Odorrana hosii ( Boulenger, 1891a )

Zijia, Hong, Anuar, Shahrul, Grismer, L. Lee & Quah, Evan S. H., 2021, Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia, Check List 17 (3), pp. 791-814 : 798

Odorrana hosii ( Boulenger, 1891a)

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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 23.IX.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 2 ♂, USMHC 2436–2437 .

Identification and natural history. Two adult males ( USMHC 2436, SVL 52 mm; USMHC 2437, SVL 49 mm) matched Berry’s (1975) and Grismer’s (2011a) description in having a moderately slender body; large eyes; distinct tympanum 3/4 diameter of eye; muscular, long and slender limbs; round disks with circum-marginal groove at tip of digits; fully webbed toes; oval inner metatarsal tubercle; no outer metatarsal tubercle; a weak dorsolateral fold; supratympanic fold absent; dorsum is finely pebbled; upper lip white; dorsal surface of limbs brownish with blackish cross-bands; body colouration variable, various mixtures of green and brown on dorsum and flanks, and belly greyish. Both specimens were found along the stream at night perched on the rocks and vegetation.