Limnonectes deinodon Dehling, 2014

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 : 794

Limnonectes deinodon Dehling, 2014

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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 2442 , 2 ♀, USMHC 2443–2444 • same local- ity; 24.IX.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 unsexed, USMHC 2454 .

Identification and natural history. One adult male ( USMHC 2442, SVL 54 mm), two adult females ( USMHC 2443, SVL 53 mm; USMHC 2444, SVL 44 mm) and another unsexed individual ( USMHC 2454, SVL 33 mm) matched Dehling’s (2014) diagnosis in having sturdy bodies and limbs; large head; moderately large eyes which are directed anterolaterally and protruding; tympanum hidden; rounded finger tips; disk on toe tips without cir- cum-marginal groove; subarticular tubercles present on fingers and toes; large and elongated inner metatarsal tu- bercle; smaller outer metatarsal tubercle; reduced toe webbing which does not reach the toe disk and does not extend beyond the penultimate subarticular tubercle on Toe IV; dorsum corrugated and scattered with enlarged subconical tubercles; strong, dark greyish-brown supratympanic fold from eye to edge of forelimb insertion; large dark greyish brown vertical bars in labial region; light brown dorsum with dark brown markings which include an interorbital bar; an inverted V-shaped marking between shoulders; large spots on back and dark crossbars on limbs; smooth venter; greyish-white chest and abdomen with light brown speckles on chest; and underside of limbs cream with light brown speckles. All specimens were found along rivulets by the forest trail at night.