Rough-sided frog
Pulchrana glandulosa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAmphibia (Amphibians)
- OrderAnura (Frogs and Toads)
- FamilyRanidae (Typical Frogs)
- GenusPulchrana
- SpeciesPulchrana glandulosa (Rough-sided frog)
About the Rough-sided frog
Hylarana glandulosa, commonly known as the rough-sided frog or the glandular frog, is a species of true frog in the genus Hylarana. It is native to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swampland, rivers, freshwater marshes, caves, and plantations. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
In Thailand, it is called h̄mā n̂ảm (Thai: หมาน้ำ; literally: water dog) because its call sounds like a barking puppy. Sound recordings of Hylarana glandulosa at BioAcoustica Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Gunung Leuser National Park
Striped Stream Frog
Pulchrana signata
Poisonous Rock Frog
Odorrana hosii
North Sumatra White-lipped Frog
Chalcorana parvaccola
Green Paddy Frog
Hylarana erythraea
Kerinci Cascade Frog
Sumaterana crassiovis
Sumatra Huia Frog
Huia sumatrana
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Nicobar Cricket Frog
Amnirana nicobariensis
River Toad
Phrynoidis asper
Common Tree Frog
Polypedates leucomystax
Common Indian Toad
Duttaphrynus melanostictus
Horned Toad
Megophrys nasuta
Alpine Cricket Frog
Fejervarya limnocharis
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |