Staurois tuberilinguis

Taxobox
name = "Staurois tuberilinguis"
status = NT
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
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 on Borneo.

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 a lingual papilla. The eggs are unpigmented.Matsui "et al." (2007)]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

A smaller relative, only known from the Crocker Range in Sabah (Malaysia), was described as "Staurois parvus". Later, it was considered a junior synonym of "S. tuberilinguis" [Inger "et al." (2004)] , but more recently it was confirmed to be distinct according to morphological and DNA 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)