Kalophrynus minusculus Iskandar, 1998

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Kalophryninae > Genus: Kalophrynus > Species: Kalophrynus minusculus

Kalophrynus minusculus Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 53. Holotype: MZB 367, by original designation. Type locality: "Cigeunteur, Ujung Kulon, West Java", Indonesia. Given as "Cigeunteur or Tjigeunteur (now Cigenter), Ujung Kulon National Park, Ujung Jaya Village, Sumur District, Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province, Indonesia" by Gonggoli, Fauzan, Kaprawi, Herlambang, Kirono, Wiridarma, Alif, and Hamidy, 2025, Zootaxa, 5646: 507.

Common Names

Small Sticky Frog (Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 53).

Dwarf Sticky Frog (Zug, 2015, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 62: 170)

Katak lengket kecil (Indonesian: Gonggoli, Fauzan, Kaprawi, Herlambang, Kirono, Wiridarma, Alif, and Hamidy, 2025, Zootaxa, 5646: 508). 

Distribution

Lower elevations about 29–50 m on Peucang Island and the tip of mainland Java (Ujung Kulon National Park), and Nusa Kambangan I., south coast of Java; also recorded from the southern part of Sumatra (Lampung), Indonesia. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia

Endemic: Indonesia

Comment

Confused with Kalophrynus pleurostigma prior to its recognition. See comment under Kalophrynus pleurostigma. Closely related to Kalophrynus interlineatus according to the original publication. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 451. See account by Zug, 2015, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 62: 170–171. Kurniawan, Septiadi, Fathoni, and Kadafi, 2022, Trop. Life Sci. Res., 33: 97, reported the species from Nusa Kambangan I., south coast of Java, Indonesia. Gonggoli, Fauzan, Kaprawi, Herlambang, Kirono, Wiridarma, Alif, and Hamidy, 2025, Zootaxa, 5646: 513, provided a detailed account including comparative adult morphology, molecular markers (supporting a close relationship with Kalophrynus minusculus), and advertisement call. 

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