Sigalegalephrynus burnitelongensis Sarker, Wostl, Thammachoti, Sidik, Hamidy, Kurniawan, and Smith, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Sigalegalephrynus > Species: Sigalegalephrynus burnitelongensis

Sigalegalephrynus burnitelongensis Sarker, Wostl, Thammachoti, Sidik, Hamidy, Kurniawan, and Smith, 2019, Zootaxa, 4679: 370. Holotype: MZB.Amph.30413, by original designation. Type locality: "a stream of Gunung Burni Telong near Desa (Village) Rambune, Kecamatan (Subdistrict) Timang Gajah, Kabupaten (Regency) Bener Meriah, Province of Aceh, Indonesia. 4.76455ºN, 96.80138ºE, 1519 m a.s.l." Zoobank publication registration: 4C01C8CC-DB67-461C-886C-B3AE154B27EF

English Names

Burning Mountain Puppet Toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from forest patches associated to small streams and surrounded by coffee plantations, at Gunung Burni Telong, near the village of Rambune in the province of Aceh, Indonesia (Sumatra), 1519 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia

Endemic: Indonesia

Comment

The sister taxon of Sigalegalephrynus gayoluesensis, according to the original publication. 

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