Leptophryne borbonica (Tschudi, 1838)
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.6.1055 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD3D45-8310-FFC4-BBC8-F895FC42A85E |
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Marcus |
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Leptophryne borbonica (Tschudi, 1838) |
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Leptophryne borbonica (Tschudi, 1838) View in CoL
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.
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