Philautus nepenthophilus Etter, Haas, Lee, Min, Das, and Hertwig, 2021

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

Philautus nepenthophilus Etter, Haas, Lee, Min, Das, and Hertwig, 2021, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., 59: 1070. Holotype: NMBE 1073711, by original designation. Type locality: "Church Camp, (N 3°55.603200, E 115°30.867600, 2,115m a.s.l.) Pulong Tau National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia". Zoobank number: 4C1B7C00-D110-4EFE-9E50-EBD07003F54A.

English Names

Nepenthes Bush Frog (Haas, Das, Hertwig, Bublies, and Schulz-Schaeffer, 2022, Guide to the Tadpoles of Borneo: 367).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Church Camp, 2115 m elevation, Pulong Tau National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia). 

Geographic Occurrence

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

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

Comment

The original publication detailed larval and adult morphology, reproductive biology, advertisement call, and molecular markers, and recovered the new species as the sister taxon of Philautus macroscelis. Detailed comparisons were made with other Bornean and Palawan PhilautusHaas, Das, Hertwig, Bublies, and Schulz-Schaeffer, 2022, Guide to the Tadpoles of Borneo: 367–369, summarized the knowledge of habitat, reproduction, larval morphology and coloration.

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