Theloderma pyaukkya

Theloderma pyaukkya, the Burmese camouflaged tree frog, Burmese warty tree frog or Burmese bug-eyed frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is native to China and western Myanmar.[2][3][1][4]

Theloderma pyaukkya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Theloderma
Species:
T. pyaukkya
Binomial name
Theloderma pyaukkya
Dever, 2017

The adult male frog measures about 28.0 to 31.5 mm in snout-vent length. The skin of the frog's dorsum is creamy or white in color. There are dark brown marks near its eyes. The toes of the front feet are red in color with tiny gold marks.[3]

Etymology

Scientists named this frog pyaukkya after the Burmese language word for "camouflage" because of the frog's cryptic coloration.[3]

Original description
  • Dever JA (2017). "A new cryptic species of the Theloderma asperum Complex (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Myanmar". Journal of Herpetology. 51: 425–436.

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Burmese Camouflaged Tree Frog: Theloderma pyaukkya". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T121387010A121387033. 121387010. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Theloderma pyaukkya Dever, 2017". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  3. Tracy T. Tran (August 20, 2018). Ann T. Chang; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Theloderma pyaukkya Rowley, Le, Hoang, Dau, and Cao, 2011". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  4. Rowley JJL; Le DTTL; Hoang HD; Dau VQ; Cao TT (2011). "Two new species of Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam" (PDF). Zootaxa (Full text). 3098: 1–20. Retrieved May 31, 2023.


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