Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana macrodon var. leporina Andersson, 1923, Medd. Zool. Mus. Oslo, 7: 123. Holotype: ZMK. Type locality: "Tumbang Maruwei", Borneo, Indonesia.

Limnonectes leporina — Inger and Tan, 1996, Raffles Bull. Zool., 44: 560.

English Names

Giant River Frog (Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 151; Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 52).

Distribution

Borneo in Kalimantan (Indonesia), Brunei, and Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia).

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Limnonectes blythii by Inger and Tan, 1996, Raffles Bull. Zool., 44: 560, where it had been placed by Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 162. Considered incertae sedis within the Limnonectes grunniens group by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 63. See comments under Limnonectes blythii. Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann, and Kosuch, 2002, Amph. Rept. Mount Kinabalu: 144-145, provided an account. Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 151, provided a brief description. Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 52, provided a photograph and brief account.

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