Kaloula baleata (Müller in Van Oort & Müller, 1836)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Kaloula baleata, brown bullfrog. From Gunung Betung, Lampung (south Sumatra), Indonesia
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Open encyclopedia reference
Kaloula baleata, the flower pot toad or sometimes the smooth-fingered narrow-mouthed frog, is a species of narrow-mouthed toad. It is native to India, Borneo, Indochinese Peninsula, Java, Malay Peninsula and Philippines where it lives in lowland rainforests and is tolerant of disturbed sites. The IUCN lists it as being of "Least Concern".
Wikipedia contributors, Kaloula baleata; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:44:14.936536+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Kaloula baleata (Müller in Van Oort & Müller, 1836)
- Name authority
- (Müller in Van Oort & Müller, 1836)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Microhylidae
- Genus
- Kaloula
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyMicrohylidae Günther, 1858
- subfamilyMicrohylinae Günther, 1858
- genusKaloula Gray, 1831
- speciesKaloula baleata (Müller in Van Oort & Müller, 1836)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Kaloula. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Kaloula aureata Nutphand, 1989 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula conjuncta (Peters, 1863) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula ghoshi Cherchi, 1954 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula mediolineata Smith, 1917 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula picta (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula rigida Taylor, 1922 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula verrucosa Boulenger, 1904 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula walteri Diesmos, Brown & Alcala, 2002 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula laosensis Poyarkov, Orlov, Gorin & Milto, 2024 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula borealis (Barbour, 1908) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula indochinensis Chan, Blackburn, Murphy, Stuart, Emmett, Ho & Brown, 2013 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaloula kalingensis Taylor, 1922 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Van Oort & Müller, 1836) Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3QZKJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.