Cara mudah membedakan morfologi kodok kelompok Hylarana chalconota asal Sumatra

Based on morphological and genetic differences, frog of Hylarana chalconota group has spited into several species. Group of H. chalconota that lived in Borneo was divided into two species, namely H. megalonesa and H. raniceps; group of H. chalconota that lived in Sulawesi was becoming H. mocquardii; and group of H. chalconota that lived in Sumatra was divided into three species, namely H. chalconota, H. parvaccola and H. rufipes, whereas the group that lived in Java was remained as the species of H. chalconota. To distinguish the fraction species of H. chalconota group from Sumatra are easier while they are still alive rather than they have been preserved as specimens. Color on dorsum, tympanum, upper lip and toe webbing are the easiest characters that can be used to distinguish the three species of H. chalconota group from Sumatra. Fauna Indonesia 11 (2): 1-3