First checklist on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia
Author
Chan, Kin Onn
Author
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
Leptophryne borbonica
(Tschudi, 1838)
Materials examined.
Seroja Camp (
04°39.415′N
,
101° 16.333′E
),
5 July 2019
(HC1023).
Identification.
Tympanum indistinct, obscured by skin; hind limbs long; skin on dorsum covered with small, flat, tubercles; ventrolateral row of enlarged, spinose tuber- cles on outer margin of forearm and tarsus; interorbital
ridges and supratympanic fold absent; parotoid gland slightly elongated, irregularly shaped; dorsal color dark brown; black interorbital bar and a series of three chev- ron-shaped marks on the nuchal region; a black hourglass mark on back; groin, underside of knee, and heel joint pinkish red. These characters are in agreement with
Berry (1975)
.
Remarks.
Only one individual was found hopping on the ground along the main trail approximately
500 m
from Seroja Camp.