Pulchrana banjarana (Leong & Lim, 2003)

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 : 1063

Pulchrana banjarana (Leong & Lim, 2003)

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Materials examined. Seroja Camp (04°39.415′N, 101° 16.333′E), 2–3 July 2019 (GKA039–040; HC976, 997); between Seroja and Kijang Camps, 3 July 2019 (HC1013).

Identification. Vomerine teeth present; tympanum distinct, naked; skin on dorsum and upper flanks covered with a polygonal mosaic of raised granules; dorsolateral fold absent; continuous, dorsolateral row of distinctly raised or low-lying chain of enlarged, fused granules; tibia with parallel rows of longitudinal dermal ridges; supratympanic fold indistinct; venter smooth; dorsal color orangish brown with black reticulations; hind limbs with black crossbars or reticulations; venter light gray to dark brown with randomly distributed white spots on the throat, belly, and/or hind limbs. These characters are in agreement with the original description of the species ( Leong and Lim 2003a).

Remarks. Males were heard calling from within dense vegetation, debris, or root tangles along slow-moving streams. Frogs were found as low as 780 m a.s.l. near Seroja and as high as 1100 m a.s.l. at Kijang. Because this species is associated with upland forests, it is also expected to occur in suitable habitats at higher elevation. Interestingly, Pulchrana banjarana occurs in sympatry but not in syntopy with another morphologically similar species, P. picturata . From our field observations, P. banjarana occurs in smaller and slower-moving streams, whereas P. picturata occurs along larger and swifter streams.