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Theloderma corticale (Boulenger, 1903)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Theloderma > Species: Theloderma corticale

Rhacophorus corticalis Boulenger, 1903, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 12: 188. Syntypes: BMNH (4 specimens), by original designation, two syntypes remaining in BMNH according to museum records, these being BMNH 1947.2.8.39 (formerly 1903.4.29.74) and 1947.2.8.40 (formerly 1903.7.2.27). Type locality: "Man-son Mountains, Tonkin, altitude 3000–4000 feet", (= Mao-son, Man Son, or Mau Son Mountains), Lang Song Province), northern Vietnam.

Rhacophorus fruhstorferi Ahl, 1927, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1927: 44. Holotype: ZMB 26563 according to Hou, Yu, Chen, Liao, Zhang, Chen, Li, and Orlov, 2017, Russ. J. Herpetol., 24: 105, Synonymy by Wolf, 1936, Bull. Raffles Mus., 12: 157.

Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) corticalis — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 111.

Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) fruhstorferi — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 142.

Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) leprosus corticalis — Wolf, 1936, Bull. Raffles Mus., 12: 157.

Rhacophorus leprosus kwangsiensis Liu and Hu, 1962, Acta Zool. Sinica, 14 (Supplement): 92, 104. Types: CIB 601687, by original designation. Type locality: "Yang-liu-chung, Yaoshan, altitude 1350 m, Kwangsi [= Guangxi]", China. Type locality corrected to "Xiangluchong", Yaoshan, Guangxi, China, by Hou, Yu, Chen, Liao, Zhang, Chen, Li, and Orlov, 2017, Russ. J. Herpetol., 24: 104, and Chen, Liao, Zhou, Mo, and Huang, 2018, Zootaxa, 4379: 484.

Theloderma corticalis — Liem, 1970, Fieldiana, Zool., 57: 94; Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S., 92: 40. Disagreement in gender.

Rhacophorus leprosus kwangsiensis — Tian, Jiang, Wu, Hu, Zhao, and Huang, 1986, Handb. Chinese Amph. Rept.: 64.

Theloderma kwangsiensis — Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990, Key to Chinese Amph.: 183. Incorrect spelling of species name.

Theloderma leporosa kwangsiensis — Zhao and Adler, 1993, Herpetol. China: 159. Incorrect spelling of species name.

Theloderma corticale — Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 98.

Theloderma kwangsiense — Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006, Russ. J. Herpetol., 13: 174. Gender correction of species name.

Theloderma (Theloderma) kwangsiense — Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen, and Gogoleva, 2015, Russ. J. Herpetol., 22: 276.

Theloderma (Theloderma) corticale — Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen, and Gogoleva, 2015, Russ. J. Herpetol., 22: 276.

Common Names

Tonkin Bug-eyed Frog (IUCN, 2022; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114).

Kwangsi Warty Treefrog (Theloderma kwangsiense [no longer recognized] Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 266).

Moss Bug-eyed Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 63).

Distribution

470 to 1500 m elevation in Guangdong (Ruyuan County), Guangxi (Jinxiu, Jingxi, and Longsheng counties), southern Yunnan, and Hainan (National Nature Reserve), China; Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Bac Thai, Cao Bang, Ha Giang [Du Gia], Hoa Binh, Kon Tum, Lang Son [Mau Son], Ninh Binh (Cuc Phuong), Quang Binh (Da Lat forest, Thuong Hoa Commune, Minh Hoa District, Cha Noi forest, Xuan Trach Commune and Bo Trach District), Quang Tri, Son La [Muong Do], Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang (Na Hang, Son Duong), Vinh Phuc (Tam Dao), and Bac Giang provinces , northern Vietnam, 700–1500 m elevation; Muang Vilabouli, Savannakhet Province, and Nakai Nam Theun National Park, Nakai District, Khammouan Province, and Phi La, Khamkeut District, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of, Laos, Vietnam

Comment

See account by Hou, Yu, Chen, Liao, Zhang, Chen, Li, and Orlov, 2017, Russ. J. Herpetol., 24: 99–127, who revised the species. Discussed (as Rhacophorus leprosus corticalis) by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 412–413. See discussion of Rhacophorus leprosus in the aggregative sense of Wolf, 1936, Bull. Raffles Mus., 12: 154–159, by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 408. See comments by Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S., 92: 40. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 98, provided the range in Vietnam. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 41, provided specific localities for Vietnam and (p. 150) a photograph. See Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006, Russ. J. Herpetol., 13: 155–175, for brief comments. See comment under Theloderma kwangsiense regarding possibility of occurence of this species in Hainan Island, China. Gawor, Chapuis, Pham, Nguyen, Schmitz, and Ziegler, 2012, Zootaxa, 3395: 59–64, reported on larval morphology for Vietnam specimens. Kropachev, Evsyunin, and Orlov, 2013, Russ. J. Herpetol., 20: 56–60, reported on larval morphology. Luu, Nguyen, Pham, Dang, Vu, Miskovic, Bonkowski, and Ziegler, 2013, Biodiversity J., 4: 285–300, reported the species in Phong Nha—Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. In the subgenus Theloderma, Theloderma leporosum species group of Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen, and Gogoleva, 2015, Russ. J. Herpetol., 22: 276. See accounts, as Theloderma kwangsiense, by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China: 322; and Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 266. Zhang and Wen, 2000, Amph. Guangxi: 137, provided an account for Guangxi. See Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006, Russ. J. Herpetol., 13: 155–163, for brief comments. Xiao, Li, and Gao, 2008, Chinese J. Zool., 43: 131–132, provided the record from Hainan I., China (although Hou Mian, personal commun., suggests that this is a misidentification for Theloderma corticale). Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 746–749, provided an account and a spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 445, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens. Shi, 2011, Amph. Rept. Fauna Hainan: 64–65, provided an account for Hainan. Li, Chen, Li, Lv, and Wang, 2011, Asian Herpetol. Res., Ser. 2, 2: 135, provided photographs of the holotype. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2012, Colored Atlas Chinese Amph. Distr.: 526, provided an account, photographs, and a range map for China. Hecht, Pham, Nguyen, Nguyen, Bonkowski, and Ziegler, 2013, Biodiversity J., 4: 507–552, reported a record from Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, Bac Giang Province, northeastern Vietnam and discussed the range. In the subgenus Theloderma, Theloderma leporosum species group of Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen, and Gogoleva, 2015, Russ. J. Herpetol., 22: 276. Pham, An, Herbst, Bonkowski, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2017, Bonn Zool. Bull., 66: 37–53, provided records for Cao Bang Province, Vietnam, along with observations on morphology and natural history. Chen, Liao, Zhou, Mo, and Huang, 2018, Zootaxa, 4379: 484–496, reported nominal Theloderma kwangsiensis from its type locality for the first time in 50 years, and reported Theloderma corticale from Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, Guangxi Province, China. Huang, Chen, Wei, Bu, and Wu, 2018, MtDNA, Part A, 29: 273–280, reidentified the population from Dayao Mountain, Guangxi, China, providing evidence that nominal Theloderma corticale and Theloderma kwangsiensis have different mtDNA. Pham, Do, Ngo, Tran, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2020, Check List, 16: 1025–1041, provided a record from Hai Ha District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, on the Guangxi, China, border. Ginal, Mühlenbein, and Rödder, 2021, North-West. J. Zool., Romania, 17: 65–72, reported on the advertisement call. Brakels, Nanthavong, and Nguyen, 2021, Herpetol. Rev., 52: 792, provided a record from Nakai Nam Theun National Park, Nakai District, Khammouan Province, Laos. Trageser and Dunlop, 2022, Herpetol. Rev., 53: 628, provided a record from Phi La, Khamkeut District, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos, 793 m elevation.

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