also: アジアじむぐりがえる
banded bullfrog; Asian painted frog
A species of narrow-mouthed frog native to Southeast Asia, known for its distinctive banded pattern. Scientific name: Kaloula pulchra.
The banded bullfrog is widely distributed in Southeast Asia.
Some people keep banded bullfrogs as pets.
Mixed hiragana-katakana reading; less common but still a valid written form.
Ateji kanji spelling; very rare and mainly of historical or academic interest.
Variant ateji spelling without okurigana; even rarer than 亜細亜地潜り蛙.
The Japanese name literally means 'Asian ground-burrowing frog', from アジア (Asia) + 地潜り (ground-burrowing) + 蛙 (frog). The kanji 亜細亜 is ateji for Asia.