Kaloula pulchra

The Malayan bullfrog, Mayalsian narrowmouth toad, banded bullfrog, Ceylon Kaloula, digging frog, painted bullfrog, Asian painted bullfrog, beautiful painted frog, painted microhylid frog, painted balloon frog, piebald digging frog, common Asian bullfrog, painted burrowing frog, painted frog, Hainan digging frog, Asiatic painted frog, or banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra) is a species of toad. It lives in Malaysia, Macao, Laos, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore. People also brought it to Taiwan and the Phillippines.

Body
The adult male frog is 54-70 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog 57-75 mm long. The skin of its back is brown in color, sometimes with yellow spots. There is a dark stripe from each eye down most of the back. There is a yellow or orange stripe next to it. Sometimes the orange stripes has spots. The frog's belly is dirty yellow-brown. The male frog has a black throat.

When this frog is in danger, it makes itself big like a balloon.  This frog also makes sticky material in its skin. Scientists think this makes the frog taste bad to animals that want to eat it, but it is not poison.

Home
This frog can live near humans, on farms, and in towns. In wild places, it lives in wet places, next to rivers, and on the outsides of forests.  This frog is awake at night. It can dig holes and climb into trees. Scientists saw the frog between 0 and 750 meters above sea level.

This frog lives in many protected parks, for example Kerinci Seblat National Park and Lore Lindu National Park.

Food
People have seen this frog eat grasshoppers, moths, ants, and other animals with no bones.

Young
The male frog sits next to a pool of water and calls to the female frogs. The female frog lays eggs in pools, usually pools that dry up later. She can lay 4000 eggs at a time. The eggs float on top of the water. The female can lay eggs two times each year. The tadpoles stay tadpoles for twenty days. Then they climb out of the pool.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Human beings sometimes catch this frog for food or to sell as a pet, but scientists do not think this is a big problem.

References

Category:Toads
Category:Amphibians of Pakistan
Category:Frogs of Asia
Category:State symbols of Chhattisgarh