Asthenodipsas malaccanus (Peters, 1864)

Teynié, Alexandre, David, Patrick & Ohler, Annemarie, 2010, Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo, Zootaxa 2416, pp. 1-43 : 24

Asthenodipsas malaccanus (Peters, 1864)

Material examined. MNHN 2002.0435 (female; SVL 373 mm, TaL 45 mm), vicinity East of Pundung Lamanggang, Jambi Province.

Taxonomic comments. This specimen is typical for the species (see, for example, Taylor, 1965).

Scalation: DSR 15-15-15; VEN 167; SC 30; SL 7/7; 2 PreOc.

Distribution on Sumatra.Provinces of Aceh, Sumatera Utara, Sumatera Barat, Riau, Bengkulu, Sumatera Selatan, and Lampung ( David & Vogel, 1996; Yves Laumonier, pers. comm., 1998; De Lang, 2003).

Biology. This specimen was discovered in November hidden under a stone at day time in a small garden in a secondary forest.