Kaloula picta

species of amphibian

Species

Least Concern

The genus Kaloula is part of a large group of narrow mouth frogs in the family Microhylidae. The approximately 65 genera of narrow mouth frogs occur in North and South America, Africa, Australia, and Souteast Asia. Of the ten subfamilies, the genus Kaloula is a member of the Microhylinae group. Within the Philippines, the diversity of species in the genus Kaloula can be roughly broken down into three major ecomorphological groups. The first being the shrub frogs. This group consists of species historically believed to all be subspecies of Kaloula conjuncta. They have expanded toe disks used for an arboreal lifestyle. During the rainy season they will climb down and breed in ephemeral pools of water on the ground. Tadpoles within this group are pigmented. The group of shrub frogs has a large distribution throughout the Philippines. There are clear divisions between species with true K. conjuncta occurring throughout Luzon, K. negrosensis observed throughout the visayan islands, K. meridionalis observed in mindanao, and the type locality of K. stickelii occurring on samar. The second group consists of burrowing frogs with narrow toe disks. These frogs burrow during the year except fo

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