Limnonectes plicatellus ( Stoliczka, 1873 )

Zijia, Hong, Anuar, Shahrul, Grismer, L. Lee & Quah, Evan S. H., 2021, Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia, Check List 17 (3), pp. 791-814 : 796

Limnonectes plicatellus ( Stoliczka, 1873)

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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 23.IX.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♀, USMHC 2445 • same locality; 27.XI.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♀, USMHC 2488 .

Identification and natural history. Two adult females ( USMHC 2445, SVL 34 mm; USMHC 2488, SVL 32 mm) matched Berry’s (1975) description in having large head; bluntly pointed snout; distinct tympanum; finger and toe tips dilated into small but distinct disk without circum-marginal grooves; first finger slightly longer than second; toes moderately webbed; well-developed subarticular tubercles; elongated inner metatarsal tubercle; no outer metatarsal tubercle; dorsal skin with many distinct and discontinuous longitudinal folds; strong supratympanic fold; tubercles on upper eyelid; bronze dorsum and lemon yellow venter. USMHC 2445 was found along puddles by trail and USMHC 2488 was found along seepage by trail at night. A male of the species with the distinctive horn-like protrusion on the head was observed on 23 September 2018 but escaped before it could be collected.