A Revised Checklist of the Amphibians of Peninsular Malaysia

Chan Kin Onn, Daicus Belabut, Norhayati Ahmad

Abstract


A revised and updated checklist of the amphibians of Peninsular Malaysia excludes three species no longer recognized from Peninsular Malaysia, includes three species that were previously omitted, and 14 species recently described, recorded or found to be valid based on taxonomic revisions, thereby increasing the total number of species from 93 to 107.


Keywords


taxonomy; new record; Malaysia

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2010-17-3-202-206

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