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Kaloula ghoshi Cherchi, 1954
Kaloula baleata ghoshi Cherchi, 1954, Doriana, Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 1 (47): 1. Syntypes: MSNG (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Piccole Andamane, fiume Tciongarè", Andaman Islands.
Kaloula ghoshi — Chandramouli and Prasad, 2018, Tropical Nat. Hist., Thailand, 18: 40.
Common Names
Brown Bullfrog (Kaloula baleata ghoshi: Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 64).
Brown Painted Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 7).
Distribution
Andaman Islands (North Andaman, Middle Andaman, South Andaman, Little Andaman, Rutland, and Long Island), India.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: India
Endemic: India
Comment
Chandramouli and Prasad, 2018, Tropical Nat. Hist., Thailand, 18: 40–53, recognized this as a distinct species rather than a subspecies of Kaloula baleata. Harikrishnan and Vasudevan, 2018, Alytes, 36: 247–248, commented on the distribution and natural history in the Andaman Islands, India.
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