Kuhl's creek frog

"Large-headed frog" redirects here. For the frog endemic to Hainan Island, China, see Fragile large-headed frog.

Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog (Limnonectes kuhlii) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.

Kuhl's creek frog
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dicroglossidae
Genus:	Limnonectes
Species:	L. kuhlii
Binomial name
Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838)[2]
Synonyms
Rana kuhlii Tschudi, 1838

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