Zootaxa2011,Issue(2807) :8.

Re-discovery and Re-description of Ansonia penangensis Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from Penang Island, Malaysia

EVAN QUAH S.H. MOHD ABDUL MUIN SHAHRUL ANUAR M.S. L. LEE GRISMER
Zootaxa2011,Issue(2807) :8.

Re-discovery and Re-description of Ansonia penangensis Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from Penang Island, Malaysia

EVAN QUAH S.H. 1MOHD ABDUL MUIN 2SHAHRUL ANUAR M.S. 1L. LEE GRISMER3
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作者信息

  • 1. School of Biological Sciences, Univesiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
  • 2. Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
  • 3. Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California, 92515-8247 USA
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Abstract

Ansonia penangensis Stocliczka 1870 is re-discovered from its type locality in Penang Hill from Penang Island, Malaysia after more than a century. The species was previously known only from the type series; two adults and a larval series collected in1898, and had not been recorded since. An expanded description of this species is provided, based on four recently acquired specimens and corroborate the morphological differences between Ansonia penangensis, A. malayana and A. jeetsukumarani, with whichA. penangensis has been confused.

Key words

Bufonidae/Ansonia penangensis/Penang Island/Malaysia/re-discovery

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出版年

2011
Zootaxa

Zootaxa

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ISSN:1175-5326
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