What is Theloderma lacustrinum?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status =DD | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Theloderma lacustrinum | authority = Sivongxay, Davankham, Phimmachak, Phoumixay, and Stuart, 2016 | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''lake bug-eyed frog''' (''Theloderma lacustrinum'') is a [[frog]]. It lives in [[Laos]]. Scientists have seen it in [[type locality (biology)|exactly one place]]: Ban Naxang Village near the [[Nam Lik Reservoir]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |title=''Theloderma lacustrinum'' Sivongxay, Davankham, Phimmachak, Phoumixay, and Stuart, 2016 |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Theloderma/Theloderma-lacustrinum |access-date=June 4, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title= ''Theloderma lacustrinum'' Sivongxay, Davankham, Phimmachak, Phoumixay, and Stuart, 2016 |author1= |editor1= |date= |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8500 |access-date=June 4, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Des /><ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |title= Lake Bug-eyed Frog: ''Theloderma lacustrinum'' |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/113888295/113888298 |page=e.T113888295A113888298 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T113888295A113888298.en |id=88975754 |year=2022 |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |accessdate=June 20, 2024}}</ref> ==Body== The adult male frog is 17.0-20.6 mm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]]. The skin on the frog's back is light brown in color with brown and black marks. The frog's belly is gray. The iris of the eye is the color of [[bronze]] metal. The frog's DNA shows that it is related to ''[[Theloderma lateriticum]]''.<ref name=Des>{{cite journal|author1= Sivongxay N|author2= Davankham M|author3=Phimmachak S|author4= Phoumixay K|author5= Stuart BL |year=2016 |title=A new small-sized Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Laos. |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4147|pages=433-442|accessdate=June 4, 2023|issue=4|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.5|PMID=27515627|url