Affiliations 

  • 1 1 Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
  • 2 2 Research, Development and Innovation Division, Sarawak Forest Department, Kuching, Sarawak 93660, Malaysia
Zoolog Sci, 2017 Aug;34(4):345-350.
PMID: 28770684 DOI: 10.2108/zs170008

Abstract

A new small, semi-arboreal toad of the genus Pelophryne is described from western Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, on the basis of molecular and morphological evidence. Of the two morphotypes recognized in the genus, the new species belongs to the one in which the tips of the fingers are expanded into truncate discs. Among the species in the morphotype, the new species is most similar to P. murudensis, but differs from it by body size, relative hindlimb length, and dorsal coloration. The new species is currently known only from a limited area on Gunung (= Mt.) Penrissen, and future measures of its habitat conservation are necessary.

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