Matsui Masafumi, Nishikawa Kanto, Eto Koshiro, Hossman Mohamad Yazid Bin
1 Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
2 Research, Development and Innovation Division, Sarawak Forest Department, Kuching, Sarawak 93660, Malaysia.
Zoolog Sci. 2017 Aug;34(4):345-350. doi: 10.2108/zs170008.
A new small, semi-arboreal toad of the genus Pelophryne is described from western Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, on the basis of molecular and morphological evidence. Of the two morphotypes recognized in the genus, the new species belongs to the one in which the tips of the fingers are expanded into truncate discs. Among the species in the morphotype, the new species is most similar to P. murudensis, but differs from it by body size, relative hindlimb length, and dorsal coloration. The new species is currently known only from a limited area on Gunung (= Mt.) Penrissen, and future measures of its habitat conservation are necessary.
基于分子和形态学证据,在马来西亚婆罗洲砂拉越西部描述了一种新的小型半树栖型姬蛙属蟾蜍。在该属中所识别出的两种形态类型里,新物种属于手指尖扩展成截形圆盘状的那种。在该形态类型的物种中,新物种与穆鲁山姬蛙最为相似,但在体型、相对后肢长度和背部颜色上与之不同。新物种目前仅在彭里山已知分布于一个有限区域,因此有必要采取措施对其栖息地进行保护。