Meristogenys penrissenensis Shimada, Matsui, Nishikawa, and Eto, 2015

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Meristogenys > Species: Meristogenys penrissenensis

Meristogenys penrissenensis Shimada, Matsui, Nishikawa, and Eto, 2015, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 32: 476. Holotype: KUHE 48520, by original designation. Type locality: "a stream of the northern slope of Mt. Penrissen, crossing Jalan Puncak Borneo (Borneo Heights Road) close to Borneo Highlands Resort, Padawan, Kuching Division, western Sarawak, East Malaysia (1.08′32″N, 110.13′38″E, 460 m a.s.l.)". 

English Names

Penrissen Torrent Frog (Haas, Das, Hertwig, Bublies, and Schulz-Schaeffer, 2022, Guide to the Tadpoles of Borneo: 206).

Distribution

Northern slope of Mount Penrissen and Taman Rekreasi Ranchan Serian, western Sarawak (East Malaysia) in western Borneo, 60–870 m elevation; expected in adjacent Kalimantan, Indonesia. 

Geographic Occurrence

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

Likely/Controversially Present: Indonesia

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

Comment

The sister taxon of Meristogenys jerboa according to the original publication. Haas, Das, Hertwig, Bublies, and Schulz-Schaeffer, 2022, Guide to the Tadpoles of Borneo: 206–209, summarized the knowledge of habitat, reproduction, larval morphology and coloration. 

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