A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak
A new species of rhacophorid of the genus Rhacophorus is described from Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak, western Borneo. Rhacophorus gadingensis , new species, is compared with congeners from Borneo and other parts of southeast Asia. The new species is diagnosable in showing the follo...
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| description | A new species of rhacophorid of the genus
Rhacophorus
is described from Gunung Gading
National Park, Sarawak, western Borneo.
Rhacophorus gadingensis
, 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 29.5 mm in the larger of the two specimens known; snout obtuse, slightly
projecting beyond mandible; head wider than long; fingers and toes webbed; lacking nuptial pads (in males)
and a dermal flap along forearm; a weak supracloacal fold; spinose calcar present; skin not co-ossified to
forehead, median lingual process absent; supratympanic fold weak; dorsum brown, with a dark interorbital
bar; dark brown blotches on dorsum and flanks with blue blotches |
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| spelling | unimas-116532016-04-29T00:31:53Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11653/ A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak Das, I. Haas, A. Q Science (General) QL Zoology A new species of rhacophorid of the genus Rhacophorus is described from Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak, western Borneo. Rhacophorus gadingensis , 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 29.5 mm in the larger of the two specimens known; snout obtuse, slightly projecting beyond mandible; head wider than long; fingers and toes webbed; lacking nuptial pads (in males) and a dermal flap along forearm; a weak supracloacal fold; spinose calcar present; skin not co-ossified to forehead, median lingual process absent; supratympanic fold weak; dorsum brown, with a dark interorbital bar; dark brown blotches on dorsum and flanks with blue blotches National University of Singapore 2005 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11653/1/A%20new%20species%20of%20rhacophorus%20%28abstract%29.pdf Das, I. and Haas, A. (2005) A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak. The Raffles Bulletin Of Zoology, 53 (2). pp. 257-263. ISSN 2345-7600 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228973838_A_new_species_of_Rhacophorus_Anura_Rhacophoridae_from_Gunung_Gading_Sarawak_Western_Borneo |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) QL Zoology Das, I. Haas, A. A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak |
| title | A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak |
| title_full | A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak |
| title_fullStr | A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak |
| title_short | A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak |
| title_sort | new species of rhacophorus (anura: rhacophoridae) from gunung gading, sarawak |
| topic | Q Science (General) QL Zoology |
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