Meristogenys macrophthalmus (Matsui, 1986)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Meristogenys > Species: Meristogenys macrophthalmus

Amolops macrophthalmus Matsui, 1986, Copeia, 1986: 623. Holotype: FMNH 157431, by original designation. Type locality: "Bintulu Dist., Fourth Division, Sarawak. . . . Sungai Metallum, Sungai Pesu Camp".

Meristogenys macrophthalmusYang, 1991, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S., 63: 36. Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 3; by implication.

Amolops (Meristogenys) macrophthalmusDubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 321.

English Names

Matsui's Borneo Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 101).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)

Endemic: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)

Comment

Inger and Stuebing, 2009, Raffles Bull. Zool., 57: 533, provided additional descriptive data.

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