Occidozyga magnapustulosa (Taylor and Elbel, 1958)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Dicroglossidae > Subfamily: Occidozyginae > Genus: Occidozyga > Species: Occidozyga magnapustulosa

Micrixalus magnapustulosus Taylor and Elbel, 1958, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 38: 1066. Holotype: EHT-HMS 31838, by original designation; now FMNH 172780 according to Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 58. Type locality: "Ban Na Phua (subvillage), Kan Luang (village), Na Kae (district), Nakhon Phanom (province), Thailand, elevation approx. 200 m. "

Phrynoglossus magnapustulosusTaylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 350–353; Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 59; Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Herpetol. Sinica, 12: 30; Köhler, Vargas, Than, Schell, Janke, Pauls, and Thammachoti, 2021, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 71: 7.

Ooeidozyga magnapustulosaMatsui, 1979, Contrib. Biol. Lab. Kyoto Univ., 25: 300–302.

Occidozyga magnapustulosaDubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 245, by implication; Inger, 1996, Herpetologica, 52: 242.

Common Names

Warty Puddle Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 27). 

Thai Oriental Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 104).

I-san Flood Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 91).

Tubercled Flood Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 91).

Pearl-tipped Pustuled Puddle Frog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 122).

Tubercled Puddle Frog (Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 300).

Distribution

Khorat Plateau of northeastern Thailand; presumably through the lowlands of Laos, but genetically confirmed records only from Vientiane Capital and one from in Mounlapamok District, Champasak Province, 100 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Laos, Thailand

Comment

See Matsui, 1979, Contrib. Biol. Lab. Kyoto Univ., 25: 300-302 (as Ooeidozyga magnapustulosus). Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 91, provided a brief characterization but the photograph accompanying this is of a Limnonectes according to Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 101. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 300–301, provided a brief account (description, photographs, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). Makchai, Chuaynkern, Safoowong, Chuachat, and Cota, 2020, Amph. N. Thailand: 77, provided photographs, a brief account for Thailand, and a range map (apparently now out of date). Köhler, Vargas, Than, Schell, Janke, Pauls, and Thammachoti, 2021, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 71: 16, detailed the phylogenetic position, morphology, and advertisement call, and noted that previous statements of range were erroneous, presumably based on misleading morphological characteristics, and restricted it to the Khorat Plateau of northeastern Thailand. Stuart, Seateun, Sivongxay, and Phimmachak, 2025 "2024", in Wildlife Lao PDR: 23, briefly summarized literature, taxonomy, habitat, and range for Laos, noting two genetically-confirmed localities.

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