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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2017 |title=''Theloderma phrynoderma'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T59038A88213030 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T59038A88213030.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Theloderma phrynoderma
| authority = ([[Ernst Ahl|Ahl]], 1927)
| synonyms = {{species list
| Phrynoderma asperum | Boulenger, 1893 – secondary [[Homonym (biology)|homonym]] of ''[[Theloderma asperum|Ixalus asper]]'' Boulenger, 1886
| Rhacophorus phrynoderma | Ahl, 1927 – [[replacement name]] }}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/>
}}

'''''Theloderma phrynoderma''''' is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Rhacophoridae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Myanmar]] and known from two widely separated localities: Thao, its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] in the [[Karen Hills]] in south-central Myanmar where it was collected by [[Leonardo Fea]] in 1888, and the [[Tanintharyi Nature Reserve]] in southern Myanmar near the Thai border where it was collected in 2009–2010.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/><ref name="Dever et al. 2015"/> The common names '''Burmese bug-eyed frog''', '''Burmese warted tree frog''', and '''Tenasserim warty tree frog''' have been coined for it.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/>

==Description==
The [[holotype]], an adult female, measures {{convert|45|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in [[snout–vent length]], whereas three adult males all measure about {{convert|41|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}. The head is flat and triangular, shorter than it is wide. The [[Tympanum (anatomy)|tympanum]] is distinct and round. The fingers are long, with tips expanded into discs, and partially webbed (basal webbing between fingers I–II, increasing to nearly half-webbed between fingers III–IV). The toes are fully webbed and have discs that are slightly smaller than the finger discs. Dorsal skin is covered with calcified, white-tipped asperities, forming cluster especially near the tympana and along the dorsolateral region. Skin is cream colored and has brown blotches in the mid-[[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsum]]. There is a dark brown bar between the eyes and a dark brown chevron between the shoulders. The flanks have cream-brown marbled pattern continuing onto the dorsum.<ref name="Dever et al. 2015"/>

==Habitat and conservation==
''Theloderma phrynoderma'' occurs in both lowland and montane wet evergreen forest as well as evergreen mixed deciduous and bamboo forest at elevations of {{convert|59|–|2400|m|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]]. Reproductive behaviour is unknown, but presumably this species deposits its eggs in small bodies of standing water, such as water-filled tree holes or rock depressions.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />

This species is known from few specimens, but it is not clear whether it is genuinely rare or simply difficult to detect. In general, its distribution area suffers from ongoing [[forest loss]].<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /> The recently collected specimens are from a protected area (Tanintharyi Nature Reserve).<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><ref name="Dever et al. 2015"/>

==References==
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<ref name="Dever et al. 2015">{{Cite journal |last=Dever |first=Jennifer A. |last2=Nguyen |first2=Hai |last3=Wilkinson |first3=Jeffery A. |name-list-style=amp |date=2015 |title=Rediscovery and redescription of ''Theloderma phrynoderma'' (Ahl, 1927) (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Myanmar |journal=Copeia |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=402–415 |doi=10.1643/ch-14-130}}</ref>

<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Theloderma/Theloderma-phrynoderma |title=''Theloderma phrynoderma'' (Ahl, 1927) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2018 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=19 October 2018}}</ref>
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[[Category:Theloderma|phrynoderma]]
[[Category:Frogs of Asia]]
[[Category:Amphibians of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1927]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Ernst Ahl]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]

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