Raorchestes parvulus (Boulenger, 1893)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Raorchestes > Species: Raorchestes parvulus

Ixalus parvulus Boulenger, 1893, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 2, 13: 339. Syntypes: (7 specimens) BMNH, MSNG, ZMH A04076–77 (according to Hallermann, 2006, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 103: 139; who noted that the total of claimed syntypes totals 8) and NHMW 16528 (according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 23), BMNH 1893.10.9.29-30 may be syntypes according to museum records; MSNG 29838A designated lectotype by Capocaccia, 1957, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 3, 69: 217. Lectotype described by Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 75–76. Type locality: "District of the Karin Bia-po", Myanmar.

Rhacophorus (Philautus) parvulus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 53, 70.

Philautus parvulus — Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 451.

Philautus (Philautus) parvulus — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 72.

Pseudophilautus parvulus — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 511.

Raorchestes parvulus — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 98: 1120, by implication.

Common Names

Karin Shrub Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 60). 

侏灌树蛙 (Chinese: Wang, Ren, Chen, Lyu, Guo, Jiang, Chen, Li, Guo, Wang, and Che, 2020, Biodiversity Sci., 28: App. 1: 13). 

Karin Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).

Cricket Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 158).

Dwarf Bushfrog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 148; Neang and Holden, 2008, Field Guide Amph. Cambodia: 107).

Tiny Bubble-nest Frog (Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 36).

Dwarf Bush Frog (Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 430).

Dwarf Shreubfrog (Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 44).

Distribution

Sylhet Division of Bangladesh east through Myanmar (Bago, Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Rakhine, and Sagaing) and non-peninsular Thailand to the Cardamon Mountains of southwestern Cambodia and northern Vietnam (Vinh Phu, Bac Thai, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Son La, Phu Tho, and Tuyen Quang provinces, 700–1400 m elevation; Louangphabang, Xaisomboun, Louangphabang, Xaisomboun, Savannakhet, Xekong and, Champasak Provinces, Laos; Temengor Forest Reserve, Hulu Perak, Perak Darul Ridzwan, peninsular Malaysia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Malaysia, West (Peninsular), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Comment

Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 523–526, discussed the Thai populations, thought that the name might cover at least two species, and provided an account; see also Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 451–452. Heyer, 1971, Fieldiana, Zool., 58: 61–82, reported on the call from Thailand. See comments by Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S., 92: 28. Sukumaran, 2003 "2002", Hamadryad, 27: 1–10, provided the peninsular Malaysian record. Reported for southwestern Cambodia by Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002, Raffles Bull. Zool., 50: 465–481. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 158, provided a brief characterization and photograph, which Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 101, attributed to Polypedates sp. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 148–149, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 36, provided specific localities for Vietnam. Reported for Pulau Langkawi, Kadeh, northwestern West Malaysia, by Grismer, Youmans, Wood, Ponce, Wright, Jones, Johnson, Sanders, Gower, Yaakob, and Lim, 2006, Hamadryad, 30: 61–74. Stuart, 2005, Herpetol. Rev., 36: 478, provided the record for Laos. Stuart and Emmett, 2006, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S., 109: 11, provided a record for the Cardamom Mountains, southwestern Cambodia. Neang and Holden, 2008, Field Guide Amph. Cambodia: 107, provided a photograph, brief account of identification, ecology, and range in Cambodia. Chan-ard, Cota, and Makchai, 2011, Amph. E. Region Thailand: 139, detailed the range in Thailand. Ghose and Bhuiyan, 2012, Herpetol. Rev., 43: 98–99, reported the species for Bangladesh. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 430–431, provided a brief account (description, photographs, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). The record published by Yu, Liu, Hou, Li, and Yang, 2019, Zootaxa, 4577: 381–391, for Mengla County, extreme southern Yunnan, China, was subsequently suggested by Jiang, Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Liu, Jiang, and Li, 2020, Asian Herpetol. Res., 11: 263–281, to be Raorchestes menglaensis. Le, Luong, Pham, Phan, Nguyen, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2021, Bonn Zool. Bull., 70: 201–219, provided natural history notes and a record from Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam. Reported from Penang Hill, Penang Island, West Malaysia by Sheridan, Akil, Gendu, Low, Zou, and Heng, 2021, In N. Ruppert et al., Biodiversity of Penang Hill: 234–240.  Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 44, briefly discussed habitat, range, and identification in Myanmar. Reported from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam, by Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Sung, Le, Vaxong, and Ziegler, 2022, Herpetol. Notes, 15: 169–178, who provided descriptive notes on the new specimens. Pham, Nguyen, Nguyen, Le, Ziegler, and Tran, 2024, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 18: 20–47, discussed natural history and records from Copia Nature Reserve, Son La Province, Vietnam.  Stuart, Seateun, Sivongxay, and Phimmachak, 2025 "2024", in Wildlife Lao PDR: 44, summarized literature, taxonomy, habitat, and detailed range for Laos. See comment under Raorchestes mindat. Boruah, Deepak, and Das, 2025, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 75: 517–625, discussed morphology and systematics. Dinh, Nishikawa, Luu, Nguyen, and Numata, 2026, Biodiversity Data J., 14(e178266): 21, briefly discussed the species in Ba Vi National Park, Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam.

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