Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 16

Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1758) *

( Fig. 5 e)

Material examined. MNHN 2002.0428 (unsexed adult; SVL 61.1, TaL 71.0 mm), Batipuh, between Maninjau and Lake Singkara, Province of Sumatera Barat.

Taxonomic comments. This specimen is typical for the species ( De Rooij, 1915; Manthey & Grossmann, 1997).

Distribution on Sumatra. Provinces of Sumatera Barat (first record in this work) and Sumatera Selatan ( De Rooij, 1915).

Previously the sole confirmed record from Sumatra was “Rawas in Palembang” ( De Rooij, 1915: 384; as Lygosoma chalcides ), now Muarabeliti Baru, Province of Sumatera Selatan. This first record from Sumatera Barat represents a range extension along the Barisan Range by about 470 straight line kilometres from the previous locality.

Biology. Specimen MNHN 2002.0428 was actively crossing a forest track around 2000 hours under a strong rain shower in November.

Out of Sumatra, a specimen was observed in a fallow piece of land in the zoological park of Jakarta (Java), and another one (MNHN 2002.0445), a large male (SVL 68 mm, TaL 38 mm) was collected in the suburbs of the city.

Figures

FIGURE 5. (a – c) Aphaniotis acutirostris Modigliani, 1889. MNHN 2002.0426, adult male; (d) Bronchocella cristatella (Kuhl, 1830). MHLCLFE 429, adult female; (e) Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1758). MNHN 2002.0428 (unsexed adult), preserved.