Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Bufo spinulifer Mocquard, 1890, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 3, 2: 160. Syntypes: MNHNP 1889.281-283, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 15. Type locality: "Kina Balu", Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia.

Ansonia spinulifer — Boulenger, 1894, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 14: 81.

Ansonia spinulifera — Inger and Dring, 1988, Malayan Nat. J., 41: 461-471. Incorrect treatment of a noun in apposition (spinulifer) as an adjective.

English Names

Kina Balu Stream Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 39).

Spiny Slender Toad (Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 147).

Distribution

Widespread in high-gradient areas of northern Borneo (Malaysia: Sarawk and Sabah), 150-750 m elevation; presumably to be found in adjacent Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Ansonia leptopus by Inger and Dring, 1988, Malayan Nat. J., 41: 461-471, where it had been placed by Inger, 1960, Fieldiana, Zool., 39: 479. See identification table by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 26, to compare this species with others in the Sunda Shelf region. Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann, and Kosuch, 2002, Amph. Rept. Mount Kinabalu: 74-75, provided an account. Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 147, provided a brief description. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 610.

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