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Philautus cornutus (Boulenger, 1920)
Ixalus cornutus Boulenger, 1920, J. Fed. Malay States Mus., 8: 295. Syntypes: BMNH (several specimens), including BMNH 1947.2.6.41–42 (formerly 1915.12.2.19–20) according to Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 41. Type locality: "Sungei Kring, 7,300 feet, Korinchi [= Kerinci] Peak, Sumatra", Indonesia.
Philautus cornutus — Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 274.
Rhacophorus (Philautus) cornutus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 53, 68.
Philautus (Philautus) cornutus — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 41.
Common Names
Horned Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).
Distribution
Gunung Kerinci and near Danau Tujuh, Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, between 1529 and 1907 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Indonesia
Endemic: Indonesia
Comment
See identification table by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 122–123, to compare this species to other rhacophorids of the Sunda Shelf region. See account by Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017, Herpetol. Monogr., 31: 105–110.
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