Occidozyga lima (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Common and Family Classification

Occidozyga lima (Gravenhorst, 1829), commonly called the green puddle frog, rough-skinned floating frog, pearly skin puddle frog, or pointed-tongued floating frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.

Geographical Range

It has been confirmed to occur in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, and may also be present in Nepal.

Natural Habitats

Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.

Pet Trade Occurrence

This frog is also found in the pet trade.

Taxonomic Status Question

Research indicates that Occidozyga lima may actually be a group of separate species.

Proposed Species Split

In 2013, Chan argued that it should be split into three distinct species, with ranges corresponding to: 1) Java, Indonesia; 2) southern China to northern Indochina; 3) southern Indochina to Myanmar.