Micryletta dissimulans Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Pawangkhanant, Gorin, Chomdej, Che & Poyarkov, 2020

Badli-Sham, Baizul Hafsyam, Syafiq, Muhamad Fatihah, Aziz, Mohd Shahrizan Azrul, Mohd Jalil, Natrah Rafiqah, Awang, Muhammad Taufik, Othman, Muhammad Nouril Ammin, Abdul Aziz, Anis Azira, Dzu, Khunirah, Abdol Wahab, Nurul Asyikin, Jamil, Nor Liyana, Ismail, Murni Azima, Wan Azman, Wan Ahmad Aidil, Xin Wei, Ooi, Jamaha, Nur Ain Nabilah, Aqmal-Naser, Mohamad, Fahmi-Ahmad, Muhammad, Shahirah-Ibrahim, Noor, Rizal, Syed Ahmad, Belabut, Daicus M., Kin Onn, Chan, Quah, Evan Seng Huat, Grismer, Larry Lee & Ahmad, Amirrudin B., 2023, A decade of amphibian studies (Animalia, Amphibia) at Sekayu lowland forest, Hulu Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, ZooKeys 1157, pp. 43-93 : 43

Micryletta dissimulans Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Pawangkhanant, Gorin, Chomdej, Che & Poyarkov, 2020

Fig. 5I Camouflaged Paddy Frog

Examined specimens.

Five specimens were collected from SRF consisted of males (UMTZC1519, UMTZC1521 and UMTZC1573, SVL = 18-23 mm) and females (UMTZC1520 and UMTZC1523, SVL = 23-26 mm).

Identification.

Morphological characters of the specimens closely resembled the newly described Micryletta dissimulans from Saba Yoi District, Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand ( Suwannapoom et al. 2020). Size (SVL: 18-23 mm, n = 3 males; 23-26 mm, n = 2 females); head longer than wide; snout round; interorbital distance two times wider than upper eyelid width; upper lips lacking white patches; tympanum small and barely visible; finger tips rounded; toe tips rounded and weakly dilated into small discs; fingers and toes without webbings; dorsum colour pale to reddish brown; dorsal pattern with merging brown blotches with beige edge; body flanks brown with black spots and whitish mottling.

Remarks.

Micryletta dissimulans was commonly found at open areas with grass or places with piles of dead leaves. This species is typically found in early November of each year until the end of the monsoon season. This species is a new record for the amphibians in Hulu Terengganu.

Figures

Figure 5. A Kalophrynus kiewi B K. palmatissimus C Kaloula latidisca D K. pulchra E Microhyla berdmorei F M. butleri G M. cf. heymonsi H M. superciliaris I Micryletta dissimulans.