Abstract
The genus Theloderma (Rhacophoridae: Rhacophorinae) was first described by Tschudi (1838) based on the type species T. leporosa from Sumatra. This genus is diagnosed by having, e.g., numerous calcified warts on the dorsum and Y-shaped terminal phalanges (Liem 1970; Manthey & Grossmann 1997). According to Frost (2011), Rowley et al. (2011) and Orlov et al. (2012) the genus Theloderma currently contains 23 species.
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