Discoveries
Hylarana hellenae
late. Dr. Hellen Kurniati
35. Hylarana hellenae
Ribut, Munir, Amarasinghe, Gunalen, Smith, Farajallah, Hamidy, 2025
Publication :
Ribut A, M Munir, AAT Amarasinghe, D Gunalen, EN Smith, A Farajallah, A Hamidy (2025). Two new species of the Hylarana signata complex (Anura: Ranidae) from Sumatra and the distribution of H. sundabarat (Chan, Abraham, Grismer & Brown, 2020). Taprobanica 14 (2): 245–259.
Remarks :
We discovered Hylarana hellenae from south central Sumatra, that belongs to the H. signata species complex. The new species is the eighth species reported from Indonesia, representing the signata complex.
Etymology:
The specific epithet hellenae is a noun in the genitive singular, honouring Hellen Kurniati, an Indonesian herpetologist, at the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (LIPI/BRIN), for her dedication over more than 36 years and her long-term field surveys and foundational documentation of Sumatra’s herpetofauna, as well as her stewardship of national herpetological collections; she collected the holotype and associated series of this species at Tapan, Jambi. We explicitly treat “Hellen” as a modern personal name (not as the classical Latin Helen), adding the feminine genitive suffix -ae.
English name: Hellen's stream frog
Etymology:
The specific epithet hellenae is a noun in the genitive singular, honouring Hellen Kurniati, an Indonesian herpetologist, at the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (LIPI/BRIN), for her dedication over more than 36 years and her long-term field surveys and foundational documentation of Sumatra’s herpetofauna, as well as her stewardship of national herpetological collections; she collected the holotype and associated series of this species at Tapan, Jambi. We explicitly treat “Hellen” as a modern personal name (not as the classical Latin Helen), adding the feminine genitive suffix -ae.
English name: Hellen's stream frog