Limnonectes deinodon Dehling, 2014

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

Limnonectes deinodon Dehling, 2014

Fig. 4D Flat-headed Corrugated Frog

Examined specimens.

Seventeen specimens were collected from SRF consisted of juveniles (UMTZC1386, UMTZC1388, UMTZC1548, and UMTZC1549, SVL = 20-30 mm), males (UMTZC1392, UMTZC1395, UMTZC1458, UMTZC1547, and UMTZC1557, SVL = 43-55 mm) and females (UMTZC1125, UMTZC1370, UMTZC1371, UMTZC1374, UMTZC1387, UMTZC1389, UMTZC1470, and UMTZC1471, SVL = 31 to 53 mm).

Identification.

Morphological characters of the specimens agreed well with the description by Dehling (2014). Size (SVL: 20-30 mm, n = 4 juveniles; 43-55 mm, n = 5 males; 31-53 mm, n = 8 females); vomerine teeth in two oblique series behind choanae; head wide and moderately depressed; lower jaw with a pair of prominent odontoids; rounded snout; tympanum hidden; supratympanic fold distinct; digit tips rounded and slightly swollen; first finger shorter than second; fingers with narrow dermal fringes; toes webbing reduced which does not reach toe disc and extend beyond penultimate subarticular tubercle on fourth toe; elongate inner metatarsal tubercle and small outer metatarsal tubercle; dorsum and limbs with longitudinal and corrugated warts; dorsum colour variable from pale brown to bright orange; plain or pale marking on back. This species was previously identified as L. laticeps and L. khasianus ( Ohler and Deuti 2013; Sumarli et al. 2015).

Remarks.

The species was ubiquitous at stream areas of SRF and can be found at various microhabitats such as in rocky crevices, dead leaves, rotten logs, or intermittent pools near the streams.

Figures

Figure 4. A Fejervarya limnocharis B Limnonectes blythii C L. hascheanus D L. deinodon E L. malesianus F L. plicatellus G L. utara H Occidozyga sumatrana I O. martensii.