Limnonectes longchuanensis Suwannapoom, Yuan, Sullivan, and McLeod, 2016

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Dicroglossidae > Subfamily: Dicroglossinae > Genus: Limnonectes > Species: Limnonectes longchuanensis

Limnonectes longchuanensis Suwannapoom, Yuan, Sullivan, and McLeod in Suwannapoom, Yuan, Chen, Hou, Zhao, Wang, Nguyen, Murphy, Sullivan, McLeod, and Che, 2016, Zootaxa, 4093: 191. Holotype: KIZ048424, by original designation. Type locality: "Longchuan, Dehong, Yunnan, China (24° 27′ 32.40″ N, 97° 45′ 10.80″ E, 1255 m a.s.l.)". Zoobank publication registration: 2399B1DF-4CB2-41C0-BC75-D7F886C77A0A

English Names

Longchuan Big-headed Frog (original publication). 

Longchuan Broad-headed Frog (Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 22).

Distribution

Known from Yunnan (Longchuan, Husa, and Yingjiang) and Myanmar (Kachin, Chin, and Sagaing) in evergreen forests along hillside streams. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of, Myanmar

Comment

In the Limnonectes kuhlii complex according to the original publication. See corrected figures 1 and 2 in Suwannapoom, Yuan, Chen, Hou, Zhao, Wang, Nguyen, Murphy, Sullivan, McLeod, and Che, 2016, Zootaxa, 4137: 599–600. Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 22, briefly discussed identification, habitat, and range in Myanmar.

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