Limnonectes

Teynié, Alexandre, David, Patrick & Ohler, Annemarie, 2010, Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo, Zootaxa 2416, pp. 1-43 : 9

Limnonectes sp.

( Fig. 4 a)

Material examined. MNHN 2003.3405 (young male; SVL 57.1 mm), Bayur, Province of Sumatera Barat, elev. 480– 500 m.

Taxonomic comments. The specimen is a young male with distinct tubercles on back and variegated color pattern; webbing large, incurved, and leaving one phalange of toe IV free. It cannot be keyed out to any of the species occurring in Sumatra nor to an other species of the genus. It is different from all taxa of the Limnonectes kuhlii group ( Dubois 1987) and the species described recently as close to them by its reduced webbing and enlarged toe pads. It is larger than all species of the Limnonectes microdiscus group. It is close to the Limnonectes grunniens group as it has reduced webbing, no dorsolateral folds and a rather large size. It has quite a particular dorsal pattern as most other species of the L. grunniens group have a quite uniform dorsal color. A similar dorsal pattern can be found in some L. melasianus , but not in other species of this group. A single young male is available and for taxonomic assessment and recognition of its taxonomic statuts a larger sample would be needed.

Biology. Found on the road near Bayur. It was active during a rainy night of August.

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FIGURE 4. (a) Limnonectes sp. MNHN 2003.3405, young male; (b) Limnonectes shompenorum Das, 1996. MNHN 2003.3377, adult female; (c) Huia sumatrana Yang, 1991. MNHN 2003.3379, adult female; (d) Rana rufipes Inger, Stuart & Iskandar, 2008. MNHN 2003.3407, adult female; (e) Rana erythraea (Schlegel, 1837). Not collected; (f) Ichthyophis paucisulcus Taylor, 1960. MNHN 2003.3409, probably adult.