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Hylarana decorata (Moquard, 1890).
Rana decorata Mocquard, 1890, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 3, 2: 145. Syntypes: MNHNP 1889.226-28, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 41. Type locality: "Bornéo . .. . Kina Balu", Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1891, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 7: 342; Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 183; Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 196.
Abavorana decorata — Quah, Grismer, Wood, Lim, Yambun Imbun, and Anuar, 2021, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 71: 75.
Hylarana decorata — Mahony, Kamei, Brown, and Chan, 2024, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 74: 260.
Common Names
Decorated Mahogany Frog (Quah, Grismer, Wood, Lim, Yambun Imbun, and Anuar, 2021, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 71: 87).
Distribution
Endemic to Borneo: Sabah (Mount Kinabalu, Kampung Kiau Taburi, Danum Valley, Tawau Hills Park, Maliau Basin, Tambunan and Penampang) and Sarawak (Kubah National Park), Malaysia; West Kalimantan (Kubah National Park and Bukit Baka Raya National Pari), Indonesia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Indonesia, Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)
Comment
Recovered by Quah, Grismer, Wood, Lim, Yambun Imbun, and Anuar, 2021, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 71: 75–99, as the sister of Abavorana nazgul + Abavorana luctuosa and the name resurrected by them from the synonymy of Abavorana luctuosa, with which it was previously confused. Ujang, Llano-Sánchez, Maiwald, and Das, 2021, Herpetol. Rev., 52: 341, provided a record from Bukit Baka Raya National Park, Melawi Regency, Kalimantan Province (Borneo), Indonesia.
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