A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the sacred groves of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, north-eastern India
A new species of megophryid frog of the genus Leptolalax is described from the sacred groves of Mawphlang, East Khasi Hills, north-eastern India. L. khasiorum new species, is compared with congeners from India and other parts of south-east Asia. The new species is diagnosable in showing the follow...
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| Language: | English |
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Zootaxa
2010
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3203/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3203/7/Anewspecies.pdf |
| Summary: | A new species of megophryid frog of the genus Leptolalax is described from the sacred groves of Mawphlang, East
Khasi Hills, north-eastern India. L. khasiorum new species, is compared with congeners from India and other parts of
south-east Asia. The new species is diagnosable in showing the following combination of characters: SVL 24.5–27.3
(mean 25.63 ± 0.61 SE) mm in a sample of four adult males; 31.2–33.4 (mean 32.50 ± 0.67 SE) mm in a sample of three
females; dorsum with fine scattered tubercles; eyelids with tubercles; tympanum and supratympanic fold distinct;
macroglands, including preaxillary, pectorals and ventrolateral glands present; Finger I > II; toe tips not dilated, bearing
dermal fringes; dorsum with dark blotches; flanks with large dark blotches; dark tympanic mask present; venter lacking
dark blotches; labial bars present and limbs with dark cross-bars. |
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