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title: "Brown Marsh Frog"
description: "Hylarana baramica — Amphibien. Pulchrana baramica, the Baram River frog, brown marsh frog, or masked rough-sided frog, is a species of \"true frog\", family Ranidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/brown-marsh-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Marsh Frog

> Hylarana baramica — Amphibien. Pulchrana baramica, the Baram River frog, brown marsh frog, or masked rough-sided frog, is a species of "true frog", family Ranidae.

- Scientific name: *Hylarana baramica*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `freshwater` (See & Fluss), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 830
- Wikidata: [Q1610473](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1610473)
- iNaturalist taxon: [65564](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65564)

## Names

- en: Brown Marsh Frog
- pt: Rana baramica

## Countries with the most observations

MY (316), ID (307), SG (26)

## Summary

Pulchrana baramica, the Baram River frog, brown marsh frog, or masked rough-sided frog, is a species of "true frog", family Ranidae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula, including the extreme south Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore, and in the Malay Archipelago, including Borneo (Brunei, Kalimantan, and East Malaysia), and the Indonesian islands Java, Sumatra, and Bangka Island. Its type locality is the Baram River in Sarawak, Malaysia, giving it one of its common names. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and swamps. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulchrana_baramica

## Photo

![Brown Marsh Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-marsh-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229869502

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-marsh-frog?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).