Leptophryne borbonica (Tschudi, 1838)

Chan, Kin Onn, Muin, Mohd Abdul, Anuar, Shahrul, Andam, Joel, Razak, Norazlinda & Aziz, Mohd Azizol, 2019, First checklist on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia, Check List 15 (6), pp. 1055-1069 : 1059

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.6.1055

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD3D45-8310-FFC4-BBC8-F895FC42A85E

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Marcus

scientific name

Leptophryne borbonica (Tschudi, 1838)
status

 

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Bufonidae

Genus

Leptophryne

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