Rough-sided frog
Hylarana glandulosa
- Class
- Amphibian
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 520
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Description
Hylarana glandulosa, commonly known as the rough-sided frog or the glandular frog, is a species of true frog in the genus Hylarana. It is native to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swampland, rivers, freshwater marshes, caves, and plantations. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN. In Thailand, it is called h̄mā n̂ảm (Thai: หมาน้ำ; literally: water dog) because its call sounds like a barking puppy.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hylarana glandulosa”.