Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia
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Zijia, Hong
Author
Anuar, Shahrul
Author
Grismer, L. Lee
Author
Quah, Evan S. H.
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2021-05-25
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.791
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10.15560/17.3.791
1809-127X
Limnonectes plicatellus
(
Stoliczka, 1873
)
Figure 3G
Materials examined.
MALAYSIA
–
Kedah
•
Batu Hampar Recreational Forest
;
05.1966°N
,
100.5827°E
;
40 m
a.s.l.
;
23.IX.2018
;
Evan S. H. Quah
,
Hong Zijia
leg.;
1 ♀
,
USMHC 2445
•
same locality;
27.XI.2018
;
Evan S. H. Quah
,
Hong Zijia
leg.;
1 ♀
,
USMHC 2488
.
Identification and natural history.
Two adult females (
USMHC
2445,
SVL
34 mm
;
USMHC
2488,
SVL
32 mm
) matched
Berry’s (1975)
description in having large head; bluntly pointed snout; distinct tympanum; finger and toe tips dilated into small but distinct disk without circum-marginal grooves; first finger slightly longer than second; toes moderately webbed; well-developed subarticular tubercles; elongated inner metatarsal tubercle; no outer metatarsal tubercle; dorsal skin with many distinct and discontinuous longitudinal folds; strong supratympanic fold; tubercles on upper eyelid; bronze dorsum and lemon yellow venter.
USMHC
2445 was found along puddles by trail and
USMHC
2488 was found along seepage by trail at night. A male of the species with the distinctive horn-like protrusion on the head was observed on
23 September 2018
but escaped before it could be collected.