Species of Thailand
Corrugated frog
Limnonectes laticeps, George Albert Boulenger, 1882
(In Thai: กบหลังตาพับ)
The corrugated frog or rivulet frog (Limnonectes laticeps), sometimes (ambiguously) called "flat-headed frog", is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, possibly Bangladesh, and possibly Bhutan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and intermittent rivers. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dicroglossidae
- Genus
- Limnonectes
- Species
- Limnonectes laticeps
Common names
- English:
- Broad-headed frog
- Corrugated frog
- Flat-headed frog
- Khasi wart frog
- Rivulet frog
- Southern big-headed frog
- Thai: กบหลังตาพับ
Synonyms
- Rana laticeps, George Albert Boulenger (1882)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary