#1956 · 🐸 amphibians
Asian Painted Frog
🇳🇱 Indische Stierkikker ·Kaloula pulchra
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what is it?
The banded bullfrog ( Kaloula pulchra ) is also known as the chubby frog (in the pet trade), Asian painted frog , rice frog , or bubble frog . In Cambodia, it is called ហ៊ីង (hing) . These frogs, belonging to the microhylid (narrow-mouthed frog) family have round bodies with mahogany brown backs and cream stomachs. The distinctive stripes down the side can range from copper-brown to salmon pink in color. Males have darker throats than females. Frogs grow to 7–8 cm or...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 10,635 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1831 (195 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Asian Painted Frog
- Nederlands
- Indische Stierkikker
- scientific name
- Kaloula pulchra
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Microhylidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 10,635
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1831 by John Edward Gray
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Microhylidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 326303, Wikidata Q931167, GBIF 2421636, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.