Metaphrynella pollicaris (Boulenger, 1890)

Chan, Kin Onn, Muin, Mohd Abdul, Anuar, Shahrul, Andam, Joel, Razak, Norazlinda & Aziz, Mohd Azizol, 2019, First checklist on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia, Check List 15 (6), pp. 1055-1069 : 1062

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.6.1055

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD3D45-8313-FFC7-BBC8-FAB1FEC9A744

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Marcus

scientific name

Metaphrynella pollicaris (Boulenger, 1890)
status

 

Metaphrynella pollicaris (Boulenger, 1890) View in CoL

Figure 11

Materials examined. Just below Kijang Camp, 3 July 2019 (HC1012).

Identification. Tympanum visible but indistinct; finger tips expanded into truncated discs not bearing circummarginal grooves; fingers webbed at base; subarticular tubercles enlarged to form accessory adhesive pads, one each on the first and second fingers and two each on the third and fourth; prepollex conspicuous in males, not well developed in females; inner and outer metacarpal tubercles flat, indistinct; skin on dorsum rugose, covered with low ridges formed by low tubercles; venter smooth; dorsal color beige with irregular dark patches on back; limbs with dark crossbars. These characters are in agree- ment with Berry (1975).

Remarks. Two individuals were found at night in two separate water-filled treeholes that were 1 m and 2.5 m above ground at approximately 1000 m a.s.l. between Seroja and Kijang.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Microhylidae

Genus

Metaphrynella

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