Limnonectes batulawensis Matsui, Nishikawa, and Eto, 2024

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

Limnonectes batulawensis Matsui, Nishikawa, and Eto in Matsui, Nishikawa, Shimada, Eto, Hamidy, Sudin, Hossman, Gumal, and Vairappan, 2024, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 43: 265. Holotype: SFC-GRB-00612 (former KUHE 12372), by original designaiton. Type locality: "Pa Belaban, Bario, Miri Division, Sarawak (03°51'N, 115°31'E, 1150 m asl)", Malaysia. Zoobank Publication registration: BFFA8A8E-AD46-4BE8-B965-3E5D26978071

Common Names

Sarawak Mountain Fanged Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Miri Divison, Sarawak, 509 to 1150 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

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

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

Comment

Comparative morphology, mtDNA 16s molecular markers, and natural history detailed in the original publcation. Previously confused with Limnonectes kuhlii, but referred to as  Limnonectes sp. Lineage 16 by Matsui, Kuraishi, Eto, Hamidy, Nishikawa, Shimada, Yambun Imbun, Vairappan, and Hossman, 2016, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 102: 307.

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