Staurois tuberilinguis
| Staurois tuberilinguis | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Subclass: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Staurois |
| Species: | S. tuberilinguis |
| Binomial name | |
| Staurois tuberilinguis Boulenger, 1918 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Staurois tuberilinguis is a species in the true frog family (Ranidae). It is widespread on Borneo.
Its snout-vent length is 27–31 mm in males and 33–38 mm in females. It has a markedly slender head with a pointed snout and a rather short fourth finger, distinguishing it from its relatives. Its vomer lacks teeth, and it has a lingual papilla. The eggs are unpigmented.[1]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
A smaller relative, only known from the Crocker Range in Sabah (Malaysia), was described as Staurois parvus. Later, it was considered a junior synonym of S. tuberilinguis,[2] but more recently it was confirmed to be distinct according to morphological and DNA sequence data.[1]
References
- Inger, R.; Iskandar, D.; Das, I.; Stuebing, R.; Lakim, M.; Yambun, P. & Mumpuni (2004). Staurois tuberilinguis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 23 July 2007.
- Matsui, Masafumi; Mohamed, Maryati; Shimada, Tomohiko & Sudin, Ahmad (2007): Resurrection of Staurois parvus from S. tuberilinguis from Borneo (Amphibia, Ranidae). Zool. Sci. 24(1): 101–106. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.101 (HTML abstract)