Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog (Limnonectes kuhlii) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.
Species complex
L. kuhlii was once believed to have a broad distribution in Northeast India (Assam) and Southeast Asia, but a phylogenetic analysis in 2010 demonstrated that there were at least 16 morphologically similar, but genetically distinct evolutionary lineages subsumed under the name.[3]
Already, several populations that were previously identified as L. kuhlii have been formally described as new species: L. fujianensis and L. bannaensis of China, L. nguyenorum and L. quangninhensis of Vietnam, L. jarujini, L. taylori, L. isanensis, and L. megastomias of Thailand, and L. sisikdagu from Indonesia.[2] The original specimen of L. kuhlii was found in Java, and that is the only area where the "true" species occurs with certainty.[2]
Phylogeny
Below is a phylogeny of species within the L. kuhlii species complex (McLeod, et al. 2015).[4]
Limnonectes kuhlii (Java)
Limnonectes sisikdagu
Limnonectes fragilis
Limnonectes bannaensis
Limnonectes namiyei
Limnonectes fujianensis
Limnonectes jarujini
Limnonectes nguyenorum
Limnonectes isanensis
Limnonectes taylori
Limnonectes megastomias
References
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^ Peter Paul van Dijk, Djoko Iskandar, Robert Inger, Michael Wai Neng Lau, Yang Datong, Annemarie Ohler, Lu Shunqing, Saibal Sengupta, Sabitry Bordoloi (2004). "Limnonectes kuhlii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58346A11769961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58346A11769961.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
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^ McLeod, D.S. (2010). "Of Least Concern? Systematics of a cryptic species complex: Limnonectes kuhlii (Amphibia; Anura: Dicroglossidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (3): 991–1000. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.004. PMID 20385247.
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^ McLeod, Kurlbaum & Hoang, 2015 : More of the same: a diminutive new species of the Limnonectes kuhlii complex from northern Vietnam (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa, No. 3947, p. 201–214.
