Links :
My wife, Sophia's website ... super-healthy, vegan delights :
Vegan-Inspired.com

 
  ——————————  
 


Email :


Text and photos by Nick Baker, unless otherwise credited.
Copyright © Ecology Asia 2023

 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

   
   
 
Rough-sided Frog
   
   

Fig 1


Fig 2


Fig 3


 

 

 

 

Family : RANIDAE
Species : Pulchrana glandulosa
Size (snout to vent) :
Female 8 cm,  Male 9 cm

Play call

The Rough-sided Frog occurs in lowland areas including primary and secondary rainforest, freshwater swamp forest and disturbed areas.

The species is most often encountered at the margins of small streams or pools in flooded forest areas. Tadpoles of the species, however, appear only to have been found in shallow forest pools.

This frog is moderately large, often with attractively patterned skin comprising dark brown blotches on a creamy background. The underside is pale. A key identifying feature is the large, brown external ear drum in the center of which is a creamy or buff spot. This feature helps to distinguish the Rough-sided Frog from the similar Golden-eared Rough-sided Frog Pulchrana baramica in which the ear-drum and central spot are of different colour, generally light brown or yellow-orange.

Though there may be variance in the dorsal colours and patterning, most specimens appear to possess dark lips distinctly patterned with bright cream or white spots.

The Rough-sided Frog ranges from southern Thailand, and parts of Indochina through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo. It is absent in Singapore.    


Fig 1 : Adult specimen next to a clear forest stream at Langkawi, Peninsular Malaysia.

Figs 2 and 3 : Juvenile specimens from a forest stream in Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.


References : H3, H4