Pulchrana laterimaculata (Barbour & Noble, 1916)

Badli-Sham, Baizul Hafsyam, Syafiq, Muhamad Fatihah, Aziz, Mohd Shahrizan Azrul, Mohd Jalil, Natrah Rafiqah, Awang, Muhammad Taufik, Othman, Muhammad Nouril Ammin, Abdul Aziz, Anis Azira, Dzu, Khunirah, Abdol Wahab, Nurul Asyikin, Jamil, Nor Liyana, Ismail, Murni Azima, Wan Azman, Wan Ahmad Aidil, Xin Wei, Ooi, Jamaha, Nur Ain Nabilah, Aqmal-Naser, Mohamad, Fahmi-Ahmad, Muhammad, Shahirah-Ibrahim, Noor, Rizal, Syed Ahmad, Belabut, Daicus M., Kin Onn, Chan, Quah, Evan Seng Huat, Grismer, Larry Lee & Ahmad, Amirrudin B., 2023, A decade of amphibian studies (Animalia, Amphibia) at Sekayu lowland forest, Hulu Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, ZooKeys 1157, pp. 43-93 : 43

Pulchrana laterimaculata (Barbour & Noble, 1916)

Fig. 8I Side-spotted Swamp Frog

Examine specimens.

One specimen of adult female specimen was collected from SLF (UMTZC1699, SVL = 50 mm).

Identification.

Morphological characters of the specimen agreed well with the description by Sumarli et al. (2015) and Leong et al. (2003). Size (SVL: 50 mm, n = 1 female); vomerine teeth in two oblique rows bounded by choanae; head moderate; relatively rounded snout; tympanum distinct and entirely black; upper lips with uninterrupted white line; finger and toe tips expended into discs; toes well-developed webbing but not reaching medial subarticular tubercles; dorsum and flanks with raised rounded tubercles, forming discontinuous longitudinal ridges; distinct humeral glands in male; dorsum pale brown.

Remarks.

Pulchrana laterimaculata can be found in areas similar to P. glandulosa in SLF. The species was commonly observed hidden among piles of dead leaves and rotten logs.

Figures

Figure 8. A Amolops gerutu B Chalcorana labialis (pale yellow colouration) C C. labialis (brown colouration) D Humerana miopus E Hylarana erythraea F Indosylvirana nicobariensis G Odorrana hosii H Pulchrana glandulosa I P. laterimaculata J P. sundabarat (orange dorsolateral stripe) K P. sundabarat (yellow dorsolateral stripe) and L Sylvirana malayana.