Masafumi Matsui and Tomohiko Shimada and Ahmad Sudin (2014) First record of the tree-frog genus Chiromantis from Borneo with the description of a new species (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae). Zoological Science, 31 (1). pp. 45-41. ISSN 2890003
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Abstract
We record a tree frog of the genus Chiromantis for the first time from outside the Southeast Asian continent and describe it as a new species, Chiromantis inexpectatus. The new species from the Malaysian state of Sabah, Borneo, is a small-sized Chiromantis (male snout-vent length ca. 22 mm), and is distinguished from all other members of the genus by the combination of the following morphological characteristics: dark stripes absent, but dark spots present on dorsum; a dark-brown lateral band present from snout tip to half of body, bordered ventrally by white stripe; third and fourth fingers less than half webbed; third finger disk wider than tympanum diameter; and inner metatarsal tubercle present. Significance of findings of this species from Borneo Island, as well as phylogeny and breeding habit of the genus Chiromantis, are briefly discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Chiromantis inexpectatus, mitochondrial phylogeny, Southeast Asia, taxonomy, zoogeography |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Depositing User: | MDM FAUZIAH MATSIN |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2014 09:42 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2017 09:19 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/9365 |
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