Xenophrys truongsonensis Luong, Hoang, Pham, Nguyen, Orlov, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2022

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Megophryinae > Genus: Xenophrys > Species: Xenophrys truongsonensis

Xenophrys truongsonensis Luong, Hoang, Pham, Nguyen, Orlov, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2022, Zootaxa, 5150: 341. Holotype: IEBR A.4940, by original designation. Type locality: "evergreen forest (12°23’13.8”N, 108°20’33.9”E, at an elevation of 1267 m asl.) within Chu Yang Sin National Park, Krong Bong District, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam." https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.2

English Names

Truongson Horned Toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Currently known only from Thua Thien Hue Province southwards to Lam Dong Province, central Vietnam; expected tin the evergreen forests on western side of Truong Son Range in Laos and Cambodia as well.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Likely/Controversially Present: Cambodia, Laos

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

Comparative morphology and molecular markers detailed in the original publication. In the Xenophrys major group of Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 380–450. 

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