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Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
, Indonesia from Kurniati (2007)Kurniati, Hellen (2007).
Biodiversity and natural history of amphibians and reptiles in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia (2005, 2006, 2007)
'. Jakarta: Research Center for Biology,
Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia The Indonesian Institute of Sciences ( id, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, or LIPI) was the governmental authority for science and research in Indonesia. It consists of 47 research centers in the fields ranging from social to natural scie ...
(LIPI). and Teynié (2010).Teynié A, David P, Ohler A. (2010).
Note On A Collection Of Amphibians And Reptiles From Western Sumatra (Indonesia), With The Description Of A New Species Of The Genus Bufo
'. Zootaxa. 1-43. 0.5281/zenodo.194395 Many of the species can be found in
Kerinci Seblat National Park Kerinci Seblat National Park is the largest national park on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It has a total area of 13,791 km2, and spans four provinces: West Sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu, and South Sumatra. Geography It is located between 1 ...
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Gunung Leuser National Park Gunung Leuser National Park is a national park covering 7,927 km2 in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, straddling the border of North Sumatra and Aceh provinces, a fourth portion and three-fourths portion, respectively. The national park, settled ...
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Order Anura


Family Megophryidae

*'' Leptobrachium abbotti'' *''
Leptobrachium hasseltii ''Leptobrachium hasseltii'' (Hasselt's toad, Java spadefoot toad, Hasselt's litter frog, Tschudi's frog) is a species of toad found in Southeast Asia. This frog named after Dutch Naturalist Johan Conrad van Hasselt. According to the current un ...
'' *'' Leptobrachium hendricksoni'' *''
Megophrys nasuta The long-nosed horned frog (''Pelobatrachus nasutus''), also known as the Malayan horned frog or Malayan leaf frog is a species of frog restricted to the rainforest areas of southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia to Singapore, Sumatra, and Bor ...
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Xenophrys aceras ''Xenophrys aceras'', commonly known as the Perak horned toad, Perak spadefoot toad or Malayan horned frog, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae found in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand, and possibly in Indonesia. Its common name refe ...
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Xenophrys parallela ''Megophrys parallela'' is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to Sumatra and known from a number of localities on mountains along the island's western coast where it is expected to have a wide distribution. Description A ...
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Family Bufonidae

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Ansonia glandulosa ''Ansonia glandulosa'' is a species of toads in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia, where it is only known from its type locality, Napal Licin in the Musi Rawas Regency. The holotype A holotype is a single physical ex ...
'' — endemic *'' Ansonia leptopus'' *'' Duttaphrynus melanostictus'' *''
Duttaphrynus sumatranus The Sumatra toad (''Duttaphrynus sumatranus'') is a species of toad endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia, and only known from Lubuk Selasi. It has been found along a small, clear stream in secondary forest. It is locally common but listed as a critica ...
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Duttaphrynus totol ''Duttaphrynus'', named after Sushil Kumar Dutta, is a genus of true toads endemic to southwestern and southern China (including Hainan), Taiwan and throughout southern Asia from northern Pakistan and Nepal through India and Bangladesh to Sri Lan ...
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Duttaphrynus valhallae ''Duttaphrynus valhallae'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Weh Island, located northwest of Sumatra, Indonesia. Known only from the holotype (more correctly, syntypes), its ecology is unknown, but it is assumed t ...
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Ingerophrynus biporcatus ''Ingerophrynus'' is a genus of true toads with 12 species. The genus is found in southern Yunnan and Southeast Asia; from Myanmar and Indochina to peninsular Thailand and Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Nias Island, Sulawesi, and the Philippin ...
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Ingerophrynus claviger ''Ingerophrynus claviger'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Indonesia where it is found on Sumatra and Nias island. It is found in lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also te ...
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Ingerophrynus divergens ''Ingerophrynus divergens'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Malay Peninsula (Thailand, presumably Malaysia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia), Sumatra, and Natuna Islands. It occurs in well-drained lowland r ...
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Ingerophrynus parvus ''Ingerophrynus parvus'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in southern Myanmar, southwestern Thailand, southwestern Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, and Java and Sumatra (Indonesia). Its natural habitats are primary and reg ...
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Ingerophrynus quadriporcatus ''Ingerophrynus quadriporcatus'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. Its common names are long-glanded toad, four-ridged toad and greater Malacca toad. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo (Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, and ...
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Leptophryne borbonica ''Leptophryne'' is a small genus of true toads, family Bufonidae, with only three species. The genus is found in Southeast Asia, in the Malay Peninsula (including Peninsular Thailand Southern Thailand, Southern Siam or Tambralinga is a southe ...
'' *'' Pedostibes hosii'' *''
Phrynoidis asper The Asian giant toad (''Phrynoidis asper''), sometimes referred to as the river toad, is a species of true toad native to Mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sundas. It is a medium-large toad, but it is easily confused with its larger relativ ...
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Phrynoidis juxtasper ''Phrynoidis juxtasper'', also known as the giant river toad or Borneo river toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia) and Sumatra (Indonesia) below asl. Prior to its species de ...
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Pseudobufo subasper ''Pseudobufo'' (or Suck Toad) is a monotypic genus of toads in the family Bufonidae. It is represented by a single species, ''Pseudobufo subasper''. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps a ...
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Family

Microhylidae The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family of frogs. The 683 species are in 63 genera and 11 subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family. Evolution A molecular phylo ...

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Calluella volzi ''Glyphoglossus volzi'', also known as Sumatra squat frog, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia. The specific name ''volzi'' honours Dr Walter Volz, a Swiss zoologist and traveller. ''Glyphoglossus ...
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Kalophrynus minusculus ''Kalophrynus minusculus'' is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is Endemism, endemic to Indonesia and occurs on extreme western Java and on the southeastern tip of Sumatra. It is a relatively small frog, as suggested by its Specifi ...
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Kalophrynus pleurostigma The black-spotted sticky frog (''Kalophrynus pleurostigma'') is a small frog with a black spot just in front of each of its hind legs. It releases a sticky substance when threatened, thereby making it an unpleasant meal for predators, allowing ...
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Kalophrynus punctatus ''Kalophrynus punctatus'' is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is found in Indonesia and possibly Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatene ...
'' *'' Kaloula baleata'' *''
Kaloula pulchra The banded bullfrog (''Kaloula pulchra'') is a species of frog in the narrow-mouthed frog family Microhylidae. Native to Southeast Asia, it is also known as the Asian painted frog, digging frog, Malaysian bullfrog, common Asian frog, and painte ...
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Metaphrynella pollicaris ''Metaphrynella pollicaris'' (common name: Malaysian treefrog or Malaysian tree-hole frog) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. Description Males measure and females in snout–vent length. Do ...
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Metaphrynella sundana ''Metaphrynella sundana'' (Borneo treefrog or Bornean tree hole frog) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Borneo and found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Description ''Metaphrynella sundana'' are small frogs; a ...
'' *'' Microhyla achatina'' *''
Microhyla berdmorei ''Microhyla berdmorei'' (common names: Berdmore's chorus frog, Berdmore's narrow-mouthed frog, Burmese microhylid frog, large pygmy frog, Pegu rice frog) is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in eastern India, Bangladesh, southernmost China ...
'' *'' Microhyla heymonsi'' *''
Microhyla palmipes The palmated chorus frog (''Microhyla palmipes'') is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It i ...
'' *'' Microhyla superciliaris'' *''
Micryletta inornata ''Micryletta inornata'' is a rare species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, and is the type species for the genus ''Micryletta''. Many populations of ''Micryletta'' found across southeast As ...
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Micryletta sumatrana ''Micryletta'' is a genus of microhylid frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail ...
'' *'' Phrynella pulchra''


Family Dicroglossidae

*'' Fejervarya cancrivora'' *'' Fejervarya limnocharis'' *'' Limnonectes blythii'' *''
Limnonectes kuhlii Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog (''Limnonectes kuhlii'') is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. Species complex ''L. kuhlii'' was once believed to have a broad distribution in Northeast India (Assam) and Southeast Asia, but a ...
'' *'' Limnonectes laticeps'' *''
Limnonectes macrodon The fanged river frog, Javan giant frog, Malaya wart frog, or stone creek frog (''Limnonectes macrodon'') is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae endemic to Sumatra and Java, Indonesia. Records from other regions are probably caused by ...
'' *'' Limnonectes malesianus'' *'' Limnonectes microdiscus'' *'' Limnonectes paramacrodon'' *''
Limnonectes shompenorum ''Limnonectes shompenorum'' (common name: Shompen frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Great Nicobar Island ( India), its type locality, and in western Sumatra ( Indonesia). It is similar to ''Limnonectes m ...
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Limnonectes tweediei ''Limnonectes tweediei'' (common name: Tweedie's wart frog) is a species of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Sumatra ( Indonesia) and the Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a pe ...
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Occidozyga baluensis ''Occidozyga'' is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae found in southeastern Asia between eastern India, southern China, and Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bord ...
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Occidozyga laevis The common puddle frog, puddle frog, or yellow bellied puddle frog (''Occidozyga laevis'') is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It has often been confused with ''Occidozyga sumatrana'' (which until 1998 was considered to be a junior ...
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Occidozyga lima ''Occidozyga'' is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae found in southeastern Asia between eastern India, southern China, and Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bord ...
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Occidozyga sumatrana The Sumatran puddle frog (''Occidozyga sumatrana'') is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It might be endemic to Indonesia. However, it has often been confused with '' Occidozyga laevis'', and was also for long considered to be its j ...
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Family Ranidae

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Huia modiglianii ''Wijayarana modiglianii'' is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to Sumatra (Indonesia). It was originally only known from two locations near Lake Toba, but is now known to be more widespread. The specific name ''modigliani ...
'' — endemic *'' Huia sumatrana'' — endemic *''
Hylarana baramica ''Pulchrana baramica'', the Baram River frog, brown marsh frog, or masked rough-sided frog, is a species of "true frog", family Ranidae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula, including the extreme south Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore ...
'' *'' Hylarana chalconota'' *'' Hylarana crassiovis'' — endemic *'' Hylarana debussyi'' *''
Hylarana erythraea The common green frog (''Hylarana erythraea'') is a frog species of in the true frog family (biology), family Ranidae; some sources still use the old name ''Rana erythraea''. It lives in Southeast Asia and is also known as green paddy frog, red-e ...
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Hylarana glandulosa ''Hylarana glandulosa'', commonly known as the rough-sided frog or the glandular frog, is a species of true frog in the genus ''Hylarana''. It is native to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural hab ...
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Hylarana kampeni ''Sumaterana crassiovis'' is a species of true frog. It is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia. It is also known as the Bander Baru frog, Korinchi frog, and Kerinci cascade frog. ''Sumaterana crassiovis'' lives in primary submontane and montane rainf ...
'' — endemic *'' Hylarana luctuosa'' *'' Hylarana nicobariensis'' *''
Hylarana nigrovittata ''Sylvirana nigrovittata'', also known as the black-striped frog, black-spotted stream frog, sapgreen stream frog, etc., is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is found in northeastern India, Bangladesh, Nepal, southern China, Myanmar, T ...
'' *'' Hylarana persimilis'' *'' Hylarana picturata'' *'' Hylarana raniceps'' *'' Hylarana siberu'' — endemic *''
Odorrana hosii __NOTOC__ Hose's frog (''Odorrana hosii'', often misspelled as ''O. hosei'') is a true frog species with a wide range in Southeast Asia. This species was named after zoologist Charles Hose. Its closest living relatives appear to be '' O. chlorono ...
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Family Rhacophoridae

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Nyctixalus pictus ''Nyctixalus pictus'', also known as cinnamon frog, cinnamon treefrog, cinnamon bush frog, painted Indonesian treefrog, and white-spotted treefrog, etc., is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula (includ ...
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Philautus aurifasciatus ''Philautus aurifasciatus'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened ...
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Philautus cornutus ''Philautus cornutus'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by ha ...
'' — endemic *'' Philautus similis'' *''
Polypedates colletti ''Polypedates colletti'' (Collett's tree frog, Collett's treefrog, Collett's whipping frog or black-spotted tree frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula (Thailand and Malaysia), southern Vietnam ...
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Polypedates leucomystax ''Polypedates'' is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, the shrub frogs and Paleotropic tree frogs. They belong to subfamily Rhacophorinae. Members of this genus are collectively known as whipping frogs. They occur in eastern and south ...
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Polypedates macrotis ''Polypedates macrotis'', commonly known as the dark-eared treefrog, sometimes also Bongao tree frog, Bongao bubble-nest frog, Baram whipping frog, or brown-striped tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in the c ...
'' *'' Polypedates pseudotilophus'' *'' Rhacophorus achantharrhena'' — endemic *'' Rhacophorus angulirostris'' *'' Rhacophorus appendiculatus'' *''
Rhacophorus barisani ''Rhacophorus barisani'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat ...
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Rhacophorus bifasciatus ''Rhacophorus bifasciatus'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened ...
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Rhacophorus catamitus ''Rhacophorus catamitus'' is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia, and occurs in the Barisan Mountains at elevations of above sea level. Its natural habitats are tropical forests. Males call from lo ...
'' — endemic *'' Rhacophorus cyanopunctatus'' *''
Rhacophorus modestus ''Rhacophorus modestus'' is a species of frog in the family (biology), family Rhacophoridae Endemism, endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia. Its common name is Boulenger's flying frog. It is only known from the type series collected from a montane forest ...
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Rhacophorus nigropalmatus Wallace's flying frog (''Rhacophorus nigropalmatus''), also known as the gliding frog or the Abah River flying frog, is a moss frog found at least from the Malay Peninsula into western Indonesia, and is present in Borneo and Sumatra. It is nam ...
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Rhacophorus pardalis The harlequin tree frog (''Rhacophorus pardalis'') is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtro ...
'' *'' Rhacophorus poecilonotus'' — endemic *'' Rhacophorus prominanus'' *''
Rhacophorus reinwardtii ''Rhacophorus reinwardtii'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is variously known under the common names of black-webbed treefrog, green flying frog, Reinwardt's flying frog, or Reinwardt's treefrog. Before 2006, Rhacophorus re ...
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Theloderma asperum ''Theloderma asperum'' is a frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is also known as the pied warty frog, hill garden bug-eyed frog, or somewhat informally, bird poop frog. The frog can be found in the northeastern India, Burma, China (Tibet, possi ...
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Theloderma horridum ''Theloderma horridum'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Ha ...
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Theloderma leporosum ''Theloderma leporosum'' (Malaya bug-eyed frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia). ''Theloderma leporosum'' inhabits evergreen lowland and montane rainforests. In Malaysi ...
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Order Gymnophiona


Family Ichthyophiidae

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Ichthyophis billitonensis ''Ichthyophis billitonensis'', the Billiton Island caecilian, is a species of amphibians in the family Ichthyophiidae endemic to the Belitung island, Indonesia. Known only from the holotype, this appears to be a small species, measuring in total ...
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Ichthyophis elongatus ''Ichthyophis elongatus'', the elongated caecilian, is a species of amphibians in the family Ichthyophiidae endemic to Sumatra, including some nearby islands; however, whether these belong to this species is uncertain. Specimens allocated to thi ...
'' *'' Ichthyophis paucisulcus'' *'' Ichthyophis sumatranus''


References

{{Fauna of Sumatra Fauna of Sumatra Amphibians of Indonesia Indonesia