Ciremai Bleeding Toad

description

Description of holotype (measurements in mm). Small size (SVL 23.2); habitus moderately slender; head slightly longer (HL 7.6) than broad (HW 7.1), without bony crest; snout obtusely pointed, protruding in profile, projecting beyond lower jaw, longer (SL 2.9) than upper eyelid (UEW 2.0); canthus rostralis angular, loreal region vertical, concave; nostril nearer the tip of snout (SNL 0.9) than to the eye (NEL 2.0), latter much shorter than eye diameter (ED 3.0); interorbital space (IOD 2.9) much broader than the upper eyelid (UEW 2.0); tympanum indistinct, small (TD 0.8); no vomerine teeth; a median subgular vocal sac present; tongue mushroom-shaped, without papillae, notched posteriorly. Brachium length (BL 5.1) shorter than hand length (HAL 6.9), and much shorter than lower arm length (LAL 12.6); lower arm enlarged, much wider than brachium. Hands with basal webbing, fingers moderately slender, first finger (fin 1 L 1.5) shorter than second, which is shorter than fourth, the third finger is much longer (fin 3 L 3.9) (fin 1 L <fin 2 L <fin 4 L <fin 3 L), fingertip blunt, slightly swollen; inner palmar tubercle absent; outer palmar tubercle large (OPTL 0.9); supernumerary tubercle p

Detection of Cryptic taxa in the genus Leptophryne (Fitzinger, 1843) (Amphibia; Bufonidae) and the description of a new species from Java, Indonesia

diagnosis

Diagnosis. The new species is placed in the genus Leptophryne on the basis of it possessing the following characteristics: small size (<50 mm SVL); body and limbs slender; firmisternal pectoral girdle present; tympanum visible; distinct paratoid gland present; tip of the fingers and toes rounded (not dilated); hands with basal webbing between fingers; fourth toe not broadly webbed; and large, elongate tubercle near base of each toe (Davis 1935; Inger 1996; Malkmus et al. 2002). Moreover, the new species is assigned to the genus Leptophryne on the basis of a well-supported phylogenetic hypothesis based upon 473 bp of the mitochondrial 16 S rRNA gene (Fig. 2). The new species differs from its congeners in having a small body size (adult males 22.2 – 24.0 mm and single adult female 29.6 mm in SVL; Table 3), moderately slender body, dark grey dorsum mottled with distinct yellow, tip of the fingers and toes blunt, hindlimbs short, forth toe short; basal webbing on the hands, well developed webbing on toes; snout very protruding, pupils horizontal, parotoid gland present, tympanum indistinct and vomerine teeth absent; adult males with a median subgular vocal sac, enlarged arm, and nuptia

Detection of Cryptic taxa in the genus Leptophryne (Fitzinger, 1843) (Amphibia; Bufonidae) and the description of a new species from Java, Indonesia

etymology

Etymology. The specific epithet is in reference to Java, the island where the type series was collected.

Detection of Cryptic taxa in the genus Leptophryne (Fitzinger, 1843) (Amphibia; Bufonidae) and the description of a new species from Java, Indonesia

materials_examined

Holotype: an adult male MZB Amph 15946 (Figs. 3 A & 4) (SVL 23.2 mm), collected by Mumpuni and Mulyadi on October 2009 2000 h from the north-western slope of Mt. Slamet, Curug [water fall] Awu, Desa [village] Guci, Kecamatan [sub district] Bumi Jawa, Kabupaten [regency] Tegal, Provinsi [Province] Jawa Tengah (S 7 ° 11 ' 57.51 ", E 109 ° 10 ' 4.94 ", elevation 1400 m a. s. l.) (Fig. 1). Paratypes: Three adult males, MZB Amph 15941 (SVL 23.3 mm), MZB Amph 15942 (SVL 22.5 mm), and MZB Amph 15943 (SVL 23.9 mm, Fig. 6. I & 7. A) collected from same locality, time and same collectors as the holotype; two adult males MZB Amph 28565 (SVL 24.0 mm), MZB Amph 28566 (SVL 23.7 mm) and an adult female MZB Amph 28564 (SVL 29.6 mm, Figs. 3 B & 5) collected by Farist Alhadi, Didi Saiful Mahdi, Aldio Dwi Putra and Ahmad Nabil Faturahman on 10 March 2017 at 1900 h from Curug Cisurian, Mt. Ciremai, Desa Sukamukti, Kecamatan Jalaksana, Kabupaten Kuningan, Provinsi Jawa Barat (S 06 ° 56 ’ 14.6 ”, E 108 ° 25 ’ 47.0 ”, elevation 1158 to 1201 m a. s. l.) (Fig. 1). Referred specimens: Four adult males, MZB Amph 15940, 15944, 15945, 15947 collected from the same locality, time and same collector as the holot

Detection of Cryptic taxa in the genus Leptophryne (Fitzinger, 1843) (Amphibia; Bufonidae) and the description of a new species from Java, Indonesia