Limnonectes separatus Matsui, Nishikawa, and Shimada, 2024

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

Limnonectes separatus Matsui, Nishikawa, and Shimada in Matsui, Nishikawa, Shimada, Eto, Hamidy, Sudin, Hossman, Gumal, and Vairappan, 2024, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 43: 257. Holotype: BORNEENSIS 23415, by original designation. Type locality: "from Trail 4 of UMS 2002 expedition to the Crocker Range (05°29'28''N, 116°00'49''E, 754 m asl), Ulu Kimanis, Papar, Sabah", Malaysia. Zoobank Publication registration: BFFA8A8E-AD46-4BE8-B965-3E5D26978071

Common Names

Separated Fanged Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia, above 197 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

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

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

Comment

Equivalent to Limnonectes sp. Lineage 13 of Matsui, Kuraishi, Eto, Hamidy, Nishikawa, Shimada, Yambun Imbun, Vairappan, and Hossman, 2016, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 102: 308, according to Matsui, Nishikawa, Shimada, Eto, Hamidy, Sudin, Hossman, Gumal, and Vairappan, 2024, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 43: 257, who provided an account detailing comparative morphology, molecular markers, natural history, and distribution. 

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