Philautus petersi (Boulenger, 1900)
Ixalus petersi Boulenger, 1900, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1900: 185. Syntypes: BMNH 1892.6.3.16 (Mount Dulit), 1895.5.1.41-42 (Great Natuna), 1899.12.8.10 and 1909.8.18.5 (Mount Penrissen), and 1947.2.27.19 (Kinabalu) according to Dring, 1987, Amphibia-Reptilia, 8: 41, 45; Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 35, designated BMNH 1895.5.1.41 lectotype. Type locality: "Mts. Penrissen, Dulit, and Kina Bulu [sic] in Borneo; also from Great Natuna [Island]", Borneo. Restricted by lectotype designation to to Great Natuna Island, Indonesia.
Ixalus larutensis Boulenger, 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 6: 187. Syntypes: "several specimens" BMNH and MNM; BMNH 1947.2.6.36 designated lectotype by Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 36, and described on page 79-80. Type locality: "Larut Hills at 4000 to 4500 feet", Perak, Malaysia. Synonymy with Ixalus petersi by Smith, 1930, Bull. Raffles Mus., 3: 116; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 455; and Dring, 1987, Amphibia-Reptilia, 8: 41.
Ixalus castanomerus Boulenger, 1905, J. Fed. Malay States Mus., 1: 39. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.26.88 (formerly 1905.1.28.8) according to Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 38. Type locality: "Bukit Kutu, Selangor, 3,500 feet", Malaya, Malaysia. Synonymy by Smith, 1925, Sarawak Mus. J., 3: 10; Smith, 1930, Bull. Raffles Mus., 3: 116; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 456; Dring, 1987, Amphibia-Reptilia, 8: 41.
Philautus petersi — Barbour, 1912, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 44: 171. Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 275.
Philautus castanomerus — Smith, 1922, J. Fed. Malay States Mus., 10: 280.
Philautus larutensis — Smith, 1930, Bull. Raffles Mus., 3: 115.
Rhacophorus (Philautus) petersi — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 54, 86. Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 456.
Rhacophorus (Philautus) castanomerus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 54, 84.
Rhacophorus (Philautus) larutensis — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 54, 86. Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 456.
Philautus (Philautus) petersi — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 36.
English Names
Peters' Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).
Peter's Bushfrog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 150; Grismer, 2012, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Seribuat Arch.: 60).
Distribution
Extreme southern Thailand, Malaya, and Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia); Great Natuna I., Indonesia.
Comment
In the Philautus aurifasciatus group and resurrected from the synonymy of Philautus aurifasciatus (where it had been placed by Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 341) by Dring, 1987, Amphibia-Reptilia, 8: 41, who suggested that the syntypes from Great Natuna may represent another species. See comment under Philautus aurifasciatus. See brief account by Malkmus and Riede, 1996, Sauria, Berlin, 18: 27-37. See identification table by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 122-123, to compare this species to other rhacophorids of the Sunda Shelf region. Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann, and Kosuch, 2002, Amph. Rept. Mount Kinabalu: 189, provided an account. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 150-151, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. See brief account by Grismer, 2012, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Seribuat Arch.: 60-62, for the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia.
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