Pelophryne ingeri Matsui, 2019

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 28-29

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7967005

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scientific name

Pelophryne ingeri Matsui, 2019
status

 

Pelophryne ingeri Matsui, 2019 — Native.

Pelophryne ingeri Matsui, 2019: 131 . Holotype: KUHE 15647 View Materials , by original designation. Type locality: “near a pond in Genting Highlands   GoogleMaps , State of Pahang, Malaysia (03°24’N, 101°46’E, 850 m a.s.l.)”.

Inger’s Short-legged Dwarf Toad

( Figure 4D View FIGURE 4 )

Singapore records.

Nectophryne guentheri View in CoL (non Boulenger, 1882)— Flower, 1896: 910 (Bukit Timah [BTNR]).— Flower, 1900: 908 (Bukit Timah [BTNR]).— Hanitsch, 1899: 11.—A.L. Butler, 1901: 698 (Bukit Timah [BTNR]).—A.L. Butler, 1904: 394 (Bukit Timah [BTNR]).—Roux, 1906: 62.— Boulenger, 1912: 268.— Hanitsch, 1912b: 18.— Boulenger, 1920a: 296.—van Kampen, 1923: 69.— Bourret, 1942: 159.

Pelophryne guentheri View in CoL (non Boulenger, 1882)—Barbour, 1938: 193 (after van Kampen, 1923).

Pelophryne brevipes View in CoL (non Peters, 1867)— Inger, 1966: 81, 82, 85–87.— Grandison, 1972: 54.—K.K.P. Lim, 1989b: 170.—K.P. Lim, 1990b: 13 (Fern Valley [BTNR]).—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 56.—K.K.P. Lim & C.M. Yang, 1991: 221 (Fern Valley [BTNR]).—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 24, 143.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 93.—K.K.P. Lim, 1994: 210, 330.—P.K.L. Ng et al., 1995: 112.—K.K.P. Lim, 1996: 50.—R.C.H. Teo & Rajathurai, 1997: 397 (Fern Valley [BTNR]).— Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 42.—Chan-ard et al., 1999: 13.—T.M. Leong & L.M. Chou, 1999: 94, 96.— Iskandar & Colijn, 2000: 22.—T.M. Leong, 2000: 6.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 144.—Bickford et al., 2010: 123.—T.M. Leong, 2011: 22.

Pelophryne signata View in CoL (non Boulenger, 1895)—K.K.P. Lim & T.M. Leong, 2008: 156, 264.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 158.—T.M. Leong & S.C. Teo, 2009: 21–25 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).— Corlett, 2011a: 51.—L.L. Grismer, 2011a: 49.—T.M. Leong, 2011: 21.—T.M. Leong & Gan, 2011: 24.— P.K.L. Ng et al., 2011: 485.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 158.—K.Y. Chong et al., 2013: 289.— E.K. Chua, 2015: 54.—R.C.H. Teo & Thomas, 2019: 150, 179 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Hindhede Quarry).

Pelophryne ingeri Matsui, 2019: 135 .

Remarks. Through molecular analysis, Chan & Grismer (2019) showed deep divergence between P. signata populations in Borneo with those of Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. The latter two populations, including Singapore, were subsequently redescribed as P. ingeri by Matsui (2019). Until two individuals were heard calling from Hindhede Quarry, P. ingeri was only definitively known from Fern Valley in BTNR (Teo & Thomas 2019). Early records indicate that P. ingeri was observed in Bukit Timah, but do not specify exact localities ( Flower 1896; Flower 1900; Butler 1901). It remains unknown whether P. ingeri previously inhabited other parts of BTNR and whether its distribution has since retracted to Fern Valley. The recent detection of individuals calling from Hindhede Quarry suggest that P. ingeri may be expanding its range. Pelophryne ingeri was first reported from Singapore by Flower (1896) based on a specimen he examined in NHMUK that was collected by Ridley, and from two specimens he collected in Bukit Timah in 1895. After Ridley collected another specimen in 1898 ( Flower 1900), and Ridley and Butler collected another in 1900 ( Butler 1904), P. ingeri was not recorded again in Singapore until 89 years later when two specimens were collected on 21 November and 16 December 1989 ( Lim 1990b).

Occurrence. Restricted to BTNR and HHNP. Locally common.

Singapore conservation status. Critically Endangered.

Conservation priority. Highest.

IUCN conservation status. Not Evaluated.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Singapore (no locality) : BMNH 1895.1 .8.14 (no date) , BMNH 1896.6.25.97–98 (no date); Bukit Timah Nature Reserve : ZRC.1.12425– ZRC.1.12429 (24-Jun-2008) , ZRC.1.1760 (27-Nov-1989) .

Additional Singapore museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): KU; Bukit Timah Nature Reserve: CAS.

Singapore localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve—Hindhede Nature Park.

Family Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871 (7 species)

Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871: 38 View in CoL (type genus Dicroglossus Ģnther, 1860 ).

Genus Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 View in CoL (2 species)

Rana (Fejérvárya) Bolkay, 1915: 172–178 , 181, 183 (type species: Rana limnocharis Gravenhorst, 1829 , by subsequent designation by Dubois, 1981: 238, 241; gender feminine).

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

KU

Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Bufonidae

Genus

Pelophryne

Loc

Pelophryne ingeri Matsui, 2019

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Pelophryne ingeri

Matsui, M. 2019: 131
2019
Loc

Pelophryne ingeri

Matsui, M. 2019: 135
2019
Loc

Nectophryne guentheri

Bourret, R. 1942: 159
Kampen, P. N. van 1923: 69
Boulenger, G. A. 1920: 296
Boulenger, G. A. 1912: 268
Hanitsch, R. 1912: 18
Butler, A. L. 1904: 394
Butler, A. L. 1901: 698
Flower, S. S. 1900: 908
Hanitsch, R. 1899: 11
Flower, S. S. 1896: 910
1896
Loc

Dicroglossidae

Anderson, J. 1871: 38
1871
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