Check List 19(6): 971-982, doi: 10.15560/19.6.971
New data on and the easternmost record of the Javan endemic Pearly Tree Frog, Nyctixalus margaritifer Boulenger, 1882 (Anura, Rhacophoridae)
Berry Fakhry Hanifa‡, Luhur Septiadi§, Muhammad Asmuni Hasyim‡, Muhammad Fathoni|, Kartika Prabasari|, Muhammad Prayogi Erfanda¶, Mahmuddin Rahmadana#, Hendro Widjanarko#, Nia Kurniawan|‡ Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim, Malang, Indonesia§ Wildlife Conservation Society, Bogor, Indonesia| Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia¶ Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia# Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Malang, Indonesia
Corresponding author: Berry Fakhry Hanifa ( berryfhanifa@uin-malang.ac.id ) Corresponding author: Luhur Septiadi ( luhur.septiadi@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Jesse Grismer © Berry Fakhry Hanifa, Luhur Septiadi, Muhammad Asmuni Hasyim, Muhammad Fathoni, Kartika Prabasari, Muhammad Prayogi Erfanda, Mahmuddin Rahmadana, Hendro Widjanarko, Nia Kurniawan. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Hanifa BF, Septiadi L, Hasyim MA, Fathoni M, Prabasari K, Erfanda MP, Rahmadana M, Widjanarko H, Kurniawan N (2023) New data on and the easternmost record of the Javan endemic Pearly Tree Frog, Nyctixalus margaritifer Boulenger, 1882 (Anura, Rhacophoridae). Check List 19(6): 971-982. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.6.971 |  |
Abstract
New locality records and a range extension of the Javan endemic Pearly Tree Frog, Nyctixalus margaritifer Boulenger, 1882 are reported from Central Java and East Java. Our new data include the easternmost record in Java, a record from the eastern edge of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, which is approximately 142 km west of the species’ type locality in Gunung Willis in East Java. This tree-frog species inhabits undisturbed rainforest with a dense canopy and vegetation at elevations up to 1,200 m a.s.l. Based on a morphometric analysis of newly collected specimens, we found observable differences in several morphological characters. However, more specimens are needed to confirm the taxonomic status of the rare, endemic, and poorly known N. margaritifer.
Keywords
Amphibian, distribution, Indonesia, molecular phylogeny