A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Gading, Sarawak

• Main Authors: Das, I., Haas, A.
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: National University of Singapore 2005
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11653/1/A%20new%20species%20of%20rhacophorus%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11653/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228973838_A_new_species_of_Rhacophorus_Anura_Rhacophoridae_from_Gunung_Gading_Sarawak_Western_Borneo
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

A new species of rhacophorid of the genus Rhacophorus is described from Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak, western Borneo. Rhacophorus gadingensis , new species, is compared with congeners from Borneo and other parts of southeast Asia. The new species is diagnosable in showing the following combination of characters: SVL 29.5 mm in the larger of the two specimens known; snout obtuse, slightly projecting beyond mandible; head wider than long; fingers and toes webbed; lacking nuptial pads (in males) and a dermal flap along forearm; a weak supracloacal fold; spinose calcar present; skin not co-ossified to forehead, median lingual process absent; supratympanic fold weak; dorsum brown, with a dark interorbital bar; dark brown blotches on dorsum and flanks with blue blotches