Kuhl's creek frog facts for kids

"Large-headed frog" redirects here. For the frog endemic to Hainan Island, China, see Fragile large-headed frog.

Quick facts for kids Kuhl's creek frog

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Rana kuhlii Tschudi, 1838

Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog (Limnonectes kuhlii) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.

Species complex

L. kuhlii was once believed to have a broad distribution in Northeast India (Assam) and Southeast Asia, but a phylogenetic analysis in 2010 demonstrated that there were at least 16 morphologically similar, but genetically distinct evolutionary lineages subsumed under the name.

Already, several populations that were previously identified as L. kuhlii have been formally described as new species: L. fujianensis and L. bannaensis of China, L. nguyenorum and L. quangninhensis of Vietnam, L. jarujini, L. taylori, L. isanensis, and L. megastomias of Thailand, and L. sisikdagu from Indonesia. The original specimen of L. kuhlii was found in Java, and that is the only area where the "true" species occurs with certainty.

Phylogeny

Below is a phylogeny of species within the L. kuhlii species complex (McLeod, et al. 2015).

	Limnonectes kuhlii (Java)

	Limnonectes sisikdagu

Limnonectes fragilis

Limnonectes bannaensis

	Limnonectes namiyei

	Limnonectes fujianensis

Limnonectes jarujini

Limnonectes nguyenorum

	Limnonectes isanensis

	Limnonectes taylori

	Limnonectes megastomias

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