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
Aphaniotis acutirostris
Modigliani, 1889
*
(
Fig. 5
a–c)
Material examined
.
MNHN
2002.0426 (male; SVL 50.0 mm, TaL>
47 mm
, broken), Maninjau, Province of Sumatera Barat, elev. about
650 m
.
Taxonomic comments
. The depressed snout, about 3.6 times as long as the diameter of the eye, the convex scale above the rostral and the 8 and 9 SL are typical of the species (see
De
Rooij, 1915
).
Distribution on Sumatra
. Provinces of Sumatera Barat (first record in this work), Aceh, and Sumatera Utara; also the islands of Nias and Simeulue, and the Mentawai Archipelago (
De
Rooij, 1915
; this work).
Biology
. This specimen was collected in August, at midday on the ground of a primary forest on the rocky slopes bordering the eastern shore of Lake Maninjau. Another male with large, green lateral bars, photographed but not collected, was seen during a morning of November, in activity on low branches in a windfall of a primary forest.