New insights on the systematics and reproductive behaviour in tree frogs of the genus Feihyla, with description of a new related genus from Asia (Anura, Rhacophoridae)
Author
Biju, S. D.
0000-0003-1039-4421
Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India & sdbiju @ es. du. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1039 - 4421
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Author
Garg, Sonali
0000-0002-0048-4346
Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India & sgarg. du @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0048 - 4346
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Author
Gokulakrishnan, G.
0000-0002-3574-1891
Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India & gokul 7701 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3574 - 1891
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Author
Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman
0000-0002-3582-7767
Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India & c _ sivaperuman 1 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3582 - 7767
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Author
Thammachoti, Panupong
0000-0003-3477-8964
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phyathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand. tatsuya _ th @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3477 - 8964
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Author
Ren, Jinlong
Author
Gopika, C.
0000-0002-0047-0438
Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India & gopikacjnv 33 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0047 - 0438
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Author
Bisht, Karan
0000-0001-9595-3450
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Author
Hamidy, Amir
Author
Shouche, Yogesh
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-12
4878
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journal article
7940
10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.1
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Feihyla kajau
(
Dring, 1983
)
White-eared Jelly-nest Frog
(
Figs. 1–2
,
4
,
6
;
Tables 1–2
)
Original name and description.
Rhacophorus kajau
Dring, 1983
. Dring J. C. M. 1983. Some new frogs from
Sarawak
. Amphibia-Reptilia, 4: 103–115.
Type.
Holotype
, BMNH 1978.1757, by original designation.
Type locality.
“Gunung Mulu, Fourth Division,
Sarawak
”,
Malaysia
.
Current status of specific name.
Valid name as
Feihyla kajau
(
Dring, 1983
) (
Li
et al
. 2013
)
.
Diagnosis.
Small-sized adults (male SVL
18–20 mm
) with a slender body; snout rounded to truncate in dorsal view, and truncate in lateral view; dorsal skin shagreened to sparsely granular with scattered spinules; dorsal colouration uniformly light green with minute white or yellowish speckles; upper arm, loreal, canthal and tympanic regions, lateral surfaces of abdomen, and anterior and posterior parts of thigh, non-pigmented (flesh coloured); presence of a narrow white streak starting from the snout tip and extending along the lateral surfaces up to the groin, that separates the dorsal and lateral body colouration; the first two fingers opposed to the others; foot webbing moderate, not beyond the second tubercle on either side of toe IV; narrow crenulate dermal ridges present along the outer edges of hand, forearm, foot, tarsus, and transversely below the vent. In life, the skin over the belly is translucent making the internal organs, including mature ova, visible (
Dring 1983
).
Genetic divergence.
Phylogenetically,
F. kajau
is closely related to members of the
Feihyla vittiger
group (
Fig. 1
). For the 16S mitochondrial gene, it differs by average uncorrected genetic distances of: 10.7–11.1% from
F. inexpectata
and 12.6–12.8% from
F. vittiger
. For interspecific genetic distances with other congeners, see
Table 2
.
Distribution.
Feihyla kajau
is currently known only from the Borneo island:
Brunei
;
Sabah
to
Sarawak
of
Malaysia
; and
Kalimantan
of
Indonesia
.