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(
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E20FFB6FFE997BE405CF92C" bold="true" box="[113,323,1760,1781]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="266">Material examined.</emphasis>
–
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Sarawak
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(field number ID–8017) from an unnamed stream ca.
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NE of Samling Camp
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at
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;
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ASL, at middle elevations of
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(Borneo), coll.
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female.
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A medium-sized (SVL
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) species of
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, diagnosable from congeneric species in showing the following combination of characters: SVL
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in the unique
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; snout rounded, not projecting beyond mandible; head slightly wider than long; canthus rostralis sloping; no dermal flap along forearm; supracloacal fold absent; skin not co-ossified to cranial bones, median lingual process absent; supratympanic fold distinct; dorsum brown, with a thin dark gray line at back of forehead, nearly converging at the axilla, lacking dark lines; lower flanks and anterior edge of thighs with dark blotches; throat with dark pigmentation; and iris bright green.
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Description of the
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–
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A medium species of
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, SVL
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; body elongate, with a narrow waist; head slightly broader than long (HW/HL ratio 1.04); snout elongate, rounded at the tip, not exceeding level of mandible in lateral view and vertical in dorsal view; nares oval, laterally positioned, nearer tip of snout than to eye (E- N/E-S ratio 0.74); internarial distance greater than distance from anterior margin of eye to nostril (IN/E-N ratio 0.72); eye large (ED/HL ratio 0.39); pupil horizontal; its diameter greater than eye to nostril distance (ED/E-N ratio 1.07); canthal ridge distinct; skin of forehead free, not co-ossified to the nasal, sphenethmoid or frontoparietal elements of the cranium; pineal ocellus present; interorbital width greater than upper eyelid width (IO/UE ratio 2.22); canthus rostralis sloping; loreal region vertical; maxillary teeth present; a weak ‘W’- shaped notch (= symphysial knob) on anterior edge of mandible; mouth extends to posterior corner of eye; tongue subtriangular, smooth, bifid apically, lacking a median lingual process, free posteriorly for a third its length; choanae located close to anterior of palate; vomerine ridges large, in two oblique series, beginning at inner front edge of choana, and separated by a distance ca. 0.5 of their own length; pupil horizontal; no rictal gland at posterior corner of mouth, but 2–3 small tuberculate structures present; tympanum distinct; its vertical diameter greater than horizontal diameter; supratympanic fold distinct, extending from the posterior corner of eyelid to above insertion of forearm; no dermal flap along forearm or tarsus; supracloacal fold absent; postcloacal tubercles absent; dorsum, including upper eyelids and upper surfaces of limbs smooth; abdomen and inner side of thighs with weak glandular structures.
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Fore-and upper arm short and thick; fingers long and thin, lacking webbing; relative length of fingers (longest to shortest): 3&gt; 4&gt; 2&gt; 1; finger tips dilated, with circummarginal grooves; width of disk on finger III less than tympanum diameter; subarticular tubercles prominent, rounded, numbering one on first, second and fourth fingers, two on third finger; palmar tubercles indistinct; hind limbs relatively long and thin, meeting each other and overlapping slightly when folded right angle to body; toes long and thin; webbing on toe I to top of subarticular tubercle; toe II to distal subarticular tubercle (inner) and base of disk (outer); toe III to distal subarticular tubercle (inner) and base of disk (outer); toe IV distal subarticular tubercle, reaching base of disk as a narrow sheath (both outer and inner); and toe V to slightly below base of disk; relative length of toes (longest to shortest): 4&gt; 5&gt; 3&gt; 2&gt; 1; toe tips rounded, with circummarginal grooves; subarticular tubercles well developed, rounded, numbering one on first and second toes (
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); two on third and fifth toes; and three on fourth toe; large, elongated inner metatarsal tubercle; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; disks on fingers wider than those on toes; heel lacks postaxial fold or calcar.
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In life, the dorsum is russet (# 34), with numerous smoke gray (# 44) blotches; a vandyke brown (# 121) line at back of forehead, commencing from posterior of upper eyelid, converging medially a little ahead of the posterior end of the suprascapula, but failing to meet each other; lips barred with walnut brown (# 221B) and yellow ochre (# 123C); flanks with a few vandyke brown (# 121) blotches; the iris of eye apple green (# 61); pupil black; tympanic fold on the inferior aspect edged with walnut brown (# 221B); tongue yellowish-pink, unpigmented; bars on limbs and webbing vandyke brown (# 121); and venter pale horn color (# 92). In preservative, gray-brown dorsally, with a darker gray line in scapular region; dark lips barred with pale gray; fore and hind limbs gray brown with darker bars; webbing pale gray; throat and pectoral regions with extensive gray mottling; flanks of body with small, gray-black blotches; undersurfaces of limbs grayish-yellow with dark gray variegations; digits of arms and legs yellowish-gray.
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FF1092DF40B4FC41" bold="true" box="[136,427,896,921]" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">
<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FF1092DF408AFC40" bold="true" box="[136,405,897,921]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Measurements (in mm).</emphasis>
–
</emphasis>
SVL 62.1; HL 19.8; HW 20.6; HD 11.1; BW 19.7; TBL 38.0; TD (vertical) 3.9; TD (horizontal) 2.9; ED 7.7; UE 5.5; IN 5.2; IO 12.2; E-S 9.7; E-N 7.2; E-T 2.3; A-G 31.9.
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FCDB919F42DFFF00" bold="true" box="[835,960,193,217]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Etymology.</emphasis>
–
</emphasis>
The new species is named for its remarkable green iris, from the Greek for green-eyed.
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FCDB907F450AFEE1" bold="true" box="[835,1045,288,313]" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">
<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FCDB907F451EFEE0" bold="true" box="[835,1025,289,313]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Ecological notes.</emphasis>
–
</emphasis>
The
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was found on vegetation, ca.
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above a granite boulder at the edge of a forest stream. It was a gravid female, containing large and small unpigmented ova, assumed to represent multiple clutches. The males, call and larval stages of the new species remain unknown. The following species of anuran amphibians were found sympatric with the new species:
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FAB490BF4493FE21" box="[1324,1420,481,504]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Ansonia</emphasis>
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sp.,
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FCDB935F4548FDC1" box="[835,1111,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Meristogenys whiteheadi</emphasis>
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and
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.
</emphasis>
Because of the relative inaccessibility of the site, follow-up visits to collect additional specimens have not been possible.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FCDB93DF42C9FD40" bold="true" box="[835,982,641,665]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Comparisons</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FC7E93DE42ECFD41" bold="true" box="[998,1011,640,664]" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">–</emphasis>
Anuran eye coloration is known to be of systematic importance (see review in Glaw &amp; Vences, 1997), and two south-east Asian anuran species has been described recently on the basis of iris coloration -
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FAD693BF4503FCC1" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Philautus erythrophthalmus</emphasis>
Stuebing &amp; Wong (2000)
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and
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FCDB927F42F8FCE1" box="[835,999,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Leptobrachium</emphasis>
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sp.
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(both known only from the respective
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, from
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,
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[Borneo] and
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, respectively). In possessing bright green iris, the new species from Gunung Murud can be separated from all other south-east Asian species of
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FB1692FF4407FC61" box="[1166,1304,929,952]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Polypedates</emphasis>
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. Additionally,
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,
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, can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FBBA92BF458EFC21" box="[1058,1169,993,1016]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">P. colletti</emphasis>
(Boulenger, 1890)
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(range: southern
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, Peninsular
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, the Natuna Islands, Sumatra and Borneo), on the basis of the following characters diagnostic of the latter species: snout acute; canthal ridge indistinct; fingers basally webbed; webbing on toe IV to distal subarticular tubercle on outer edge and to beyond median subarticular tubercle on inner edge; lips unbarred, but with scattered dark pigments; and a distinct X-shaped mark on dorsum.
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FF49903F40FDFEA1" box="[209,482,353,376]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Polypedates leucomystax</emphasis>
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
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(as currently understood, comprises a complex of sibling species, see
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; north-eastern
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and southern
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, south to Indo-Malaya and Indo-China, to the
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and Timor), differs from the new species in possessing head longer than broad; snout tip subacute, exceeding level of mandible; canthus rostralis vertical; iris dark brown; dorsum typically with four narrow, dark stripes or plain or with mottled coloration in individuals from the Bornean population; lips lacking dark bars, and throat and lower flanks and anterior edge of thighs lacking dark pigmentation.
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FE81939F430EFD01" box="[281,529,705,728]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Polypedates macrotis</emphasis>
(Boulenger, 1891)
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(Peninsular
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, Sumatra, the Mentawai Archipelago, Borneo, the Natuna Islands, and islands of the southern
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), differs from the new species in showing snout that projects beyond mandible; a dark broad temporal stripe; lips unbarred; iris yellowish-gray; skin of forehead ossified to frontoparietal bones in adult females; and two to four, white, postcloacal tubercles present. The last Bornean species of the genus,
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FE91929F4092FC01" box="[265,397,961,984]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">P. otilophus</emphasis>
(Boulenger, 1893) (Borneo and Sumatra)
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, is diagnosable from the new species from Murud in being larger (SVL in adult females to
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); has a serrated crest over the tympanum; skin co-ossified to bony elements of cranium; spiny protuberances at posterior of jaws (in adults); webbing on feet reaches median subarticular tubercle; a calcar on heel and frequently, on elbow; dorsum of body and hind limbs with numerous thick and thin dark longitudinal lines; throat unpatterned; and iris yellow.
</paragraph>
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Fig. 1. Lateral view of holotype of
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FE4694B3421FF9DB" box="[478,768,1517,1538]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Polypedates chlorophthalmus</emphasis>
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,
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in life (SBC ZRC 1.11531).
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Fig. 2. Close-up of head of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FD1A96AD4034F7FC" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Polypedates chlorophthalmus</emphasis>
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,
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ZRC 1.11531, showing bright green iris. Marker = 5 mm.
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Fig. 3. Head (3.1), hand (3.2) and feet (3.3) of holotype of
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E23FFB5FCDD994E457BF7FC" box="[837,1124,2064,2085]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Polypedates chlorophthalmus</emphasis>
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,
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ZRC 1.11531. Markers = 5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B88064B6E22FFB4FFE9945F40B5FA81" blockId="3.[113,752,1281,2104]" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">The new species from Gunung Murud is compared with all other known congeners from south-east Asia, listing only opposing suite of characters:</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C377DC86E22FFB4FFE9943F430FFAA1" authority="(Blanford, 1881)" baseAuthorityName="Blanford" baseAuthorityYear="1881" box="[113,528,1377,1400]" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Polypedates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dennysii">
<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FFE9943F404AFAA1" box="[113,341,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Polypedates dennysii</emphasis>
(Blanford, 1881)
</taxonomicName>
(southern
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and
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, assigned to
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FEEC94DF431AFA41" box="[372,517,1409,1432]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Rhacophorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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), iris yellow; SVL to
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; toes webbed to base of digits; and dorsum green, with isolated pale blotches on dorsal surface and flanks;
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FEA794BF40A9FA21" box="[319,438,1505,1528]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">P. dugretei</emphasis>
David, 1871
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(southern
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and
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: preliminary molecular data presented by Yang &amp; Lin, 1997 support the placement of this nominal species in the genus
<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FF65971F408BF981" box="[253,404,1601,1624]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
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,
</emphasis>
although Wilkinson &amp; Drewes, 2000, retain it in
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FEB3973F40B0F9A1" box="[299,431,1633,1656]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Polypedates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, pending further studies), iris yellowish-brown; dorsum green with reddish-brown blotches; toe IV with two phalanges free of web; and fingers basally webbed;
<taxonomicName id="4C377DC86E22FFB4FF57979F40D5F901" authority="Boulenger, 1893" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[207,458,1729,1752]" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Polypedates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="feae">
<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FF57979F4008F901" box="[207,279,1729,1752]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">P. feae</emphasis>
Boulenger, 1893
</taxonomicName>
(southern
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="F32046DB6E22FFB4FFE997BF41CEF921" box="[113,209,1761,1784]" name="Thailand" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Thailand</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F32046DB6E22FFB4FE9297BF4074F921" box="[266,363,1761,1784]" name="Vietnam" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
), SVL to
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; head as long as wide; dorsum green; and fingers with webbing;
<taxonomicName id="4C377DC86E22FFB4FDEC965F41FFF8E1" authority="Das, 1995" authorityName="Das" authorityYear="1995" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Polypedates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insularis">
<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FDEC965F43F0F8C1" box="[628,751,1793,1816]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">P. insularis</emphasis>
Das, 1995
</taxonomicName>
(Great Nicobar Island,
<collectingCountry id="F32046DB6E22FFB4FE70967F433CF8E1" box="[488,547,1825,1848]" name="India" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">India</collectingCountry>
), dorsum typically with an hour-glass marking; iris yellow; toe webbing to base of disks of all toes, except toe IV; vomerine teeth separated by a distance equal to their own; and skin on forehead completely free;
<taxonomicName id="4C377DC86E22FFB4FEB296FF4347F861" authority="Hallowell" authorityName="Hallowell" box="[298,600,1953,1976]" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Polypedates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megacephalus">
<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FEB296FF40FCF861" box="[298,483,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">P. megacephalus</emphasis>
Hallowell
</taxonomicName>
, “1860” 1861 (revived from the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FE5B969F437AF801" box="[451,613,1985,2008]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">P. leucomystax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA67BBA6E22FFB4FD14969F41D2F821" author="Matsui, M" pageId="3" pageNumber="268" pagination="483 - 489" refId="ref4939" refString="Matsui, M., T. Seto &amp; T. Utsunomiya, 1986. Acoustic and karyotypic evidence for specific separation of Polypedates megacephalus from P. leucomystax. Journal of Herpetology, 20 (4): 483 - 489." type="journal article" year="1986">Matsui et al., 1986</bibRefCitation>
; see also
<bibRefCitation id="EFA67BBA6E22FFB4FEB396BF40C4F821" author="Inger, R" box="[299,475,2017,2040]" pageId="3" pageNumber="268" refId="ref4408" refString="Inger, R. F., N. Orlov &amp; I. Darevsky, 1999. Frogs of Vietnam: a report on new collections. Fieldiana Zoology (New Series), 92: i-v + 1 - 46." type="book" year="1999">Inger et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
: southern
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,
<collectingCountry id="F32046DB6E22FFB4FD1496BF43F4F821" box="[652,747,2017,2040]" name="Thailand" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Thailand</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F32046DB6E22FFB4FFE9995F41BAF7C1" box="[113,165,2049,2072]" name="Laos" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Laos</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F32046DB6E22FFB4FF43995F4023F7C1" box="[219,316,2049,2072]" name="Vietnam" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
), iris yellow; dorsum brown with a dark hour-glass mark on scapular region; a dark canthal region; and toe IV with two phalanges free of web; and
<taxonomicName id="4C377DC86E22FFB4FAD3919F42DEFF21" authority="(Smith, 1940)" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Polypedates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="3" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mutus">
<emphasis id="B943DA596E22FFB4FAD3919F44B4FF01" box="[1355,1451,193,216]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">P. mutus</emphasis>
(Smith, 1940)
</taxonomicName>
(southern
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,
<collectingCountry id="F32046DB6E22FFB4FBE591BF45F5FF21" box="[1149,1258,225,248]" name="Myanmar" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
), head longer than wide; dorsum brown a dark interorbital bar and spots or four longitudinal stripes; a dark hour-glass shaped mark on dorsum; iris yellow; and outer edges of thighs with bright yellow blotches.
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