Rana nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870)

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 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.194395
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6197908
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scientific name	Rana nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870)
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Rana nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870) View in CoL

Material examined. MNHN 2003.3378 (adult male; SVL 38.5 mm), about 20 km west of Pundung Lamanggang, Province of Jambi.

Taxonomic comments. The specimen from Sumatra is very close to the syntypes from Nicobar Islands (ZSI 2783, 2785-86, 3562-63, 3565-70) in size and morphology. It has a more distinctly spotted pattern on back.

Distribution on Sumatra. Species occurs all over Sumatra.

Biology. A single specimen was encountered in November; it was active in the morning during clear weather in a ditch along a road crossing a secondary forest.