- Staurois tuberilinguis
Taxobox
name = "Staurois tuberilinguis"
status = NT
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Amphibia
subclassis =Lissamphibia
ordo =Anura
subordo =Neobatrachia
familia =Ranidae
genus = "Staurois "
species = "S. tuberilinguis"
binomial = "Staurois tuberilinguis"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1918
synonyms = see text"Staurois tuberilinguis" is a
species in the true frog family (Ranidae ). It is wwidespread onBorneo .Its snout-vent length is 27–31 mm in males and 33–38 mm in females. It has a markedly slender head with a pointed snout and a rather short fourth finger, distinguishing it from its relatives. Its
vomer lacks teeth, and it has alingual papilla. The eggs are unpigmented.Matsui "et al." (2007)]Its natural
habitat s are subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s, subtropical or tropical moistmontane forest s, andriver s. It is becoming rare due tohabitat loss .A smaller relative, only known from the
Crocker Range inSabah (Malaysia ), was described as "Staurois parvus ". Later, it was considered ajunior synonym of "S. tuberilinguis" [Inger "et al." (2004)] , but more recently it was confirmed to be distinct according to morphological andDNA sequence data.References
*|year=2004|id=58763|title=Staurois tuberilinguis|downloaded=23 July 2007
* (2007): Resurrection of "Staurois parvus" from "S. tuberilinguis" from Borneo (Amphibia, Ranidae). "Zool. Sci." 24(1): 101–106. doi|10.2108/zsj.24.101 (HTML abstract)
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