A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (Northwestern Borneo)
A new species of rhacophorid of the genus Polypedates is described from Gunung Murud, Sarawak State, north-western Borneo. Polypedates chlorophthalmus, new species is compared with congeners from Borneo and other parts of southeast Asia. The new species is diagnosable in showing the following com...
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National University of Singapore
2005
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/11751/ http://ir.unimas.my/11751/ http://ir.unimas.my/11751/1/A%20new%20species%20of%20polypedates%20%28abstract%29.pdf |
| Summary: | A new species of rhacophorid of the genus Polypedates is described from Gunung Murud,
Sarawak State, north-western Borneo. Polypedates chlorophthalmus, new species is compared with congeners
from Borneo and other parts of southeast Asia. The new species is diagnosable in showing the following
combination of characters: SVL 62.1 mm in the unique holotype; snout rounded, not projecting beyond
mandible; head slightly wider than long; canthus rostralis sloping; no dermal flap along forearm; supracloacal
fold absent; skin not co-ossified to cranial bones, median lingual process absent; supratympanic fold distinct;
dorsum brown, with a thin dark gray line at back of forehead, nearly converging at the axilla, lacking dark
lines; lower flanks and anterior edge of thighs with dark blotches; throat with dark pigmentation; and iris
bright green. |
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