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Hose's frog (''Odorrana hosii'', often misspelled as ''O. hosei'') is a
true frog species with a wide range in
Southeast Asia. This species was named after zoologist
Charles Hose.
Its closest living relatives appear to be ''
O. chloronota'' which occurs to the north of Hose's frog's range, as well as ''
O. livida'' and ''
O. morafkai'' with a more limited range in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
and
Vietnam, respectively; these four appear to form a close-knit group wherein the northern species are barely closer to each other than Hose's frog is to any of them. Also quite closely related is ''
O. megatympanum'', another Vietnamese
endemic.
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Description
This frog has a robust body with long, slender legs; males measure 50–60 mm, females 85–100 mm. The dorsal are dark green with brown sides, the ventral are pale, the limbs are marked with dark crossbars. Its finger- and toe-tips bear grooved discs.
This frog also have many varians of dorsal colour. Including full green, full brown, green with brown dots, and brown with green dots.
Its call heard like "cit" of rats.
Its tadpoles apparently lack suctorial discs.
Distribution and ecology
Hose's frog has been recorded from the Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area ...
south of the Kra Isthmus, on Phuket Province, Phuket, Tioman, Borneo, the Batu Islands, Sumatra, Simeulue,[
Eggs are probably deposited in water in a way roughly similar to other true frogs. But the eggs inside their gelatinous outer layer are cream-coloured without a dark hemisphere, indicating a specialised oviposition site.
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Footnotes
Further reading
* (1966): The Systematics and Zoogeography of the Amphibia of Borneo. ''Fieldiana Zoology, Fieldiana Zool.'' 52: 1–402.
Gallery
Image:Odorrana hosii, Hose's frog.jpg, Odorrana hosii Khao Sok National Park
External links
Amphibian and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia – ''Odorrana hosii''
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Fauna of Brunei
Amphibians of Indonesia
Amphibians of Malaysia
Amphibians of Thailand
Amphibians described in 1891
Odorrana
Amphibians of Borneo