Sarawakiphrys dringi
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 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).
Institutions
- Universiti of Malaysia Sabah (MY)
- Field Museum of Natural History (US)
- Sabah Parks (MY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17044079
- Primary Topic
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00