Theloderma asperum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Theloderma
Species:
T. asperum
Binomial name
Theloderma asperum
(Boulenger, 1886)
Synonyms[2]

Ixalus asper Boulenger, 1886
Rhacophorus asperrimus Ahl, 1927 Philautus albopunctatus Liu and Hu, 1962

Theloderma asperum is a frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is also known as the pied warty frog, hill garden bug-eyed frog,[2] or somewhat informally, bird poop frog.[3] The frog can be found in the northeastern India, Burma, China (Tibet, possibly more widely), Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam as well as Sumatra in Indonesia.[1] However, because of confusion with Theloderma albopunctatum and Theloderma baibungense, it is known with certainty from its type locality in Peninsular Malaysia.[2][4]

Description

Theloderma asperum found on Fraser's Hill

This frog is 25–35 mm long in snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is black with white warts, causing the frog to resemble bird droppings. It has disks on its toes for climbing.[4] The frog has dark red eyes.[3]

Unlike other frogs in Theloderma, this frog does not have vomerine teeth.[4]

Habitat

Theloderma asperum is a tree bark mimic that breeds in tree holes.[5]

Original description

  • Boulenger, G. A. (1886). "First report on additions to the batrachian collection in the Natural-History Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1886: 411–416.

References

  1. 1 2 Lau, M.W.N.; Ermi, Z.; van Dijk, P.P.; Ming, L.; Dutta, S.; Bordoloi, S. & Borah, M. (2016) [errata version of 2004 assessment]. "Theloderma asperum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59031A86241488. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59031A11872564.en.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Theloderma asperum (Boulenger, 1886)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Vietnamese Bird Poop Frog - Theloderma asperum". Josh's Frogs. 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Ann T. Chang (August 18, 2019). Ann T. Chang; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Theloderma asperum (Boulenger, 1886)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Theloderma asperum". Amphibians and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia. Retrieved 22 June 2013.


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