Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo
Author
Teynié, Alexandre
Author
David, Patrick
Author
Ohler, Annemarie
text
Zootaxa
2010
2416
1
43
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.194395
824e203a-cf97-42ec-a9cb-a0515b6a1437
1175-5326
194395
Fejervarya limnocharis
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Material examined
.
MNHN
2003.3404 (adult female; SVL
47.9 mm
), Bayur, Province of Sumatera Barat, elev.
480–
500 m
.
Taxonomic comments
. The specimen is smaller than specimens from Medan (Sumatra) studied by Veit et al. (2001) but of the size of females from Java. The size of eye (131 ‰ of SVL) and of inner metatarsal tubercle (58 ‰ of SVL) keys it out to
F. limnocharis
.
Distribution on Sumatra
. The species is known from all over Sumatra.
Biology
. One of the most common frogs in the paddy fields close to the eastern shore of Lake Maninjau. Many specimens were observed active at day and by night both in August and November.