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Abstract
Abstract:
We report a new microhylid frog of the genus Kalophrynus from Peninsular Malaysia and describe it as a new species Kalophrynus kiewi based on results of molecular and morphological analyses. The new species is a large-sized Kalophrynus (snout-vent length 34–47 mm) and is morphologically very similar to K. pleurostigma, in which it has long been unrecognized, and K. meizon, but is distinguished from them molecularly and by its body size, dorsal skin texture, and relative length of hindlimb. The new species is also clearly differentiated from all the other members of the genus by molecular and morphological differences. Taxonomic and distributional problems of the genus Kalophrynus in Peninsular Malaysia are briefly discussed.
The Socio-Economic Research Unit (now Economic-Planning Unit) of Malaysia kindly permitted MM to conduct part of the project. MM is grateful to Yong Hoisen for his continuous encouragements to conduct research in Malaysia, to Kunio Araya, Tsutomu Hikida, and Hidetoshi Ota for field companionship. Field trip by MM was supported by a grant under The Monbusho International Scientific Research Program (Field Research, No. 01041051), and by KE was supported by a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS Core-to-Core Program, B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms, FY2014-2016) to Masaharu Motokawa.
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