Limnonectes abanghamidi Matsui, 2024

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Dicroglossidae > Subfamily: Dicroglossinae > Genus: Limnonectes > Species: Limnonectes abanghamidi

Limnonectes abanghamidi Matsui in Matsui, Nishikawa, Shimada, Eto, Hamidy, Sudin, Hossman, Gumal, and Vairappan, 2024, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 43: 262. Holotype: SFC-GRB-00610 (former KUHE 17484), by original designation. Type locality: "Sungai Jelak, a branch of Sungai Engkari, Bukit Lanjak, Sri Aman Division, Sarawak (01°20'N, 112°00'E, 250 m asl", Malaysia. Zoobank Publication registration: BFFA8A8E-AD46-4BE8-B965-3E5D26978071

Common Names

Abang’s Fanged Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Sungai Jelak, a branch of Sungai Engkari, Bukit Lanjak, Sri Aman Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, 250 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)

Endemic: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)

Comment

Comparative morphology and mtDNA 16s molecular markers detailed in the original publcation. Previously confused with Limnonectes kuhlii, but referred to as  Limnonectes sp. Lineage 15 by Matsui, Kuraishi, Eto, Hamidy, Nishikawa, Shimada, Yambun Imbun, Vairappan, and Hossman, 2016, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 102: 308.

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