A new species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the highlands of North-Central Borneo
A new species of microhylid of the genus Kalophrynus is described from the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak at the border with Kalimantan. Kalophrynus eok new species, is compared with congeners from Borneo and other parts of south-east Asia. The new species is diagnosable in showing the following co...
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| description | A new species of microhylid of the genus Kalophrynus is described from the Kelabit
Highlands of Sarawak at the border with Kalimantan. Kalophrynus eok new species, is compared with
congeners from Borneo and other parts of south-east Asia. The new species is diagnosable in showing the
following combination of characters: SVL 26.3 mm in the only specimen known, an adult male); snout
obtuse, slightly projecting beyond mandible; head wider than long; fingers and toes basally webbed; a
single subarticular tubercle on finger IV; inner and outer metarsal tubercles present; dorsum brick-red, with
dark interorbital bar, shoulder chevron and transverse body bar irregular in outline and fused with each
other; and inguinal ocellus absent. |
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| publishDate | 2003 |
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| spelling | unimas-118492016-05-05T02:57:47Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11849/ A new species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the highlands of North-Central Borneo Das, I. Haas, A. GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology A new species of microhylid of the genus Kalophrynus is described from the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak at the border with Kalimantan. Kalophrynus eok new species, is compared with congeners from Borneo and other parts of south-east Asia. The new species is diagnosable in showing the following combination of characters: SVL 26.3 mm in the only specimen known, an adult male); snout obtuse, slightly projecting beyond mandible; head wider than long; fingers and toes basally webbed; a single subarticular tubercle on finger IV; inner and outer metarsal tubercles present; dorsum brick-red, with dark interorbital bar, shoulder chevron and transverse body bar irregular in outline and fused with each other; and inguinal ocellus absent. National University of Singapore 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11849/1/A%20new%20species%20of%20kalophrynus%20%28abstract%29.pdf Das, I. and Haas, A. (2003) A new species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the highlands of North-Central Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin Of Zoology, 51 (1). pp. 109-113. ISSN 2345-7600 http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/30597329/51rbz109-113.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ56TQJRTWSMTNPEA&Expires=1462335723&Signature=RpYkADGaS4qECvrjzOHY5%2FmxCMM%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DA_NEW_SPECIES_OF_KALOPHRYNUS_ANU |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology Das, I. Haas, A. A new species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the highlands of North-Central Borneo |
| title | A new species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the highlands of North-Central Borneo |
| title_full | A new species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the highlands of North-Central Borneo |
| title_fullStr | A new species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the highlands of North-Central Borneo |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the highlands of North-Central Borneo |
| title_short | A new species of Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae) from the highlands of North-Central Borneo |
| title_sort | new species of kalophrynus (anura: microhylidae) from the highlands of north-central borneo |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology |
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