Limnonectes hascheanus ( Stoliczka, 1870 )

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 : 794-796

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.791

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E82187EC-D747-9D59-FC96-F84F1699554D

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Limnonectes hascheanus ( Stoliczka, 1870 )
status

 

Limnonectes hascheanus ( Stoliczka, 1870) View in CoL Figure 3F

Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu

Hampar Recreational Forest; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 24.IX.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♂, USMHC 2455.

Identification and natural history. One adult male ( USMHC 2455, SVL 25 mm) matched Berry’s (1975) and Grismer’s (2011a) description in having a small and moderately-built body; thick and stocky limbs; broad head; rounded snout; distinct tympanum about 2/3 diameter of eye; small disks on finger and toe tips; first finger as long as second; moderate subarticular tubercles on fingers and toes; a large inner metatarsal tubercle; no outer metatarsal tubercles; small flat warts on skin; absence of distinct dorsolateral fold; strong supratympanic fold from eye to shoulder; pale brown dorsum with small darker spots; a dark crossbar between the eyes; a blackish streak passing through the eye on each side of the head; dark brown vertical bars on lips; regular dark cross-bands on limbs; white venter and throat spotted with brown. The specimen was found in leaf litter by trail, calling at night.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Dicroglossidae

Genus

Limnonectes

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