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Limnonectes tawauensis Matsui, Nishikawa, and Shimada. 2024
Limnonectes tawauensis Matsui, Nishikawa, and Shimada in Matsui, Nishikawa, Shimada, Eto, Hamidy, Sudin, Hossman, Gumal, and Vairappan, 2024, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 43: 232. Holotype: KUHE 8450, by original designation. Type locality: "Brumas Plantation, Sabah Softwoods Sdn. Bhd., Tawau, Tawau District, Tawau Division, Sabah (04°38' N, 117°44' E, 120 m asl)", Malaysia. Zoobank Publication registration: BFFA8A8E-AD46-4BE8-B965-3E5D26978071
Common Names
Tawau Fanged Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Sabah (Tawan, Sandakan, West Coast, and Interior Divisions), Malaysia, 120 to 550 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 1, by Matsui, Kuraishi, Eto, Hamidy, Nishikawa, Shimada, Yambun Imbun, Vairappan, and Hossman, 2016, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 102: 307.
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