Rediscovery of Pearly Tree Frog, Nyctixalus margaritifer Boulenger, 1882 (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Mt. Wilis after 135 years

Authors

BAGUS PRIAMBODO
RICHO FIRMANSYAH
DICKY CANDRA PRANATA
AFINA NUR ANINNAS
MUHAMAD AZMI DWI SUSANTO
FAJAR DWI NUR AJI
TRI WAHYU WIDODO
GUNAWAN GUNAWAN
DANAFIA PERMANA
FAISAL YANUAR ADIBA
YURI RISTANTO
MUHAMAD PRAYOGI ERFANDA
AHMAD MUAMMAR KADAFI

DOI

10.3906/zoo-2104-22

Abstract

For more than a century, pearly tree frog from its type locality (East Indies; Java; Mt. Wilis) are undiscovered. Current studies about the distribution of Nyctixalus margaritifer are reported as known only from West Java and Central Java. In this paper, we collected one individual of pearly tree frog, N. margaritifer in the Western part of Mt. Wilis, which belongs to Gunung Sigogor Nature Reserve, Ponorogo, East Java. This is the third specimen, which is discovered from the Mt. Wilis after the lost holotype in 1882 and the neotype in 1885. Poorly known on its ecology and its habitat preferences makes this frog difficult to find. Here, we provide the specimen description with comparison to former studies based on morphological characters only, its ecology, and its habitat preferences.

Keywords

Ecology, pearly tree frog, rediscovery

First Page

329

Last Page

334

Recommended Citation

PRIAMBODO, BAGUS; FIRMANSYAH, RICHO; PRANATA, DICKY CANDRA; ANINNAS, AFINA NUR; SUSANTO, MUHAMAD AZMI DWI; AJI, FAJAR DWI NUR; WIDODO, TRI WAHYU; GUNAWAN, GUNAWAN; PERMANA, DANAFIA; ADIBA, FAISAL YANUAR; RISTANTO, YURI; ERFANDA, MUHAMAD PRAYOGI; and KADAFI, AHMAD MUAMMAR (2021) "Rediscovery of Pearly Tree Frog, Nyctixalus margaritifer Boulenger, 1882 (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Mt. Wilis after 135 years," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 45: No. 4, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-2104-22
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol45/iss4/6