''Theloderma asperum'' is a frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is also known as the pied warty frog, hill garden bug-eyed frog, or somewhat informally, bird poop frog. The frog can be found in the northeastern India, Burma,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

( Tibet, possibly more widely), Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam as well as

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in Indonesia. However, because of confusion with ''

Theloderma albopunctatum ''Theloderma'', the bug-eyed frogs, mossy frogs or warty frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found from northeastern India and southern China, through Southeast Asia, to the Greater Sunda Isla ...

'' and '' Theloderma baibungense'', it is known with certainty from its type locality in Peninsular Malaysia.

Description

It is a small frog, reaching no more than 3 centimeters long. The main color of the frog is red-brown. The sides of the frog are mud-white with red spots. The frog has dark red eyes.

Habitat

''Theloderma asperum'' is a tree bark mimic that breeds in tree holes.

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Bird poop frog!
asperum Amphibians of Cambodia Amphibians of China Frogs of India Amphibians of Indonesia Amphibians of Laos Amphibians of Malaysia Amphibians of Myanmar Amphibians of Thailand Amphibians of Vietnam Amphibians described in 1886 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{Rhacophoridae-stub