Preliminary Comparison of File-Eared Tree Frogs, Polypedates otilophus (Boulenger, 1893) (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Java and Other Sundaic Islands, Indonesia

Awal Riyanto, Mirza D. Kusrini, M. I. Lubis, Boby Darmawan

Abstract


Recently discovered “file-eared tree frogs,” Polypedates otilophus (Boulenger, 1893) from Telaga Sunyi, Batur-Raden, Central Java, and Salak mountain, West Java, are compared with specimens from Sumatra and Borneo. Our comparison of color pattern and skin texture showed that specimens from Java are more similar to those from Sumatra than to those from Borneo. According to our morphometric analysis, differences in body proportions among frogs from the three islands are not statistically significant.


Keywords


Anura; Rhacophoridae; Polypedates otilophus; Java; Sumatra; Borneo

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2009-16-3-217-220

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