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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/581A7F41-1545-4E15-AAC4-EC002C048217" authority="Sankar & Law & Law & Shivaram & Abraham & Chan, 2022" authorityName="Sankar & Law & Law & Shivaram & Abraham & Chan" authorityYear="2022" class="Amphibia" family="Microhylidae" genus="Micryletta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micryletta subaraji" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="457" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subaraji" status="sp. nov.">Micryletta subaraji</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. A Distribution of confirmed localities of Micryletta inornata s. s. from Sumatra and Myanmar (blue diamonds) and M. cf. inornata from Kranji Marshes (green circle), and Central Catchment Nature Reserve (white circle) in Singapore. B Photo showing M. cf. inornata in life. C Degraded habitat at Kranji Marshes that M. cf. inornata specimens were detected in. Photos by Law Ingg Thong." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e85020.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/708072" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Figs 1B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Holotype of Micryletta subaraji sp. nov. (ZRC 1.13370, Male) from Kranji Marshes. A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Right lateral view of head. D Ventral view of left hand. E Ventral view of left foot. Photos by Shivaram Rasu" figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e85020.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/708077" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">, 6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Type series of Micryletta subaraji sp. nov. from Kranji Marshes in (A) dorsal views and (B) ventral views. The holotype specimen (ZRC 1.13370) is on the extreme left side of both panels." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e85020.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/708078" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">, 7</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authority="Sankar & Law & Law & Shivaram & Abraham & Chan, 2022" authorityName="Sankar & Law & Law & Shivaram & Abraham & Chan" authorityYear="2022" class="Amphibia" family="Microhylidae" genus="Micryletta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micryletta inornata" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="457" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornata" status="sp. nov.">Micryletta inornata</taxonomicName>
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Law, Thomas, and Law, 2019: 5
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Paddy Frog.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Holotype.</paragraph>
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ZRC1.13370 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Holotype of Micryletta subaraji sp. nov. (ZRC 1.13370, Male) from Kranji Marshes. A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Right lateral view of head. D Ventral view of left hand. E Ventral view of left foot. Photos by Shivaram Rasu" figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e85020.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/708077" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">6</figureCitation>
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), adult male, collected 8th January 2021, 2130H from Kranji Marshes, Singapore (
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, 8 m a.s.l) by Law Ing Sind and Law Ingg Thong.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Paratypes (n=8).</paragraph>
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ZRC 1.13369, adult male; ZRC 1.13389, adult male; ZRC 1.13469, adult male; ZRC 1.13470, adult male; ZRC 1.13323, adult female; ZRC 1.13466, adult female; ZRC 1.13467, adult female; ZRC 1.13468, adult female; all collected from the same location as the holotype between January and October 2021 by Law Ing Sind, Law Ingg Thong, and Sankar Ananthanarayanan (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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Holotype of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Micryletta subaraji</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (ZRC 1.13370, Male) from Kranji Marshes.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">A</emphasis>
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Dorsal view.
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Ventral view.
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Right lateral view of head.
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Ventral view of left hand.
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Ventral view of left foot. Photos by Shivaram Rasu
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Type series of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Micryletta subaraji</emphasis>
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sp.nov. from Kranji Marshes in (
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) dorsal views and (
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) ventral views. The holotype specimen (ZRC 1.13370) is on the extreme left side of both panels.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Micryletta subaraji</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is a member of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Micryletta</emphasis>
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based on its sister relationship to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Micryletta inornata</emphasis>
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s.s. (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Maximum likelihood phylogeny based on 1,097 bps of the 16 S rRNA mitochondrial gene. Nominal species and their regional distribution ranges are labeled to the right of the phylogeny. The clade containing M. cf. inornata from Singapore is highlighted in green. BS = ultrafast bootstrap support values." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e85020.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/708074" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">3</figureCitation>
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). It can be distinguished from other members of the genus by a combination of the following characters: small body size (SVL 18.90 mm in males, 23.04 mm in females), an abruptly rounded snout, lack of webbing between fingers and toes, lack of distinct supratympanic fold, tympanum hidden, the presence of a circular inner metatarsal tubercle, and the absence of an outer metatarsal tubercle. Males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Micryletta subaraji</emphasis>
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sp. nov. can be distinguished from males of its sister species
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">M. inornata</emphasis>
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s.s. from their significantly larger head proportions (head width, head length, snout length, nostril-eye length, snout-nostril length, upper eye-lid diameter) and shorter tibiofibula length.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Description of holotype.</paragraph>
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Adult male, SVL 18.9 mm; habitus slender; head slightly wider than long (HW/HL 1.05), acuminate in dorsal profile with abruptly rounded snout; snout length (SL 2.41 mm) roughly equal to eye diameter (EL 2.39 mm), and slightly longer than interorbital distance (IOD 2.26 mm); nostrils closer to tip of snout (S-NL 1.15 mm) than to anterior tip of eye (N-EL 1.26 mm); interorbital distance larger than internarial distance (IND 1.76 mm); eyes large, 38% of head length; pupil round and moderately dilated; tympanum not visible, and supratympanic fold not present. Skin on dorsal and ventral surfaces smooth; forelimbs and hindlimbs slender; F3>F4>F2>F1, T4>T3>T5>T2>T1; fingertips and toetips lacking in discs; no webbing between fingers and toes; circular basal subarticular tubercles on all fingers and toes; circular supernumerary metacarpal tubercles present at the base of F2, F3, and F4, palmar tubercle well-developed and circular, thenar tubercle and outer metacarpal tubercle circular; inner metatarsal tubercle circular, outer metatarsal tubercle absent (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Holotype of Micryletta subaraji sp. nov. (ZRC 1.13370, Male) from Kranji Marshes. A Dorsal view. B Ventral view. C Right lateral view of head. D Ventral view of left hand. E Ventral view of left foot. Photos by Shivaram Rasu" figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e85020.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/708077" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">6</figureCitation>
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).
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Dorsum greyish brown; forelimbs and hindlimbs light brown with dark brown mottling; one dark brown broken vertebral stripe, with broken paravertebral stripes on each side; strong dark brown cephalic mottling in between eyelids A solid black lateral stripe from the tip of snout, past eye, remains unbroken until forearm, becomes a dark mottling between forelimb and hindlimb, where it terminates; a thin cream stripe runs parallel below the eyestripe, starts at nostril, terminates at forelimb. Venter cream with dark brown to grey mottling under sides of belly; inner legs are immaculate and uniformly light cream, tibiofibula is moderately mottled, bottom of tarsus is light brown. Stippling is more apparent under a microscope. Black gular sac (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Variation.</paragraph>
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Raw mensural data are presented in Table
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<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Measurements (in mm) of collected Micryletta cf. inornata from Singapore. Abbreviations are defined in Methods; the asterisk (*) denotes the holotype specimen. Mensural data of juvenile specimens, which are not in the type series, are also provided." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/508D3AE15FD16CC1D4E56AE6FE0A3F44" pageId="0" pageNumber="457" tableUuid="508D3AE15FD16CC1D4E56AE6FE0A3F44">1</tableCitation>
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. Males generally have smaller body sizes than females, although there is overlap in the ranges of values (male SVL 17.45-18.90 mm, female SVL 16.94-23.04 mm). Female ZRC1.13323, which is visibly gravid, is the largest specimen in the series. The holotype is largely representative of the type series, and minimal variation is observed in colouration (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Maximum likelihood phylogeny based on 1,097 bps of the 16 S rRNA mitochondrial gene. Nominal species and their regional distribution ranges are labeled to the right of the phylogeny. The clade containing M. cf. inornata from Singapore is highlighted in green. BS = ultrafast bootstrap support values." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e85020.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/708074" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">3A, B</figureCitation>
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). Males all possess a black gular sac. Most specimens have visible dark brown mottling on cream venters. However, this mottling is absent or indistinct in juvenile ZRC 1.13390, juvenile ZRC 1.13465, male ZRC 1.13389, and female ZRC 1.13467 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Type series of Micryletta subaraji sp. nov. from Kranji Marshes in (A) dorsal views and (B) ventral views. The holotype specimen (ZRC 1.13370) is on the extreme left side of both panels." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.72.e85020.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/708078" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">7</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="457" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Sankar & Law & Law & Shivaram & Abraham & Chan" authorityYear="2022" class="Amphibia" family="Microhylidae" genus="Micryletta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micryletta subaraji" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="457" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subaraji">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Micryletta subaraji</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. is so far only known from Singapore where it occurs in Kranji Marshes and putatively in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve. It may also occur in other parts of the island where suitable habitat is present.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="457" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">The specific epithet honours the late Mr. Subaraj Rajathurai, who is a pioneer of conservation in Singapore.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="457" type="natural history">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Natural History.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="457">
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In addition to the collected specimens, male advertisement calls were heard at an ephemeral pool in a depression created by an uprooted tree. The calling individuals were perched amidst dense undergrowth surrounding this puddle. These ephemeral depressions may be used by male frogs as a means to amplify their advertisement calls. Several other Microhylids (both native and introduced) were recorded in sympatry at the type locality including
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Vogt" authorityYear="1911" class="Amphibia" family="Microhylidae" genus="Microhyla" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microhyla heymonsi" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="457" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heymonsi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Microhyla heymonsi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1900" class="Amphibia" family="Microhylidae" genus="Microhyla" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microhyla butleri" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="457" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="butleri">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Microhyla butleri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida" authorityYear="2014" class="Amphibia" family="Microhylidae" genus="Microhyla" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microhyla mukhlesuri" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="457" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mukhlesuri">Microhyla cf. mukhlesuri</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1831" class="Amphibia" family="Microhylidae" genus="Kaloula" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Kaloula pulchra" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="457" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulchra">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="457">Kaloula pulchra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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