Toad ID?

My friend found this one on his property the other day. We assume it\'s a toad but no idea what species. He found it when uprooting a tree stump which it had burrowed under and he reckons it stays underground during the dry season. Anyone any ideas?

Kaloula pulchra.

Wow GG, thanks for the speedy response and ID.

Yep it's Kaloula pulchra or Asian painted frog, closely associated with villages and towns of South east Asia, and apparently rarely found anywhere else, though the burrowing habit of this species could be the reason it's over looked in the "wild".

In Dutch it's called Indische Ossekikker ( = Indian Ox frog ). If you have ever heared the sound ( noise ) they make, you will understand this name. I had years ago several in a tank in my bedroom and after I started a artificial rain-period, sleeping became quite difficult because althrough they are quite small, they pump up their body and produce a very loud noise which somehow sound like an ox !

you're welcome, Jack.

Did you get them to lay VC? i believe they stick themselves together with a sort of glue instead of going into in amplexus is that corect? I could have them mixed up with other narrow mouth species though.
dean

Nop, I recieved a lot of noise but no eggs ! In the 1980-ties they have been bred succesfull in a privat collection in Germany but because it was ( still is ? ) cheaper to import them then to breed them, few people take the difficulties to try it