Pedostibes hosii (Boulenger, 1892)
Nectophryne hosii Boulenger, 1892, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1892: 508. Holotype: BMNH 92.6.3.19, according to R.F. Inger in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 72. Type locality: "Mt. Dulit, Sarawak", Malaysia (Borneo).
Pedostibes hosii — Barbour, 1938, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 51: 192.
Pedostibes hosei — Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 93. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
English Names
Boulenger's Asian Tree Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 45).
Common Tree Toad (Kiew, 1987, Malayan Nat. J., 41: 418).
Tree Toad (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 75).
House's [sic] Tree Toad (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 75).
Malayan Brown Toad (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 94).
Brown Tree Toad (Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 147; Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 30).
Distribution
Isolated populations in extreme southern peninsular Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, and Sumatra.
Comment
See Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 336-339, for synonymy and discussion as well as Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 93-96. See Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 54-55, and Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 159-160, for accounts. See brief account and photo by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 40-41. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 74, provided a brief characterization and photograph. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 94-95, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 147, provided a brief description of specimens from Sarawak. Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 30, provided a photograph and brief account. Van Bocxlaer, Loader, Roelants, Biju, Menegon, and Bossuyt, 2010, Science, 327: 679-682, suggested that this species in not in a monophyletic group with the remainder of nominal Pedostibes, but forming the sister taxon of Phrynoidis.
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