Limnonectes kinabaluensis Dehling, Neokleous, Das, Grafe, Pui, and Hertwig, 2025

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

Limnonectes kinabaluensis Dehling, Neokleous, Das, Grafe, Pui, and Hertwig, 2025, Zootaxa, 5650: 21. Holotype: NMBE 1075310, by original designation. Type locality: "Silau-Silau Trail (6.012741°, 116.539129°, 1,604 m), Gunung Kinabalu, Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Malaysia". ZooBank Publication registration: F8B8158B-26F9-4E1A-A1CF-A20A72F2D875

Common Names

Kinabalu Guardian Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Distributed around Kinabalu National Park Headquarters (Silau-Silau Trail, Bundu Tuhan View Trail) at about 1,600 m elevation; specific localities include Sayap (850–900 m) on the western slope of Gunung Kinabalu; tentatively assigned are specimens from Poring on the eastern slope of Gunung Kinabalu and a specimen from Gunung Trusmadi;s also been collected at higher elevations of about 900 m in Tawau Hills National Park, Sabah, Malaysia

Geographic Occurrence

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

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

Comment

In the Limnonectes palavanensis group and formerly confused with that species, according to the original publication, where comparative molecular markers, morphology, and morphometrics were detailed. See comment under Limnonectes palavanensis for possibly relevant legacy literature. 

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