Kalophrynus puncak Fukuyama, Matsui, Eto, Hossman, and Nishikawa, 2021

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

Kalophrynus puncak Fukuyama, Matsui, Eto, Hossman, and Nishikawa, 2021, Zool. Anz., 293: 335.Holotype. SRC 01104, by original designation. Type locality: "along the summit trail to Gunung Mulu, Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia (N 4°02′44″, E 114°55′31″, 2235m a.s.l.)". Zoobank publication registration: CC5B71D-37B7-4A4C-B26D-2907F4D34969

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from elevations of 2110 to 2376 m on Gunung Mulu, Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. 

Geographic Occurrence

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

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

Comment

Previously confused with Kalophrynus nubicola, according to the original publication, from which it differs in call, morphology, and molecular markers. 

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