Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911

Zijia, Hong, Anuar, Shahrul, Grismer, L. Lee & Quah, Evan S. H., 2021, Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia, Check List 17 (3), pp. 791-814 : 796

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.791

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466117

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E82187EC-D741-9D59-FC96-FB25112F51D7

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scientific name

Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911
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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 23.IX.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♂, USMHC 2449 , 1 ♀, USMHC 2450 GoogleMaps .

Identification and natural history. One adult male ( USMHC 2449, SVL 19 mm) and one adult female ( USMHC 2450, SVL 21 mm) matched Berry’s (1975) description in having rounded snout; hidden tympanum; small but distinct disks on finger and toe tips; circummarginal groove present on toe disk; first finger shorter than second; distinct subarticular tubercles; two small metatarsal tubercles; toes webbed at base; smooth dorsum and venter; a black lateral stripe extending from snout tip to groin, covering the sides of the head and flanks; a fine white vertebral line from snout to vent with a small black mark on the middle of the back on each side of the line; smaller marks between shoulders; black anal region, front of thighs and lower surfaces of tarsus; illdefined cross-bars on limbs and dirty white venter. The specimens were found along puddles by trail at night.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Microhylidae

Genus

Microhyla

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