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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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.791
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10.15560/17.3.791
1809-127X
Microhyla heymonsi
Vogt, 1911
Figure 4B
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 2449
,
1 ♀
,
USMHC 2450
.
Identification and natural history.
One adult male (
USMHC
2449,
SVL
19 mm
) and
one adult
female (
USMHC
2450,
SVL
21 mm
) matched
Berry’s (1975)
description in having rounded snout; hidden tympanum; small but distinct disks on finger and toe tips; circummarginal groove present on toe disk; first finger shorter than second; distinct subarticular tubercles; two small metatarsal tubercles; toes webbed at base; smooth dorsum and venter; a black lateral stripe extending from snout tip to groin, covering the sides of the head and flanks; a fine white vertebral line from snout to vent with a small black mark on the middle of the back on each side of the line; smaller marks between shoulders; black anal region, front of thighs and lower surfaces of tarsus; illdefined cross-bars on limbs and dirty white venter. The specimens were found along puddles by trail at night.