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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| description | 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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| spelling | unimas-117512016-05-03T04:18:06Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11751/ A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (Northwestern Borneo) Das, I. Q Science (General) QL Zoology 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. National University of Singapore 2005 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11751/1/A%20new%20species%20of%20polypedates%20%28abstract%29.pdf Das, I. (2005) A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (Northwestern Borneo). The Raffles Bulletin Of Zoology, 53 (2). pp. 265-270. ISSN 2345-7600 https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Past%20Volumes/RBZ%2053(2)/53rbz265-270.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) QL Zoology Das, I. A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (Northwestern Borneo) |
| title | A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (Northwestern Borneo) |
| title_full | A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (Northwestern Borneo) |
| title_fullStr | A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (Northwestern Borneo) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (Northwestern Borneo) |
| title_short | A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak (Northwestern Borneo) |
| title_sort | new species of polypedates (anura: rhacophoridae) from gunung murud, sarawak (northwestern borneo) |
| topic | Q Science (General) QL Zoology |
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