The Sulawesian puddle frog or Celebes Oriental frog (''Occidozyga celebensis'') is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...

in the family

Dicroglossidae The frog family Dicroglossidae occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, with most genera and species being found in Asia. The common name of the family is fork-tongued frogs. The Dicroglossidae were previously considered to ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to Sulawesi,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. This abundant species lives in paddy fields and other disturbed habitats. It breeds in paddy fields and slow-moving streams. As a widespread, abundant and adaptable species, it is not threatened.

References

Occidozyga Endemic fauna of Indonesia Amphibians of Sulawesi Taxa named by Malcolm Arthur Smith Amphibians described in 1927 Frogs of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{dicroglossidae-stub