Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2014

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 : 796-797

Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2014

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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu

Hampar Recreational Forest; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 24.IX.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♀, USMHC 2456.

Identification and natural history. One adult female ( USMHC 2456, SVL 26 mm) matched Hasan et al.’s (2014) and Poyarkov et al.’s (2019) description in having rounded snout; hidden tympanum; first finger shorter than second; fingers free and slender; tips of fingers and toes not widened; slight rudimentary webbing on toe; distinct subarticular tubercles on fingers and toes; two small but prominent, subequal metatarsal tubercles; smooth skin; greyish-olive dorsum with distinct X-shaped marking on the back, beginning between the eyes and widening as it extends to the posterior of the body with wavy dusky lines along each sides of the marking; dark band present along sides of head and body; dark cross bars on limbs; inverse U-shaped marking on the anus; greyish throat with faint white spots and an immaculate grey belly. The specimen was found in leaf litter by trail at night.