First checklist on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia
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Chan, Kin Onn
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Muin, Mohd Abdul
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Anuar, Shahrul
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Andam, Joel
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Razak, Norazlinda
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Aziz, Mohd Azizol
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Check List
2019
2019-12-06
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.6.1055
journal article
10.15560/15.6.1055
1809-127X
Metaphrynella pollicaris
(Boulenger, 1890)
Figure 11
Materials examined.
Just below Kijang Camp,
3 July 2019
(HC1012).
Identification.
Tympanum visible but indistinct; finger tips expanded into truncated discs not bearing circummarginal grooves; fingers webbed at base; subarticular tubercles enlarged to form accessory adhesive pads, one each on the first and second fingers and two each on the third and fourth; prepollex conspicuous in males, not well developed in females; inner and outer metacarpal tubercles flat, indistinct; skin on dorsum rugose, covered with low ridges formed by low tubercles; venter smooth; dorsal color beige with irregular dark patches on back; limbs with dark crossbars. These characters are in agree- ment with
Berry (1975)
.
Remarks.
Two individuals were found at night in two separate water-filled treeholes that were
1 m
and
2.5 m
above ground at approximately
1000 m
a.s.l. between Seroja and Kijang.