Sarawakiphrys dringi ( Inger, Stuebing & Tan, 1995 )

Sarawakiphrys dringi ( Inger, Stuebing & Tan, 1995)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: SP 21832, SP 26305 ; occurrenceRemarks: on forest floor, perching on leaf; individualCount: 2; sex: 1 female, 1 male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: in collection; occurrenceID: C9B22415-35AA-5C1C-B45D-409E1603DF50; Taxon: vernacularName: Dring's Horned Frog; Location: continent: Borneo; country: Malaysia; stateProvince: Sabah; municipality: Keningau; locality: Celcom Tower, Crocker Range Park ; verbatimElevation: 1,477 m; verbatimCoordinates: 05°28’11”N, 116°03’14”E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; Identification: identificationID: SP 21832; SP 26305; Event: habitat: montane forest GoogleMaps

Description

Two individuals were collected as specimens. The first is an adult female measuring 43.0 mm snout-vent and holds enlarged, non-pigmented ova. The second is an adult male measuring 51.0 mm and having a black nuptial pad on the first finger. Both lack vomerine teeth, have a single, conical, dermal projection from the upper eyelid, but lack a rostral projection. A single longitudinal dorsolateral fold is present. The female matches all the descriptors in the original description ( Inger et al. 1995). The male differs only in that the head is wider than the trunk.

Distribution

The distribution of the species is restricted to isolated mountain ranges on Borneo. Presently, it is a first record for CRP and Sabah, with its range previously recorded on Mount Mulu, Sarawak.

Ecology

The species can be found in tropical montane forests at around 1,500 m a. s. l. in CRP and 1,650 m a. s. l. on Mount Mulu. It is a terrestrial species, typically hiding underneath moist leaf litter on the forest floor or perching on leaves (Fig. 4 View Figure 4 ).