Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh
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Hakim, Jonathan
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Trageser, Scott J.
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Ghose, Animesh
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Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur
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Rahman, Shahriar Caesar
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1239
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10.15560/16.5.1239
1809-127X
Polypedates teraiensis
(Dubois, 1987)
Material examined.
BANGLADESH
• 1 M,
46 mm
adult;
Sylhet Division
,
Moulvibazar District
, Kamal- ganj
Upazila
, LNP, pond near
Lawachara Station
;
24° 19.58′N
,
091°47.04′E
;
16 Jun. 2015
; 20:20; photo voucher
ZRC
(
IMG
) 1.145
.
Identification.
A large brown treefrog (
9 cm
SVL
in our largest female specimen) with dark lines on the dorsum and a light brown eyestripe that curves down. Specimens were distinguished from
P. maculatus
(J.E. Gray, 1830)
by skin ossified to the top of the skull (
Ahmed et
al. 2009). Calling males most frequently gave a short 140–280 ms “quack” with 65–85 pulses/s and a dominant frequency at 2000–2400 Hz; other calls were remi- niscent of laughter.
Taxonomic notes.
Gogol and Sengupta (2017)
con- firmed that
P. teraiensis
in South Asia is distinct from
P. leucomystax
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
in Southeast Asia, though
Purkayastha et al. (2019)
suggests that the status of
P. leucomystax
in the region remains undetermined, so we follow Gogol and Sengupta with caution.
Habitat.
Polypedates teraiensis
was common in every
habitat in LNP. The frogs were observed calling and breeding in ponds, temporary pools formed by driedup streams, flooded fields, and flooded forest. While oc- casionally found on the ground, most individuals were found at heights of
1–2 m
in trees.