Taxonomic re-evaluation of the enigmatic Polypedates chlorophthalmus Das, 2005 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Gunung Murud, Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo), a junior synonym of Philautus hosii (Boulenger, 1895)

• Main Authors: Dehling, J. Maximilian, Das, Indraneil
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: National University of Singapore 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31219/1/Taxonomic%20re-evaluation%20-%20Copy.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31219/; http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C9614B20-2C82-44BB-A1A2-C7A06352313B
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

We re-examined the holotype of Polypedates chlorophthalmus, the only specimen of the species that has ever been collected. Detailed comparison to recently collected specimens of Philautus hosii revealed that the two taxa are identical in general habitus, shape of snout, hands and feet, extent of toe...