About Pulchrana baramica (Boettger, 1900)
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Pulchrana baramica, commonly known as the Baram River frog, brown marsh frog, or masked rough-sided frog, is a species of true frog in the family Ranidae.
Distribution: Malay Peninsula
This species is distributed across the Malay Peninsula, covering extreme southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore.
Distribution: Malay Archipelago
It is also found in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo (which includes Brunei, Kalimantan, and East Malaysia), as well as the Indonesian islands of Java, Sumatra, and Bangka Island.
Type Locality
Its type locality is the Baram River in Sarawak, Malaysia, which is the origin of one of its common names.
Habitat
The natural habitats of Pulchrana baramica are tropical moist lowland forests and swamps.
Conservation Status
The International Union for Conservation of Nature does not consider this species to be threatened.
