Philautus longicrus (Boulenger, 1894)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Philautus > Species: Philautus longicrus

Ixalus longicrus Boulenger, 1894, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 14: 88. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.6.28–30 (formerly 94.6.30.129–131) according to  Inger, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 530; BMNH 1947.2.6.29 (formerly 1894.6.30.130) designated lectotype by Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 34, and who described it on page 76–78. Type locality: "Palawan", Philippines.

Philautus longicrusStejneger, 1905, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 28: 347; Taylor, 1920, Philipp. J. Sci., 16: 303; Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 272.

Rhacophorus (Philautus) longicrusAhl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 54, 83.

Philautus (Philautus) longicrusBossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 34.

English Names

Palawan Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).

Distribution

Palawan (Philippines), at 30–1000 m elevation, and in Borneo at elevations of 700–2900 m elevations: northern Sabah (Malaysia), with isolated populations in west-central Sarawak (Malaysia) and central Kalimantan (Indonesia) (see comment).

Geographic Occurrence

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

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Philautus aurifasciatus, by Dring, 1987, Amphibia-Reptilia, 8: 45, where it had been placed by Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 341. See accounts by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 402–404, and Brown and Alcala, 1994, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 48: 185–220 (who considered it to be in the Philautus aurifasciatus group). See Dring, 1987, Amphibia-Reptilia, 8: 45, and Inger and Stuebing, 1992, Malayan Nat. J., 46: 41–51, for Bornean records. See comment under Philautus aurifasciatus. See brief account by Malkmus and Riede, 1996, Sauria, Berlin, 18: 27–37. 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. Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann, and Kosuch, 2002, Amph. Rept. Mount Kinabalu: 186–187, provided an account. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 634. Dehling, 2010, Salamandra, 46: 69–70, suggested that populations on Borneo assigned to Philautus longicrus may be correctly assigned to Philautus juliandringi or to unnamed species in the Philautus aurifasciatus group.

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