The following is a list of amphibians of Thailand. There are more than 160 species recorded.
The following table is a checklist of amphibians of Thailand, with geographic ranges, citations, and Thai names included.[1]
Scientific name | Family | Common name | Thai name | Geographical range | Citation | |
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Tylototriton uyenoi | - | กระท่าง, จักกิ้มน้ำ, จักก่าน้ำ | North (Chiang Mai) | Nishikawa et al., 2013 | ||
Tylototriton panhai | - | กระท่าง, จักกิ้มน้ำ, จักก่าน้ำ | Northeast (Phitsanulok and Loei) | Nishikawa et al., 2013 | ||
Caudacaecilia asplenia | Malayan Caecilian | ขียดงูมลายู | South (Yala) | (Taylor, 1965) | ||
Caudacaecilia larutensis | Larut Hill Caecilian | เขียดงูบาลา | South (Narathiwat) | (Taylor, 1960) | ||
Ichthyophis acuminatus | Pointed-snouted Caecilian | เขียดงูหัวแหลม | North (Lampang) | Taylor, 1960 | ||
Ichthyophis kohtaoensis | Ko Tao Caecilian | เขียดงูเกาะเต่า | Southeast, southwest and south | Taylor, 1960 | ||
Ichthyophis supachaii | Supachai's Caecilian | เขียดงูศุภชัย | South (Nakhon Sri Thammarat) | Taylor, 1960 | ||
Ichthyophis youngorum | Doi Suthep Caecilian | เขียดงูดอยสุเทพ | North (Chang Mai) | Taylor, 1960 | ||
Amolops larutensis | Larut Torrent Frog | ปาดลายหินเมืองใต้ | South | (Boulenger, 1899) | ||
Amolops marmoratus | Northern Cascade Frog | ปาดคลายหินเมืองเหนือ | Northwest | (Blyth, 1855) | ||
Amolops archotaphus | Doi Inthanon Rock Frog | กบชะง่อนหินอินทนนท์ | North (Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai) | Inger and Chanard, 1997 | ||
Amolops panhai | Tenasserim Cascade Frog | Matsui and Nabhitabhata 2006 | ||||
Huia melasma | Siamese Cascade Frog | North and west | Stuart, FL and Chan-ard, T, 2005 | |||
Alcalus tasanae | Tasan Frog | กบท่าสาน | Central peninsula | (Smith, 1921) | ||
Nanorana aenea | Doi Chang Frog | กบดอยช้าง | North | (Smith, 1922) | ||
Hoplobatrachus rugulosus | Rugose Frog | กบนา, กบเนื้อ | widespread | (Wiegmann, 1835) | ||
Ingerana tenasserimensis | Tenasserim Frog | กบตะนาวศรี | Southwest and south | (Sclater, 1892) | ||
Fejervarya chiangmaiensis | - | North (Chiang Mai) | Suwannapoom et al., 2016 | |||
Fejervarya cancrivora | Mangrove Frog | widespread except north | (Gravenhorst, 1829) | |||
Fejervarya limnocharis | Field Frog | กบหนอง, เขียดอีโม่, เขียดบักโม่ | widespread | (Boie, 1835) | ||
Fejervarya raja | Rajah Frog | กบราชา | South | (Smith, 1930) | ||
Fejervarya triora | Sandstone Frog | Northeast (Ubon Ratchathani) | Stuart, BL, Chuaynkern, Y, Chan-ard, T and Inger, RF, 2006 | |||
Limnonectes blythii | Blyth's Giant Frog | กบทูด, เขียวแลว | North, southwest and south | (Boulenger, 1920) | ||
Limnonectes malesianus | Malaysian Peat Frog | กบทูดมลายู | Extreme south | (Kiew, 1984) | ||
Limnonectes paramacrodon | Peat Swamp Frog | กบป่าพรุ | South (Narathiwat) | (Inger, 1966) | ||
Limnonectes taylori | Taylor's Frog | Northwest | Matsui et al. (2010) | |||
Limnonectes jarujini | Jarujin's Frog | West | Matsui M, Panha S, Khonsue W and Kuraishi N 2010 | |||
Limnonectes megastomias | Korat Big-mouthed Frog | Northeast | McLeod DS, 2008 | |||
Limnonectes isanensis | Isan Big-headed Frog | Northeast (Loei) | McLeod DS, Kelly JK and Barley A, 2012 | |||
Limnonectes limborgi | Limborg's Frog | กบกา | West | (Sclater, 1892) | ||
Limnonectes laticeps | Rivulet Frog | Extreme south | Frost, D.R. 2013 | |||
Limnonectes doriae | Doria's Frog | กบดอร์เรีย | North, southwest and south | (Boulenger, 1887) | ||
Limnonectes kohchangae | Ko Chang Frog | กบเกาะช้าง | Southeast | (Smith, 1922) | ||
Limnonectes macrognathus | Large-headed Frog | กบหัวโต | Peninsula, Phuket and maybe north | (Boulenger, 1917) | ||
Limnonectes gyldenstolpei | Capped Frog | กบหงอน, กบหัวโล่, กบหอน | widespread | (Boulenger, 1916) | ||
Limnonectes plicatellus | Rhinoceros Frog | กบแรด, กบหงอนมลายู | South | (Stoliczka, 1873) | ||
Limnonectes lauhachindai | Lauhachinda's Fanged Frog | Northeast (Ubon Ratchathani) | Aowphol, A, Rujirawan, A, Taksintum, W, Chuaynkern, Y and Stuart, BL, 2015 | |||
Limnonectes hascheanus | Stoliczka's Frog | กบป่าไผ่ | Southwest and south | (Stoliczka, 1870) | ||
Occidozyga laevis | Spotted Puddle Frog | เขียดลื่น | Extreme south | (Günther, 1859) | ||
Occidozyga lima | Common Puddle Frog | เขียดจะนา, เขียดจ่านา | South | (Gravenhorst, 1829) | ||
Occidozyga magnapustulosus | Pearl-tipped Pustuled Puddle Frog | North and northeast | (Taylor and Elbel, 1958) | |||
Occidozyga martensii | Martens's Puddle Frog | เขียดทราย, เขียดหลังปุ่ม | widespread | (Peters, 1867) | ||
Quasipaa bourreti | Bourret's Frog | กบเวียดนาม | Northwest | (Dubois, 1987) | ||
Quasipaa fasciculispina | Spiny-breasted Frog | กบอกหนาม, กบแรด | Southeast | (Inger, 1970) | ||
Clinotarsus penelope | Hill Frog | กบเขาสูง | Southwest and south | Boulenger, 1882 | ||
Amnirana nicobariensis | Nicobar Cricket Frog | กบนิโคบาร์ | South | (Stoliczka, 1870) | ||
Odorrana hosii | Hose's Frog | กบชะง่อนหินภาคใต้ | South | Boulenger, 1891 | ||
Odorrana chloronota | Chloronate Huia Frog | West, central and northeast | (Günther, 1875) | |||
Odorrana schmackeri | Schmaker's Frog | กบดอยอินทนนท์ | North (Chiang Mai) | Boettger, 1892 | ||
Odorrana andersonii | Anderson's Frog | กบแอนเดอสัน | North (Chiang Mai) | Boulenger, 1882 | ||
Odorrana aureola | Phu Luang Rock Frog | Northeast (Loei) | Stuart, BL, Chuaynkern, Y, Chan-ard, T and Inger, RF, 2006 | |||
Odorrana indeprensa | Khao Yai Rock Frog | Northeast (Nakhon Ratchasima) | (Bain and Stuart, 2006) | |||
Odorrana nasica | Vietnamese Frog | North and west | (Boulenger, 1903) | |||
Chalcorana eschatia | - | Inger RF, Stuart BL and Iskandar DT, 2009 | ||||
Chalcorana scutigera | - | South | (Andersson, 1916) | |||
Abavorana luctuosa | Mahogany Frog | กบเขาท้องลาย | South | (Peters, 1871) | ||
Indosylvirana milleti | Millet's Frog | กบเขาใหญ่ | Central, east and southeast | Smith, 1921 | ||
Hylarana faber | Chanthaburi Stream Frog | กบเขาสอยดาว | Southeast (Chanthaburi) | Smith, 1921 | ||
Hylarana erythraea | Green-backed Frog | กบบัว, เขียดจิก | widespread | (Schlegel, 1837) | ||
Hylarana macrodactyla | Stripe-backed Frog | กบหลังขีด | widespread | (Günther, 1859) | ||
Hylarana taipehensis | Taiwanese Frog | กบไต้หวัน | North, northeast and east | Van Denburgh, 1909 | ||
Hydrophylax leptoglossa | Cope's Frog | กบสังขละ | West | (Cope, 1868) | ||
Rana johnsi | Johns's Frog | กบสีชมพู | Northeast (Loei) | Smith, 1921 | ||
Pelophylax lateralis | Yellow Frog | กบหลังไพล, เขียดเหลือง, กบเหลือง | widespread except south | Boulenger, 1887 | ||
Pulchrana glandulosa | Rough-sided Frog | กบว๊ากใหญ่, หมาน้ำ | South | Boulenger, 1882 | ||
Pulchrana banjarana | Banjaran Frog | South (Yala) | Leong and Lim 2003 | |||
Pulchrana laterimaculata | Masked Rough-sided Frog | South (Narathiwat) | Leong, TM, Matsui, M, Yong, HS and Hamid, AA, 2003 | |||
Pulchrana signata | Spotted Stream Frog | South | (Günther, 1872) | |||
Sylvirana nigrovittata | Dark-sided Frog | กบอ่อง, เขียดอ่อง, เขียดโงด, เขียดโง่ | widespread | (Blyth, 1856) | ||
Sylvirana cubitalis | Dark-eared Frog | กบหูดำ | widespread | Smith, 1917 | ||
Sylvirana mortenseni | Mortensen's Frog | Southeast (Khao Yai to Ko Chang) | Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai. 2005 | |||
Humerana miopus | Three-striped Frog | กบหลังลายเฉียง | South | Boulenger, 1918 | ||
Babina chapaensis | Glandular-sided Frog | Northeast | ||||
Brachytarsophrys carinensis | Burmese Horned Frog | อึ่งกรายข้างแถบ | North, southwest and south | (Boulenger, 1889) | ||
Brachytarsophrys feae | Fae's Horned Frog | อึ่งกรายพม่า | North (Chiang Mai) | (Boulenger, 1887) | ||
Leptobrachium chapaense | White-eyed Litter Frog | อึ่งกรายตาขาว | North (Chiang Mai) | (Bourret, 1937) | ||
Leptobrachium hendricksoni | Spotted Litter Frog | อึ่งกรายลายจุด | South | Taylor, 1962 | ||
Leptobrachium smithi | Smith's Litter Frog | อึ่งกรายลายเลอะ | widespread | Matsui, Nabhitabhata and Panha, 1999 | ||
Leptolalax bourreti | Bourret's Litter Frog | North (Chiang Mai) | (Boulenger, 1893) | |||
Leptolalax gracilis | Gracile Litter Frog | อึ่งกรายทองผาภูมิ | West (Kanchanaburi) | (Gunther, 1872) | ||
Leptolalax heteropus | Variable Litter Frog | อึ่งกรายหลากสี | Extreme south | (Boulenger, 1893) | ||
Leptolalax pelodytoides | Mud Litter Frog | North and west | (Boulenger, 1893) | |||
Leptolalax melanoleucus | - | South (Surat Thani) | Matsui, 2006 | |||
Leptolalax fuliginosus | - | Peninsula (Prachuap Khiri Khan) | Matsui, 2006 | |||
Leptolalax solus | - | South (Yala and Nakhon Sri Thammarat) | Matsui, 2006 | |||
Leptolalax minimus | - | North (Chiang Mai) | Taylor, 1962 | |||
Megophrys nasuta | Long-nosed Horned Frog | อึ่งกรายหัวแหลม | South | (Schlegel, 1858) | ||
Megophrys aceras | Malayan Horned Frog | อึ่งกรายหัวมน | South | (Boulenger, 1903) | ||
Megophrys longipes | Slender-legged Horned Frog | อึ่งกรายขายาว | South | (Boulenger, 1886) | ||
Megophrys major | Greater Stream Horned Frog | North, northeast and southwest | Boulenger, 1908 | |||
Megophrys minor | Dwarf Horned Frog | อึ่งกรายแคระ | North (Chiang Mai) | Stejneger, 1926 | ||
Megophrys parva | Lesser Stream Horned Frog | อึ่งกรายหัวยเล็ก | North and southwest | (Boulenger, 1893) | ||
Megophrys lekaguli | Chanthaburi Horned Frog | Southeast | Stuart BL, Chuaynkern Y, Chan-ard T and Inger RF, 2006 | |||
Megophrys sp. nov. | - | South (Surat Thani) | ||||
Megophrys takensis | Tak Horned Frog | West | Mahony, S, 2011 | |||
Ophryophryne microstoma | Narrow-mouthed Horned Frog | อึ่งกรายปากแคบ | North (Nan) | Boulenger, 1903 | ||
Ansonia inthanon | Inthanon Stream Toad | คางคกหัวยอินทนนท์ | North (Chiang Mai) | Matsui, Nabhitabhata and Panha, 1998 | ||
Ansonia kraensis | Kra Stream Toad | Isthmus of Kra | Matsui M, Khonsue W, Nabhitabhata J. 2005 | |||
Ansonia malayana | Malayan Stream Toad | คางคกห้วยมลายู | Extreme south | Inger, 1960 | ||
Ansonia siamensis | Siamese Stream Toad | คางคกห้วยไทย | South (Trang) | Kiew, 1985, 1884 | ||
Ansonia khaochangensis | Khao Chang Stream Toad | South (Phang Nga) | ||||
Ansonia sp. nov. | - | South (Phuket) | ||||
Phrynoidis aspera | River Toad | จงโคร่ง, หมาน้ำ, กะทาหอง, กง | widespread | Gravenhorst, 1829 | ||
Ingerophrynus macrotis | Flat-headed Toad | คางตกหัวราบ, คางคกเหลือง | widespread | Boulenger, 1887 | ||
Ingerophrynus parvus | Indochinese Dwarf Toad | คางคกแคระ, คางคกไฟ | widespread | Boulenger, 1887 | ||
Duttaphrynus melanostictus | Black-spined Toad | คางคกบ้าน, ขี้คางคาก, คางคาก | widespread | (Schneider, 1799) | ||
Leptophryne borbonica | Slender-legged Stream Toad | คางคกขายาว | South | (Tschudi, 1838) | ||
Rentapia hosii | Malayan Brown Toad | คางคกต้นไม้ | Extreme south | (Boulenger, 1892) | ||
Hyla annectans | Indian Leaf Frog | ปาดเมืองจีน | North (Mae Hong Son) | (Jerdon, 1870) | ||
Chiromantis doriae | Doria's Bush Frog | ปาดจิ๋วหลังขีด | North | Boulenger, 1893 | ||
Chiromantis nongkhorensis | Nong Khor Bush Frog | ปาดจิ๋วลายแต้ม | East, southeast and southwest | (Cochran, 1927) | ||
Chiromantis sp. nov. | - | South (Chumphon) | ||||
Feihyla vittata | Burmese Bush Frog | ปาดจิ๋วพม่า | widespread | (Boulenger, 1887) | ||
Feihyla hansenae | Hansen's Bush Frog | ปาดจิ๋วป่าตะวันออก | North, northeast and east | (Cochran, 1927) | ||
Gracixalus carinensis | Karin Hills Bush Frog | ปาดแคระหลังขีด | North (Chiang Mai) | (Boulenger, 1893) | ||
Gracixalus gracilipes | Slender-legged Bush Frog | ปาดแคระขาเรียว | North (Chiang Mai) | Bourret, 1937 | ||
Gracixalus seesom | - | West | Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean & Ohler, 2005 | |||
Kurixalus bisacculus | Taylor's Tree Frog | ปาดลายเลอะอีสาน | East and southwest | Taylor, 1962 | ||
Kurixalus verrucosus | Boulenger's Tree Frog | ปาดลายเลอะเหนือ | (Günther, 1859) | |||
Kurixalus appendiculatus | Frilled Tree Frog | South (south of Phang Nga) | ||||
Raorchestes parvulus | Dwarf Bush Frog | ปาดแคระป่า | Northeast and southeast | (Boulenger, 1893) | ||
Philautus petersi | Peters's Bush Frog | Extreme south | (Boulenger, 1900) | |||
Philautus vermiculatus | Vermiculate Bush Frog | ปาดแคระท้องลาย | South (Yala) | (Boulenger, 1900) | ||
Polypedates colletti | Collett's Tree Frog | ปาดนิ้วแยกมลายู | South | (Boulenger, 1890) | ||
Polypedates discantus | Malayan Slender Tree Frog | South | Rujirawan A, Stuart BL and Aowphol A, 2013 | |||
Polypedates leucomystax | Four-lined Tree Frog | ปาดบ้าน | West and south (south of Prachuap Khiri Khan) | (Gravenhorst, 1829) | ||
Polypedates macrotis | Dark-eared Tree Frog | ปาดหูดำ | South | (Boulenger, 1891) | ||
Polypedates megacephalus | White-lipped Tree Frog | (Smith, 1940) | ||||
Rhacophorus bipunctatus | Twin-spotted Tree Frog | ปาดตีนเหลือง | West and south | (Peters, 1867) | ||
Rhacophorus rhodopus | Red-Webbed Tree Frog | East | Bordoli S, Bortamuli T and Ohler, A, 2007 | |||
Rhacophorus cyanopunctatus | Blue-spotted Tree Frog | ปาดจุดฟ้า | South | Manthey and Steiof, 1998 | ||
Rhacophorus orlovi | Orlov's Tree Frog | ปาดตีนเหลืองอีสาน | East (Amnat Charoen) | Zeigler and Kohler, 2001 | ||
Rhacophorus feae | Fae's Tree Frog | ปาดดอยอินทนนท์ | North and northeast | (Boulenger, 1893) | ||
Rhacophorus maximus | Giant Tree Frog | ปาดยักษ์ | Southwest | Günther, 1859, 1858) | ||
Rhacophorus nigropalmatus | Wallace's Tree Frog | ปาดเขียวตีนดำ | South | Boulenger, 1895 | ||
Rhacophorus norhayatii | Norhayati's Tree Frog | Northwest and extreme south | Onn, CK and Grismer, LL, 2010 | |||
Rhacophorus pardalis | Harlequin Tree Frog | ปาดตีนแดง | South (Yala) | Gunther, 1858 | ||
Rhacophorus prominanus | Jade Tree Frog | ปาดเขียวตีนแดง | South | Smith, 1924 | ||
Rhacophorus reinwardtii | Reinwardt's Tree Frog | ปาดเขียวตีนลาย | Southwest and south | (Schlegel, 1837) | ||
Rhacophorus robinsonii | Robinson's Tree Frog | ปาดขาลาย | South | Boulenger, 1903 | ||
Rhacophorus jarujini | Jarujin's Tree Frog | Northeast | Matsui and Panha, 2006 | |||
Rhacophorus kio | Black-webbed Tree Frog | Northwest | Ohler, A and Delorme, M, 2006 | |||
Theloderma albopunctatum | Northern Pied Warted Tree Frog | widespread except south | ||||
Theloderma asperum | Southern Pied Warted Tree Frog | ปาดตะปุ่มเล็ก | Extreme south | (Boulenger, 1886) | ||
Theloderma gordoni | Large Warted Tree Frog | ปาดตะปุ่มใหญ่ | North (Chiang Mai) | Taylor, 1962 | ||
Theloderma horridum | Malayan Warted Tree Frog | ปาดตะปุ่มมลายู | Extreme south | (Boulenger, 1903) | ||
Theloderma stellatum | Chanthaburi Warted Tree Frog | ปาดตะปุ่มจันทบุรี | North, east and southeast | Taylor, 1962 | ||
Theloderma pictum | Cinnamon Tree Frog | South | Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen and Gogoleva, 2015 | |||
Theloderma licin | Smooth Frog | South | McLeod, DS and Ahmad, N, 2007. | |||
Chaperina fusca | Spiny-heeled Froglet | อึ่งส้นหนาม | Peninsula (Surat Thani) | (Blyth, 1856) | ||
Calluella guttulata | Striped Spadefoot Frog | อึ่งลาย | widespread | (Blyth, 1856) | ||
Calluella sp. nov. | - | South (Krabi) | ||||
Glyphoglossus molossus | Truncate-snouted Burrowing Frog | อึ่งเพ้า, อึ่งปากขวด | widespread except south | Günther, 1869 | ||
Kalophrynus interlineatus | Striped Sticky Frog | อึ่งปุ่มหลังลาย | North, northeast and southeast | Blyth, 1855 | ||
Kalophrynus pleurostigma | Red-sided Sticky Frog | อึ่งปุ่มมลายู | South | Tschudi, 1838 | ||
Kaloula latidisca | Wide-disked Narrow-mouthed Frog | Southwest and south | ||||
Kaloula mediolineata | Median-striped Bullfrog | อึ่งอ่างก้นขีด | widespread | Smith, 1917 | ||
Kaloula pulchra | Banded Bullfrog | อึ่งอ่างบ้าน | widespread | Gray, 1831 | ||
Kaloula aureata | Golden Bullfrog | South (Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat) | Pauwels, OSG and Cherot, F, 2006 | |||
Phrynella pulchra | Red-bellied Frog | อึ่งท้องแดง | Extreme south | Boulenger, 1887 | ||
Microhyla annamensis | Annam Chorus Frog | อึ่งอันนัม | Southeast (Chanthaburi) | Smith, 1923 | ||
Microhyla annectens | Boulenger's Chorus Frog | อึ่งน้ำเต้ามลายู | South (Chumphon) | Boulenger, 1900 | ||
Microhyla berdmorei | Berdmore's Chorus Frog | อึ่งแม่หนาว | widespread | (Blyth, 1856) | ||
Microhyla butleri | Noisy Chorus Frog | อึ่งลายแต้ม | widespread | Boulenger, 1900 | ||
Microhyla heymonsi | Dark-sided Chorus Frog | อึ่งข้างดำ | widespread | Vogt, 1911 | ||
Microhyla mukhlesuri | Mukhlesur's Chorus Frog | widespread | ||||
Microhyla pulchra | Painted Chorus Frog | อึ่งขาคำ, เขียดขาคำ | widespread | (Hallowell, 1861) | ||
Micryletta inornata | Inornate Chorus Frog | อึ่งหลังจุด, อึ่งหลังขีด | widespread | (Boulenger, 1890) |
Amphibian species commonly found in anthropogenically modified environments include:[2]
Family Bufonidae (True toads)
Family Microhylidae (Narrow-mouthed frogs)
Family Dicroglossidae (Fork-tongued frogs)
Family Ranidae (True frogs)
Family Rhacophoridae (Afro-Asian tree frogs)