Running log of additions and changes, 2022

Search tool	Example of search string in box	What that means to the database
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	Hyl*	Will find all uses of "Hyl . . ." anywhere in a record: e.g., Hylarana, Hyla, Hylidae, Hylinae, Hylaedactyla.
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	*Hyla	Will find all uses of ". . . hyla" anywhere in a record: e.g., Hyla, Hylidae, Plectrohyla, Ptychadena hylaea, Adenomera hylaedactyla
	Hyla	Will find all records that contain stand-alone uses of Hyla: e.g., Hyla, Hyla arenicolor
Strings of words without quotation marks	Lithobates pipiens	Interprets this as "Lithobates OR pipiens" so will find the union of all records that contain either "Lithobates" or "pipiens": e.g., Lithobates omiltemanus, Hylorana pipiens
Strings of word with quotation marks	"Lithobates pipiens"	Interprets this as "Lithobates AND pipiens" so will return all records that have the character string "Lithobates pipiens" anywhere within a record: e.g., all members of the Lithobates pipiens complex.
AND statement. Means that the results of the search must include both words held together by an AND	Lithobates AND pipiens	Same as "Lithobates pipiens"
OR statement. Means that the results of the search will all records that have either of the terms held together by an OR	Lithobates OR "Costa Rica"	Recovers all records that contain the word "Lithobates" or "Costa Rica": 402 records inasmuch as this will include all records for the entire amphibian fauna of Costa Rica
Combining Boolean operators within the Basic Search box (AND, OR, NOT, quotation marks)	Lithobates AND "Costa Rica" NOT forreri	Recovers only records that contain the word Lithobates AND "Costa Rica", but excludes any record that contains the word "forreri" in any part of the record: 9 records
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Search tool	Example of search string in box	What that means to the database
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	Hyl*	Will find all uses of "Hyl . . ." anywhere in a record: e.g., Hylarana, Hyla, Hylidae, Hylinae, Hylaedactyla.
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	*Hyla	Will find all uses of ". . . hyla" anywhere in a record: e.g., Hyla, Hylidae, Plectrohyla, Ptychadena hylaea, Adenomera hylaedactyla
Single word	Hyla	Will find all records that contain stand-alone uses of Hyla: e.g., Hyla, Hyla arenicolor
Strings of words without quotation marks	Lithobates pipiens	Interprets this as "Lithobates OR pipiens" so will find the union of all records that contain either "Lithobates" or "pipiens": e.g., Lithobates omiltemanus, Hylorana pipiens
Strings of word with quotation marks	"Lithobates pipiens"	Interprets this as "Lithobates AND pipiens" so will return all records that have the character string "Lithobates pipiens" anywhere within a record: e.g., all members of the Lithobates pipiens complex.
AND statement. Means that the results of the search must include both words held together by an AND	Lithobates AND pipiens	Same as "Lithobates pipiens"
OR statement. Means that the results of the search will all records that have either of the terms held together by an OR	Lithobates OR "Costa Rica"	Recovers all records that contain the word "Lithobates" or "Costa Rica": 402 records inasmuch as this will include all records for the entire amphibian fauna of Costa Rica
Combining Boolean operators within the Basic Search box (AND, OR, NOT, quotation marks)	Lithobates AND "Costa Rica" NOT forreri	Recovers only records that contain the word Lithobates AND "Costa Rica", but excludes any record that contains the word "forreri" in any part of the record: 9 records
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I attempt to summarize here what work I have done on ASW starting 1 January 2022. This log does not include error corrections and the like and I cannot promise that there will not be errors of omission or commission inasmuch as this log is not constructed automatically.

31 December 2022: Added a comment under Macrogenioglottus alipioi (Anura: Odontophrynidae), noting the publication of : 181–203, who reported on reproduction, vocalization, and larval development.

31 December 2022: Added comments to 68 species records noting larval descriptions of Amazonian frogs made by Schiesari, Rossa-Feres, Menin, and Hödl, 2022, Zootaxa, 5223: 31–32, detailed larval and metamorph morphology and natural history.

28 December 2022: Added comments under Bufoides (Bufonidae), Bufoides kempi, and Bufoides meghalayanus, noting the publication by Naveen, Chandramouli, Kadam, Babu, Karunakaran, Kumara, and Parthasarathy, 2022, J. Threatened Taxa, 14: 22277–22292, who reported on molecular markers, the rediscovery of Bufoides kempi, its call, life history, osteology, and adult and larval morphology.

21 December 2022: Added Eleutherodactylus montserratae (Eleutherodactylidae), named by Hedges, 2022, Zootaxa, 5219: 375–387, from Montserrat I., Lesser Antilles.

21 December 2022: Added Nidirana guibeiensis (Ranidae), named by Chen, Ye, Peng, and Li in Chen, Jiang, Peng, Li, Su, Yu, and Cheng, 2022, ZooKeys, 1135: 119–137, from northern Guangxi, China.

21 December 2022: Added Hyloxalus jhoncito (Dendrobatidae), named by Anganoy-Criollo, Viuche-Lozano, Enciso-Calle, Bernal-Bautista, and Grant, 2022, Herpetologica, 78: 253–267, from Villarica, Tolima, Colombia.

21 December 2022: Added a comment under Hylodes perere (Hylodidae), noting the publication of Montesinos, Carvalho, Silva, Anganoy-Criollo, and Dias, 2022, Zootaxa, 5219: 388–396, who reported on larval morphology.

18 December 2022: Added 23 species of Mantidactylus (Mantellidae) of the subgenus Brygoomantis, all from Madagascar, named or resurrected by Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw, and Vences, 2022, Megataxa, 7: 113–311: Mantidactylus augustini, Mantidactylus bletzae, Mantidactylus brevirostris, Mantidactylus eulenbergeri, Mantidactylus fergusoni, Mantidactylus georgei, Mantidactylus glosi, Mantidactylus grubenmanni, Mantidactylus gudrunae, Mantidactylus inaudax (resurrected), Mantidactylus incognitus, Mantidactylus jahnarum, Mantidactylus jonasi, Mantidactylus katae, Mantidactylus kortei, Mantidactylus mahery, Mantidactylus manerana, Mantidactylus marintsoai, Mantidactylus riparius, Mantidactylus steinfartzi, Mantidactylus stelliger, and Mantidactylus tripunctatus (resurrected).

30 November 2022: I've had a lot on my plate for the last several weeks, so thought I should mention here that I am starting to work though a very large volume, Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World. It provides a readable summary of the systematics and natural history, with good photos and/or illustrations of all of the salamanders of the world. So, just in time for Christmas!

28 November 2022: Modified the range statement of Amolops putaoensis (Ranidae) and added a comment under that species record to note the publication of Zhang, Liu, Stuart, Wu, Wang, Che, and Yuan, 2022, Herpetozoa, Wien, 35: 231–237, who reported a genetically confirmed population from the upper Dulong River System in Gongshan County, Yunnan Province, China, as well as augmenting the morphological description of the species.

26 November 2022: Added a comment under Pristimantis (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of Acevedo-Rincón, Palma, and Olalla‑Tárraga, 2022, Sci. Rep. (Nature, London), 12 (18106): 1–13, who reported on the ecological trends of body size within Pristimantis, based on a molecular phylogeny of 257 species from within the genus.

21 November 2022: Added a comment under Dicroglossinae, noting the publication of Hofmann, Jablonski, Litvinchuk, Masroor, and Schmidt, 2021, PeerJ, 9 (e11793): 1–22, who reported on the mtDNA phylogenetics and biogeography of Paini (Quasipaa, Nanorana, Chaparana, Allopaa, and Chrysopaa).

18 November 2022: Added Nyctibatrachus tunga (Nyctibatrachidae), named by Pavan Kumar, Vishwajith, Anisha, Dayananda, Gururaja, and Priti, 2022, Zootaxa, 5209: 69–92, from Chikkamagaluru District, Karnataka State, India.

8 November 2022: Added Microhyla hmongorum and Microhyla xodangorum (Microhylidae), named by Hoang, Nguyen, Phan, Pham, Ninh, Wang, Jiang, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2022, Eur. J. Taxon., 841: 1–41, from Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam.

25 October 2022: Added Chiasmocleis jacki (Microhylidae), named by Fouquet, Rodrigues, and Peloso, 2022, Zootaxa, 5200: 1–23, named from French Guiana, where it was formerly confused with Chiasmocleis haddadi.

25 October 2022: Added Pseudoeurycea jaguar (Plethodontidae), named by Cázares-Hernández, Jimeno-Sevilla, Rovito, López Luna, and Canseco-Márquez, 2022, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 72: 937–950, from the Sierra Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico.

25 October 2022: Added Rana zhijinensis (Ranidae), named by Luo, Xiao, and Zhou in Yan, He, Luo, Xu, Deng, Xiao, and Zhou, 2022, Zool. Syst., Beijing, 47: 275–292, from Guiguo Town, Zhijin County, Guizhou Province, China.

22 October 2022: Added Theloderma khoii and Rhacophorus orlovi (Rhacophoridae) to the fauna of China (Yunnan) based on genetically-confirmed records published by Liu, Hou, Fan, Mo, and Rao, 2022, Herpetozoa, Wien, 35: 199–208.

21 October 2022: Added Hynobius kunibiki (Hynobiidae), named by Sugawara, Iwata, Yamashita, and Nagano, 2021, Animals, 11 (2187): 1_19, from Shimane Prefecture, Chugoku, Japan.

21 October 2022: Added Hynobius nihoensis and Hynobius nagatoensis (Hynobiidae), new species partitioned from Hynboius bakan on the basis of molecular markers and morphology by Sugawara, Tahara, Nakazono, Matsukoji, and Nagano, 2022, Sci. Rep. Yokosuka City Mus., 69: 1–17.

20 October 2022: Added the new Colombian genus Serranobatrachus (Brachycephaloidea), the sister taxon of Tachiramantis for former Pristimantis carmelitae, Pristimantis cristinae, Pristimantis delicatus, Pristimantis insignitus, Pristimantis meglops, Pristimantis ruthveni, and Pristimantis sanctaemartae, following the discovery by Arroyo, Targino, Rueda-Solano, Daza-R., and Grant, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (1: 2123865): 1–25, that this group of species forms the sister taxon of Tachiramantis. In addition, transferred Pristimantis cuentasi, Pristimantis padrecarlosi, and Pristimantis tayrona to Tachiramantis.

19 October 2022: Added a comment under Lithobates palmipes (Ranidae), noting the publication of Coelho, Camurugi, Marques, Magalhães, Werneck, and Garda, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (1: 2046657): 1–19, who reported on mtDNA phylogeography.

18 October 2022: Added Pristimantis tamia (in the Pristimantis miktos group) and Pristimantis anaiae, Pristimantis glendae, Pristimantis kunam, Pristimantis resistencia, and Pristimantis venegasi (of the new Pristimantis anaiae group) from Ecuador, named by Ortega, Brito-M., and Ron, 2022, PeerJ, 10 (e13761): 1–66.

11 October 2022: Added Quasipaa taoi (Dicroglossidae), named from the Central Highlands of Vietnam (and extending into adjacent Laos) by Pham, Hoang, Phan, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2022, ZooKeys, 1124: 23–42.

10 October 2022: Added Raorchestes yadongensis (Rhacophoridae), named by Zhang, Shu, Liu, Dong, and Guo in Zhang, Shu, Shu, Li, Liu, Wu, Dong, and Guo, 2022, Zootaxa, 5195: 125–142, from Xiayadong Town, Yadong County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China.

10 October 2022: Added Pristimantis morlaco (Strabomantidae), named by Sánchez-Nivicela, Toral-Contreras, and Urgilés, 2022, Neotropical Biodiversity, 8: 305–322, from Azuay Province, Ecuador.

9 October 2022: Added Chiasmocleis abofoa (Microhylidae), named by Rojas-Padilla, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Rios-Alva, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2022, Zootaxa, 5195: 24–50, from the district of Pucacaca, province of Picota, department of San Martin, Peru.

7 October 2022: Made a number of changes following the results of the revision of Nototriton (Plethodontidae) by Kubicki, Reyes, and Arias, 2022, Zootaxa, 5194: 451–496: (1) Place Nototriton matama and Nototriton major into the synonymy of Nototriton picadoi; (2) added new species Nototriton kenorum, from Costa Rica; (3) added new species Nototriton lateomuscus, from Costa Rica; (4) added new species Nototriton maximo, from Costa Rica; and added Nototriton vereh, from Costa Rica.

4 October 2022: Added a comment under Salamandra infraimmaculata (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Kurnaz, 2022, J. Wildl. Biodivers., Arak, 6: 82–96, who mapped the current range in Turkey and modeled the current and future range of the species under different climatic regimes.

4 October 2022: Added a comment under Ceratophryidae, noting the publication of Barcelos, Almeida-Silva, Santos, and Verdade, 2022 "2021", J. Syst. Palaeontol., 19: 1449–1466, who provided a phylogenetic analysis of the family, including extant and extinct species, as well as estimates of divergence times.

4 October 2022: Added Pristimantis campesino (Strabomantidae), named by Sepúlveda‑Seguro, Marín-Castaño, Amézquita, García, and Daza-R., 2022, Organisms Divers. Evol., 22: 803–820, from high elevations of the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central in Antioquia, Colombia. Previously confused with Pristimantis viejas.

4 October 2022: Added comments under Leptodactylus tapiti (Leptodactylidae) and Scinax rupestris (Hylidae), noting the first records of these speces beyond their type localities by Guerra Batista, Ramalho, Machado, and Brandão, 2022, Arq. Zool., São Paulo, 53: 33–51, who provided records from the Serra do Tombador Nature Reserve, Goiás, Brazil, as part of a biodiversity study of that region.

4 October 2022: Added comments under Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, Fejervarya asmati, Fejervarya nepalensis, Fejervarya pierrei, Fejervarya teraiensis, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, Hoplobatrachus crassus, Minervarya syhadrensis (Dicroglossidae), Duttaphrynus bengalensis (Bufonidae), Microhyla rubra (Microhylidae), Hylarana tytleri (Ranidae), and Polypedates leucomystax (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Rabbe, Jaman, Alam, Rahman, and Sarker, 2022, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 16: 226–234, who provided records for these species from northwestern Bangladesh as part of a study of the diversity and composition of the amphibian fauna of that region.

4 October 2022: Added a comment under Plethodon nettingi (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Rowan, Arbogast, and Kamel, 2022, Conserv. Genetics, 23: 699–711, who reported on the negative genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation with recommendations for conservation action.

4 October 2022: Added a comment under Gyrinophilus subterraneus (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Campbell Grant, Mulder, Brand, Chambers, Wynn, Capshaw, Niemiller, Phillips, Jacobs, Kuchta, and Bell, 2022, Conserv. Genetics, 23: 727–244, who reported on a hybrid zone with partial reproductive isolated between this species and adjacent population of Gyrinophilus porphyriticus. They also addressed population declines of Gyrinophilus subterraneus.

4 October 2022: Modified the range statement of Pristimantis quantus (Strabomantidae) and added a comment under that record to conform to the publication of Grisales-Martínez and Rendón-Valencia, 2022, Cuad. Herpetol., 36: 119–122, who provided a record from Natural Reserve El Centella, municipality of Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia, 2461 m elevation, summarized the known range, comparative morphology, habitat, and conservation status.

4 October 2022: Added Leptobrachella verrucosa (Megophryidae), named by Wang, Zeng, Lin, and Li in Lin, Li, Lu, Su, Wu, Zhang, Mo, Xiao, Pan, Pan, Zeng, and Wang, 2022, Herpetozoa, Wien, 35: 165–178, from Lianshan Bijiashan Nature Reserve, Lianshan County, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, China.

4 October 2022: Modified the range statement of Minervarya chilapata (Dicroglossidae) to include Nepal, based on the publication of Gautam and Bhattarai, 2022, Herpetozoa, Wien, 35: 179–185, who provided records from Morang District, southeastern Nepal, and Chitwan National Park, south-central Nepal, and suggested that the species ranges from the type locality in northern West Bengal, India, west through southern Nepal and adjacent Bihar, India, to at least the level of Chitwan National Park, Nepal. The authors also discussed conservation status, the advertisement call, and morphometrics.

3 October 2022: Placed Nyctibatrachus deveni and Nyctibatrachus periyar (Nyctibatrachidae) into the synonymy of Nyctibatrachus aliciae, and Nyctibatrachus pillaii into the synonymy of Nyctibatrachus vasanthi, following the evidence-dense results of Abraham, Rao, Zachariah, and Brown, 2022, Ichthyol. & Herpetol., 110: 526–546.

2 October 2022: Added Pristimantis omarrhynchus and Pristimantis miltongallardoi (Strabomantidae), from, respectively the eastern foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes in Napo and Sucumbios provinces. The authors also address comparative morphology and relationships within the Pristimantis boulengeri group.

30 September 2022: Added Rana taihangensis (Ranidae), named by Chen in Shen, Xu, Yang, Chen, Xiao, and Chen, 2022, Asian Herpetol. Res., 13: 145–158, from Beijing City, Hebei Province, and the southeastern Taihang Mountains of Henan Province, China, 116 to 1943 m elevation.

29 September 2022: Added a comment under Physalaemus feioi (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Fraga, Assis, Guimarães, and Feio, 2022, Zootaxa, 5190: 447–450, who reported on larval morphology

29 September 2022: Added Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei (Hylidae), named by Reyes-Puig, Recalde, Recalde, Koch, Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, Jost, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2022, PeerJ, 10 (e14066): 1–34, from Machay Reserve of Fundacion EcoMinga, Cerro Mayordomo, Baños Township, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador.

28 September 2022: Added Desmognathus adatsihi (new species from northeastern Tennessee and extreme western North Carolina), Desmognathus balsameus (new species from western North Carolina), resurrected Desmognathus perlapsus (western North Carolina, northwestern South Carolina, northeastern Georgia, and eastern Alabama) from the synonymy of Desmognathus ocoee and redelimited Desmognathus ocoee (eastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama) and Desmognathus apalachicolae (southwestern Georgia, southeastern Alabama, to northwestern Florida) to conform to the publication of Pyron and Beamer, 2022, Zootaxa, 5190: 207–240.

27 September 2022: Modified the range statements for Oscaecilia ochrocephala and Oscaecilia polyzona (Caeciliidae) and added comments under those accounts noting the publication of Fernández-Roldán, Lynch, and Bocanumenth, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 25–31, who discussed diagnostic features that separate this species as well as discussing the range and providing a dot map for both species in Colombia.

27 September 2022: Modified the range statement under Leptodactylus brevipes (Leptodactylidae) and added a comment under that account noting the publication of Carrillo, Santana, and Prado, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 64–68, who provided a new record for Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and mapped the known range as well as discussing parental care.

23 September 2022: Added a comment under Dendropsophus nekronastes (Hylidae), noting the publication of Mira-Mendes, Souza, Silva, Orrico, Solé, Le Pendu, and Dias, 2022, J. Herpetol., 56: 266–273, who described the external morphology and compared it to other members of the Dendropsophus leucophyllatus group.

23 September 2022: Added Boana guarinimirim (Hylidae), named by Marinho, Bang, Vidigal, and Giaretta, 2022, J. Herpetol., 56: 278–293, for populations formerly assigned to Boana polytaenia from the northern Mantiquiera range, Espíritu Santo, Brazil.

23 September 2022: Modified the range statement of Nyctimantis bokermanni (Hylidae) to conform to the publication of Zanette-Silva, Farias, and Ghizoni, 2016, Check List, 12: 1–4, who provided new records from Santa Catarina, Brazil, most importantly from Isla Catarina, and summarized and mapped the known distribution.

22 September 2022: Added Caecilia aprix (Caeciliidae), named by Fernández-Roldán and Rueda-Almonacid, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 51–57, from Municipio Solano, departamento Caquetá, Colombia.

22 September 2022: Added a comment under Anomaloglossus beebei (Aromobatidae), noting the publication of Pettitt, Bourne, and Bee, 2022, Ethology, 119: 244–256, who reported on individual distinctiveness and variation in the advertisement call.

21 September 2022: Added Desmognathus valtos (Plethodontidae), named by Pyron and Beamer, 2022, Zootaxa, 5188: 587–595, Craven County, North Carolina, USA, and extends south along the coastal plain to southeastern Georgia. This taxon corresponds to Desmognathus auriculatus lineages B/C of Pyron, O'Connell, Lemmon, Lemmon, and Beamer, 2020, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 146 (106751): 1–13.

21 September 2022: Added Odorrana concelata (Ranidae), named by Wang, Zeng, and Lin in Lin, Li, Su, Yi, Pan, Sun, and Zeng, 2022, ZooKeys, 1120: 47–66, from Longlinchang Village (24°04′47″N, 112°40′37″E; ca. 280 m a.s.l.), Jintan Town, Qingyuan City, Guangdong, China.

21 September 2022: Added a comment under Neurergus derjugini (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Mawlodi, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, and Rostami, 2022, Russ. J. Herpetol., 29: 191–198, who provided new localities (Mariwan and Banch counties) for Kurdistan Province, Iran, provided a range map, and discussed the taxonomic status of this species.

19 September 2022: Added a comment under Rana dalmatina (Ranidae), noting the publication of Groen, Drakopoulos, Bok, and Tzoras, 2022, Herpetol. Notes, 15: 635–639, who provided new records from the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, with comments on ecology.

18 September 2022: Added a comment under Acanthixalus spinosus (Hyperoliidae), noting the publication of Blackburn, Dérozier, Djaman, Greenbaum, and Jongsma, 2022, Herpetol. Notes, 15: 641–647, who provided a record from south of the Congo River at near the western boundary of Parc National de la Salonga Sud, Bandulu Province, Dem. Rep. Congo, but noted that the identification is provisional. The authors also discussed the known localities for this species with reference to conservation priorities and provided a dot map for its distribution.

18 September 2022: Added a comment under Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Eleutherodactylidae), noting the publication of Yuan, Frederick, McGuire, Bell, Smith, Fenton, Cassius, Williams, Wang, Powell, and Hedges, 2022, Biol. Invasions, 24: 2707–2722, who reported on molecular (mtDNA) phylogeography in the Antilles, of which two major clades were delimited.

18 September 2022: Added comments under Pelodytes (Pelodytidae) and Pelodytes caucasicus, noting the publication of Ergül Kalaycı and Gümüşsoy, 2022, Zool. Middle East, 68: 218–224, who provided a molecular tree to the species, discussed the effects of various species-delimitation criteria and also discussed the genetic diversity of Pelodytes caucasicus.

17 September 2022: Added a ton of comments to the 111 species found in Amapá, northern Brazil, to reflect the publication of Taucce, Costa-Campos, Carvalho, and Michalski, 2022, Eur. J. Taxon., 836: 96–130, who reported on the amphibian fauna of the state, their conservation status, and habitat.

17 September 2022: Added comments as needed to reference Meneses, Siler, Alviola, Balatibat, Gonzalez, Natividad, and Brown, 2022, Check List, 18: 941–984, who discussed its habitat and taxonomic problems of the frogs of Mount Guiting-Guiting National Park, Sibayan Island, Philippines.

14 September 2022: Added a comment under Barbarophryne brongersmai (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Fattah, Atif, and El Alami, 2022, Arxius Misc. Zool., 20: 33–39, who provided a record from Azilal (1364 m elevation) and 15 km SW of Azilial, Morocco, and provided a map of the species' distribution in Western Sahara, Morocco, and Algeria.

3 September 2022: Added a comment under Atelopus exiguus (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Astudillo, Jiménez, Siddons, and Timbe, 2022, Rev. Peruana Biol., 29 (e22742): 1–4, who provided new localities and discussed habitat and conservation.

3 September 2022: Added comments under Adenomera (Leptodactylidae) and Adenomera thomei, noting the publication of Dominato, Oliveira, Cassini, Orrico, Mariano, and Silva, 2022, Comp. Cytogenet., 16: 151–159, who reported the karyotype of Adenomera thomei plus that of two unnamed but related lineages.

2 September 2022: Modified all species records for Euphlyctis (Dicroglossidae), transferring Phrynoderma into that genus as a subgenus and made extensive comments extending from the publication of Dufresnes, Mahony, Prasad, Kamei, Masroor, Khan, Al-Johany, Gautam, Gupta, Borkin, Melnikov, Rosanov, Skorinov, Borzée, Jablonski, and Litvinchuk, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (2102686): 1–25, who reported on taxonomic, phylogenetic, and nomenclatural issues within Euphlyctis (sensu lato).

1 September 2022: Added comments under Dendropsophus nanus, and Dendropsophus walfordi (Hylidae) noting the publication of Seger, Teixeira, Annibale, Rossa-Feres, Lima, Andrade, Giaretta, and Lourenço, 2021, Diversity, 13 (11: 522): 1–23, which addressed these and three unnamed associated lineages. On the bases of calls, morphology, and molecular markers the authors redelimited the named species in the complex and showed that populations from eastern Bolivia to eastern Brazil represent three unnamed species. They restricted Dendropsophus nanus to southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northern Argentina, and restricted Dendropsophus walfordi to central Bolivia north through western Amazonia to French Guiana and northern Pará, Brazil.

31 August 2022: Added comments under Bufonidae: Rhinella ornata; Hylidae: Boana albomarginata, Boana albopunctata, Boana bandeirantes, Boana faber, Boana pardalis, Boana prasina, Boana semilineata, Dendropsophus elegans, Dendropsophus berthalutzae, Dendropsophus minutus, Dendropsophus nanus, Scinax crospedospilus, Scinax hayii, Scinax imbegue, Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus, and Phyllomedusa burmeisteri; Leptodactylidae: Dufresnes, Ambu, Prasad, Borzée, and Litvinchuk, 2022, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 135, noting the publication of Manzano, Takeno, and Sawaya, 2022, Zootaxa, 5178: 453–472, who reported on advertisement calls.

30 August 2022: Added Tlalocohyla celeste (Hylidae), named by Varela-Soto, Abarca, Brenes-Mora, Aspinall, Leenders, and Shepack, 2022, Zootaxa, 5178: 501–531, from the Tapir Valley Nature Reserve (10.72˚ N, 85.01˚ W; 660 m elevation), Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

30 August 2022: Added a comment under Duttaphrynus hololius (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Narayanan, Bhat, Paran, and Aravind, 2022, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 41: 215–229, who discussed the location of the type locality, provided new records, and provided distribution modelling predictions.

29 August 2022: Added a comment under Glandirana susurra (Ranidae), noting the publication of Miyu, Soga, Saito, Evans, Kobayashi, Sekiya, Takahashi, Miyashita, and Yoshida, 2022, Wetlands, 42 (7: 66): 1–14, who reported on conservation genetics.

29 August 2022: Added Hynobius oni (Hynobiidae), named by Kanamori, Nishikawa, Matsui, and Tanabe, 2022, PeerJ, 10(e13891): 1–30, from southwestern Shikoku, Japan. This results in the redelimitation of Hynobius hirosei.

23 August 2022: Added a comment under Paramesotriton (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Luo, Yan, Xiao, Zhou, Wang, Chen, Deng, Zhang, and Zhou, 2022, Zool. Res., Kunming, 43: 787–804, reported on molecular phylogenetics and biogeography, recovering good support for the monophyly of the genus and its two species groups.

20 August 2022: Added comments under Lissotriton vulgaris, Lissotriton kosswigi, and Lissotriton schmidtleri (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Skorinov, Bozkurt, Olgun, and Litvinchuk, 2022, Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae, 68: 261–276, who discussed identification of these species employing ventral and lateral spot patterns.

20 August 2022: Added a comment under Polypedates megacephalus (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Tu, Zhao, Murphy, Zhai, and Wang, 2022, Russ. J. Herpetol., 29: 137–148, who reported on a densely-sampled phylogeography study on Hainan I., China.

20 August 2022: Added a comment under Dryophytes suweonensis (Hylidae), noting the publication of Koo, Do, Yoo, and Sung, 2022, Russ. J. Herpetol., 29: 187–190, who reported on a large population in Rep. Korea.

19 August 2022: Added comments under Zhangixalus yinggelingensis and Rhacophorus laoshan (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Yuan, Yang, and Jiang, 2022, Pakistan J. Zool., 54: 2417–2423, who provided a tree based on four mtDNA genes that for the first time placed these species within the rhacophorid tree employing molecular data.

19 August 2022: Added a comment under Dendropsophus elegans (Hylidae), noting the publication of Pirani, Tonini, Thomaz, Napoli, Encarnação, Knowles, and Werneck, 2022, Frontiers Ecol. Evol., 10(765977): 1–15, who reported on geographic variation in molecular markers and the influence of rivers as barriers to gene flow.

19 August 2022: Added comments under Fejervarya multistriata (Dicroglossidae) and Microhyla fissipes (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Liu, Zhong, Wang, Li, Wei, Zou, Zhao, and Li, 2022, Diversity, 14 (550): 1–12, who reported on call variation on a rural/urban gradient in the Shanghai, China, region.

19 August 2022: Added comments under Hylinae and Sphaenorhynchus, noting the publication of Pereira Silva, Ceron, Silva, and Santana, 2022, Ecol. Evol., 12(e8754): 1–15, who reported on phylogenetics and biogeography of the tribe Sphaenorhynchini, and placed Gabohyla into the synonymy of Sphaenorhynchus on the basis of it rendering Sphaenorhynchus paraphyletic.

17 August 2022: Added comments under most family accounts noting the publication of Elias-Costa, Araujo-Vieira, and Faivovich, 2021, Cladistics, 37: 498–517, who discussed the evolution of submandibular musculature optimized on the tree of Jetz and Pyron, 2018, Nature Ecol. & Evol., 2: 850–858, which provided morphological synapomorphies of most family-group taxa and suprafamilial groups.

17 August 2022: Added comments under, Afrixalus clarkei, Afrixalus enseticola, Leptopelis susanae, Leptopelis vannutellii, and Paracassina obscurus (Hyperoliidae), Hemisus microscaphus (Hemisotidae), Phrynobatrachus inexpectatus and Phrynobatrachus minutus (Phrynobatrachidae), Xenopus largeni (Pipidae), Ptychadena beka, Ptychadena erlangeri, and Ptychadena neumanni (Ptychadenidae), noting the publication of Kassie Teme, Bekele Simegn, and Afework Bogale, 2022, Global Ecol. Conserv., 38 (e02211): 1–12, reported on the frogs of the Keffa Zone, southwestern Ethiopia, and discussed habitat and distribution.

17 August 2022: Added comments under Hynobiidae and Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus, noting the publication of Zhang, Wang, Cheng, Luo, Li, Liu, Chen, and Shen, 2022, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 98: 263–274, who reported on the complete mtDNA genome of H. flavomaculatus and discussed the historical biogeography of the family based on a tree built with protein-coding genes.

16 August 2022: Added comments under Oophaga vicentei and Andinobates geminisae (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication of Higgins and Ibáñez D., 2022, Zootaxa, 5175: 395–400, who described larval morphology.

15 August 2022: Added Rhacophorus napoensis (Rhacophoridae), named by Li, Liu, Yu, and Sun, 2022, ZooKeys, 1117: 123–138, from Napo County, Baise City, extreme western Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (23°1'20"N, 105°50'58"E, ca 1032 m a.s.l.).

15 August 2022: Added a comment under Pelophylax perezi (Ranidae), noting the publication of Doniol-Valcroze, Arnaboldi, Baudran, Beaume, Ricordel, and Crochet, 2022, Herpetol. Notes, 15: 539–543, who discussed the range of this species and its klepton associate Pelophylax kl. grafi and provided an isolated record of Pelophylax perezi from Lac de l’Ecureuil, in the Esterel Massif, Saint-Raphaël, Var department, southeastern France.

15 August 2022: Added comments under Plethodon electromorphus and Plethodon cinereus (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Kuchta, Hantak, Waldron, Hickerson, Lehtinen, and Anthony, 2022, Ichthyol. & Herpetol., 110: 430–438, who demonstrated that hybridization between this two species is substantially less than previous suggested.

12 August 2022: Added comments under Pristimantis quinquagesimus and Pristimantis cedros, noting extended upper elevational ranges, and under Hyloscirtus criptico (Hylidae) noting a new populations, all from the publication of Proaño, Proaño-Morales, and Guayasamin, 2022, Ecosistemas, 31 (2: 2137): 1–9, reported on transacts from the Sierra de Toisán, Imbabura, Ecuador.

12 August 2022: Added comments under Pristimantis urichi, Pristimantis charlottevillensis, and Pristimantis turpinorum (Strabomantidae) noting the publication of Jowers, Sánchez-Ramírez, Greener, Harper, Auguste, Marshall, Thomson, Byrne, Loughrey, Graham, McGhee, Murphy, Rivas-Fuenmayor, Beyts, and Downie, 2022, Pop. Ecol., 64: 136–149, who reported on ecology, conservation status, and phylogenetic placement of these species.

11 August 2022: Added a comment under Hyperolius nimbae (Hyperoliidae), noting the publication of Kouamé, Gongomin, Rödel, and Channing, 2022, Zootaxa, 5174: 596–599, who reported on its phylogenetic placement and conservation status.

10 August 2022: Added comments under Telmatobius, Telmatobius marmoratus, and Telmatobius gigas (Telmatobiidae), noting the publication of Sáez, Zúñiga-Reinoso, Fibla, Cruz-Jofré, Aguilar, Aparicio, Cusi, Otálora, and Méndez, 2022, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 176 (107594): 1–12, which addressed the named and unnamed lineages of the Telmatobius marmoratus complex.

10 August 2022: Added Afrixalus phantasma and Afrixalus lacustris (Hyperoliidae), both formerly representing the eastern Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda populations of nominal Afrixalus laevis, both named in the publication by Greenbaum, Portik, Allen, Vaughan, Badjedjea, Barej, Behangana, Conkey, Dumbo, Gonwouo, Hirschfeld, Hughes, Igunzi, Kasumba, Lukwago, Masudi, Penner, Reyes, Rödel, Roelke, Romero, and Dehling, 2022, Zootaxa, 5174: 201–232.

8 August 2022: Added Allobates kamilae (Aromobatidae), named by Ferrão, Hanken, and Lima, 2022, PeerJ, 10(e13751): 1–36, from the west bank of the upper Madeira River, municipality of Porto Velho, state of Rondônia, Brazil.

8 August 2022: Added Glandirana reliquia, named by Shimada, Matsui, Ogata, and Miura in Shimada, Matsui, Ogata, Miura, Tange, Min, and Eto, 2022, Zootaxa, 5174: 25–45, from northeast-central Honshu, Japan, resulting in the redelimition of Glandirana rugosa.

6 August 2022: Added Onychodactylus sillanus (Hynobiidae), named by Min, Borzée, and Poyarkov in Borzée, Shin, Poyarkov, Jeon, Baek, Lee, An, Hong, and Min, 2022, Zool. Res., Kunming, 43: 750–755, from a montane stream at Sasong-ri, Dong-myeon, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.

3 August 2022: Added comments under Boana (Hylidae), Boana steinbachi, and Boana multifasciata, noting the publication of Mittan-Moreau, Zamudio, Thomé, Camurugi, Colli, Garda, Haddad, and Prado, 2022, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 175 (107579): 1–11, who reported on phylogenetics and biogeography of the Boana albopunctata species group and detected a cryptic species associated with Boana steinbachi and Boana multifasciata.

24 July 2022: Added Leptodactylus fremitus (Leptodactylidae), named by Carvalho, Fouquet, Lyra, Giaretta, Costa-Campos, Rodrigues, Haddad, and Ron, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (1: 2089269): 1–31, from Amapá, northern Brazil.

23 July 2022: Added comments under Sumaterana and Wijayarana (Ranidae), noting the publication of Arifin, Smart, Husemann, Hertwig, Smith, Iskandar, and Haas, 2022, Sci. Rep. (Nature, London), 12 (12013): 1–12, who reported on molecular phylogeography on Sumatra.

21 July 2022: Added a comment under Craugastor pygmaeus (Craugastoridae), noting the publication of Reyna-Bustos, Huerta-Martínez, and Serrano-Serrano, 2021, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 104: 108–115, who reported on the advertisement call.

21 July 2022: Added a comment under Brachycephalus garbeanus (Brachycephalidae), noting the publication of Folly, Costa, Carmo, Martins, and Pombal, 2022, Zool. Anz., 298: 39–54, who described osteological ontogeny in the post-hatching skeleton.

21 July 2022: Added a comment under Limnomedusa macroglossa (Alsodidae), noting the publication of Gonçalves, Hendges, Madalozzo, and Santos, Acta Herpetol., Firenze, 17: 59–70, who reported on larval morphology.

21 July 2022: Added a comment under Gegeneophis carnosus (Grandisoniidae), noting the publication of Palakkool, Gower, and Kotharambath, 2022, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 72: 561–576, who reported on osteology.

21 July 2022: Added Hynobius sengokui (Hynobiidae), formerly part of Hynobius tokyoensis, named by Matsui, Misawa, Yoshikawa, and Nishikawa, 2022, Zootaxa, 5168: 213. Holotype: KUHE 21559, by original designation. Type locality: "Negoya, Ogawa, Kawabe-machi (36°54′N, 140°43′E, alt. 27 m above sea level) in Iwaki-shi, Fukushima Prefecture", Honshu, Japan.

21 July 2022: Added Ansonia infernalis (Bufonidae), named by Suwannapoom, Grismer, Pawangkhanant, and Poyarkov, 2022, Zootaxa, 5168: 119–136, from Thungsong District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand.

19 July 2022: Added a comment under Leptodactylus barrioi (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Fraga, Assis, and Feio, 2022, Zootaxa, 5168: 97–100, who described larval morphology.

19 July 2022: From the wreckage of nominal Desmognathus 'quadramaculatus' (Plethodontidae) (Appalachian region of the USA) comes the placement of the name Desmognathus quadramaculatus into the synonymy of Desmognathus fuscus, replaced by three new or newly elevated species, Desmognathus amphilecus, Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli, Desmognathus kanawha, and Desmognathus mavrokoilius, named/recognized by Pyron and Beamer, 2022, Bionomina, 27: 1–43. This study built on the nomenclatural results of Pyron and Beamer, 2022, Zootaxa, 5134: 221–247. Taken together, these represent first rate studies of nomenclature and systematics.

18 July 2022: Added Amolops shihaitaoi (Ranidae), named by Wang, Li, Du, Hou, and Yu, 2022, ZooKeys, 1112: 139–159, from Hekou, Yunnan, China, with a good discussion of the systematics of the Amolops ricketti group.

15 July 2022: Added a comment under Scinax tropicalia (Hylidae), noting the publication of Santos, Silva, Dias, Almeida, Ávila, and Roberto, 2021, Cuad. Herpetol., 35: 337–341, who provided new records, discussed the range and reported on the advertisement call.

15 July 2022: Added a comment under Hylodes pipilans (Hylodidae), noting the publicaiton of Carmo, Folly, and Malagoli, 2022, Neotropical Biodiversity, 8: 131–135, who reported on the range and conservation status.

15 July 2022: Partitioned Duttaphrynus bengalensis (Bufonidae) out of Duttaphrynus melanostictus, following the publication of Jablonski, Masroor, and Hofmann, 2022, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 98: 275–284.

15 July 2022: Added a comment under Glyphoglossus yunnanensis (Microhylidae) noting the publication of Huang and Huang, 2022, MtDNA, Part B, 7: 1186–1188, who reported on the complete mtDNA genome.

15 July 2022: Added a comment under Batrachylidae, noting the publication of Grosso, Barrasso, Baldo, Nuñez, and Vera Candioti, 2022, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 136: 240–263, who reported on developmental diversity within the family with special reference to Atelognathus, Batrachyla, and Hylorina.

15 July 2022: Added a comment under Scinax granulatus (Hylidae) noting the publication of Malleret, Freire, Lemes, Brum, Camargo, and Verrastro, 2022, Zool. Scripta, 51: 330–347, who reported on molecular phylogeography, concluding that the name represents a complex composed of 4 mtDNA lineages and 2 species, one of which remains unnamed.

14 July 2022: Added a comment under Pleurodema (Leptodactylidae) noting the publication of Ferraro, 2022, Cladistics, 38: 301–319, who provided a cladogram based on reproductive, behavioral, and morphological characters, and recognized several subclades, the (1) Pleurodema brachyops Clade (Pleurodema alium, Pleurodemaborellii, Pleurodema brachyops, Pleurodema cinereum, Pleurodema diplolister, and Pleurodema tucumanum), the (2) Pleurodema nebulosum Clade (Pleurodema guayapae + Pleurodema nebulosum), (3) Pleurodema marmoratum, (4) Pleurodema thaul Clade (Pleurodema bufoninum, Pleurodema somuncurense, Pleurodema thaul) and the (5) Pleurodema bibroni Clade (Pleurodema bibroni, Pleurodema cordobae, Pleurodema kriegi).

12 July 2022: Added a comment under Odontophrynus americanus (Odontophrynidae), noting the publication of Martínez, Espínola, and Goossen, 2022, Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Paraguay, 26: 74–75, who provided a record from extreme southwestern Departamento Ñeembucú, Paraguay, and provided a dot map for that country.

12 July 2022: Added a comment under Lithobates palmipes (Ranidae) noting the publication of Coelho, Camurugi, Marques, Magalhães, Werneck, and Garda, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (1: 2046657): 1–19, who reported on molecular phylogeography with special reference to connections between the Atlantic Forest and Amazonia in Brazil.

12 July 2022: Added a comment under Rhombophryne (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Belluardo, Scherz, Santos, Andreone, Antonelli, Glaw, Muñoz-Pajares, Randrianirina, Raselimanana, Vences, and Crottini, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (1: 2039320): 1–13, noting the delimitation of 6 species groups.

12 July 2022: Added Rhinella teotoniensis (Bufonidae), named by Ferrão, Souza, Hanken, and Lima in Ferrão, Souza, Colatreli, Hanken, and Lima, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (1: 2039317): 1–24, from west bank of the upper Madeira River near the extinct Santo Antônio Falls, municipality of Porto Velho, state of Rondônia, Brazil.

12 July 2022: Added comments under Hylodidae and Phantasmarana, noting the publication of de Sá, Condez, Lyra, Haddad, and Malagoli, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (1: 2039318): 1–31, who revised the family, provided a phylogenetic tree, and named two new species: Phantasmarana curucutuensis and Phantasmarana tamuia (both from the state of São Paulo, Brazil).

10 July 2022: Added comments under all Australian species noting the publication of Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 1–48, who provided polygon distribution maps for all species.

9 July 2022: Added comments under Bombina bombina and Bombina variegata (Bombinatoridae), noting the publication of Gál, Kovács, Ujszegiu, Anthony, Vági, and Hoffmann, 2022, North-West. J. Zool., Romania, 18: 51–57, who reported on a hybrid zone in the Carpathian Basin of Hungary and Slovakia.

9 July 2022: Added Nidirana shiwandashanensis (Ranidae), named by Chen, Peng, Li, and Liu, 2022, Asian Herpetol. Res., 13: 109–116, from Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, Shangsi County, Guangxi, China.

9 July 2022: Added Leptobrachella yunyangensis (Megophryidae), named by Luo, Deng, and Zhou in Luo, Wang, Peng, Lei, Deng, Ji, Huang, and Zhou, 2022, Asian Herpetol. Res., 13: 75–95, from Lianhua Village, Renhe Town, Yunyang County, Chongqing, China.

8 July 2022: Removed Occidozyga obscura (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macao and Fujian, China) from the synonymy of Occidozyga lima (now excluded from China) and added Occidozyga lingnanica (Dicroglossidae), named by Lyu and Wang in Lyu, Wang, Zeng, Luo, Zhang, Guo, Ren, Qi, Mo, and Wang, 2022, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 72: 495–512, from Guangdong and Hainan, formerly confused with Occidozyga martensii. Provided a good discussion of the difficulties in the systematics of Occidozyga sensu lato.

7 July 2022: Added comments under the species of Borneo, noting the publication of Haas, Das, Hertwig, Bublies, and Schulz-Schaeffer, 2022, Guide to the Tadpoles of Borneo: 1–264, summarized the knowledge of habitat, reproduction, larval morphology and coloration as well as providing photographs of adults.

6 July 2022: Added a comment under Bufo verrucosissimus (Bufonidae) noting the publication of Dursun and Özdemir, 2022, Phyllomedusa, 21: 31–49, who reported on morphological variability in a population from the vicinity of Artvin on the northeastern border of Turkey and Georgia.

5 July 2022: Added a comment under Paradactylodon mustersi (Hynobiidae), noting the publication by Ayobi, Masroor, Basit, and Jablonski, 2022, Herpetozoa, Wien, 35: 133–139, who discussed the distribution and conservation status as well as providing a new record from Panjsheer Province, Afghanistan.

5 July 2022: Added Kurixalus inexpectatus (Rhacophoridae), named by Messenger, Yang, Borzée, Chuang, and Othman in Messenger, Othman, Chuang, Yang, and Borzée, 2022, ZooKeys, 1108: 15–49, from Chuanbu Village, Changxing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, P.D.R. China.

4 July 2022: Added comments under Brachycephaloidea, Ceuthomantis, Phrynopus, and Pristimantis, noting the publication of Ospina-Sarria and Grant, 2022, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 195: 976–994, who reported on morphological systematics of pelvic and thigh musculature and digital discs of the Brachycephaloidea, and identified unambiguous morphological synapomorphies for those taxa listed above, as well as discussing characters from pelvic and thigh musculature and digital discs on fingers within the Brachycephaloidea.

4 July 2022: Added comments under Bokermannohyla, Boana, and Hylinae (Hylidae) noting the publication of Pinheiro, Blotto, Ron, Stanley, Garcia, Haddad, Grant, and Faivovich, 2022, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 195: 995–1021, who described the observed variation in 17 discrete characters of osteology and myology of the prepollex and associated elements to study their evolution in the most inclusive phylogenetic hypothesis for Cophomantini

4 July 2022: Added comments under Amolops mantzorum, Bufo, Bufo andrewsi, Bufo praetextatus (treated as senior synonym of Bufo japonicus), Euphlyctis adolfi, Hoplobatrachus rugulosus, Hyla chinensis, Hyla tsinlingensis, Lithobates, Odorrana hejiangensis, Odorrana nanjiangensis, Pelophylax mongolius, Pelophylax plancyi, and Pseudorana noting the publicaton of Dufresnes and Litvinchuk, 2022, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 195: 695–760, which focused on molecular species delimitation on both evidentiary and philosophical fronts within the Eastern Palearctic.

4 July 2022: Added a commnt under Crossodactylus timbuhy (Hylodidae), noting the publication of Lacerda, Montesinos, Zocca, Guimarães, Santana, and Ferreira, 2022, Zootaxa, 5155: 564–580, who reported on range, molecular markers, comparative adult and larval morphology, color in life, vocalization repertoire, and rejected the record from Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil.

4 July 2022: Added Amolops wangyali (Ranidae), named by Mahony, Nidup, Streicher, Teeling, and Kamei, 2022, Herpetol. J., 32: 142–175, from Trashigang District, eastern Bhutan. The authors also confirmed that Amolops senchalensis is not a synonym of Amolops marmoratus, that Amolops himalayanus is present in eastern Nepal as is Amolops nepalicus. They extended the range of Amolops kaulbacki into Yunnan, China, placed Amolops gyirongensis into the synonymy of Amolops formosus and Amolops splendissimus into the synonymy of Amolops viridimaculatus. They excluded nine species of Amolops from Bhutan: (1) Amolops formosus, (2) Amolops gerbillus, (3) Amolops himalayanus, (4) Amolops mantzorum, (5) Amolops marmoratus, (6) Amolops monticola, and (7) Amolops wenshanensis. They also excluded from the amphibian species list of Bhutan Sylvirana guentheri and Hyla annectans.

4 July 2022: Added Micryletta subaraji (Micryohylidae), named by Sankar, Law, Law, Shivaram, Abraham, and Chan, 2022, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 72: 457–467, from Singapore.

28 June 2022: Added a comment under Pristimantis nebulosus (Strabomantidae) noting the publication of Köhler, Castillo-Urbina, Aguilar-Puntriano, Vences, and Glaw, 2022, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 98: 213–232, who redescribed the species from new material, provided the advertisement call described, and placed it in the Pristimantis conspicillatus species group. These authors also added a new species, Pristimantis symptosus, from the Cordillera de Carpish, Departamento Huánuco, Peru.

14 June 2022: Added a comment under Pristimantis alalocophus (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of González-Acosta and Duarte-Marín, 2022, Herpetol. Bull., London, 159: 38–40, who reported the species from the Municipality of Filandia, Department of Quindío, Colombia, discussed its conservation status, and provided a dot map of the species.

14 June 2022: Added Anstisia (Myobatrachidae) for former members of the Geocrinia rosea group (now Anstisia alba, Anstisia lutea, Anstisia rosea, and Anstisia vitellina), separated from Geocrinia on the basis of life-history differences by Webster and Bool, 2022, Zootaxa, 5154: 127–151, who summarized life history information (call, breeding, larval morphology) and phylogenetics of the taxon.

8 June 2022: Added Rhinella unapensis and Rhinella angeli (Bufonidae), name by Rojas-Zamora, Pérez-Peña, Ávila, Carvalho, Perez, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2022, Zootaxa, 5150: 487–515, from Loreto, northeastern Brazil.

7 June 2022: Added Xenophrys truongsonensis (Megophryidae), named by Luong, Hoang, Pham, Nguyen, Orlov, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2022, Zootaxa, 5150: 333–356, from Chu Yang Sin National Park, Krong Bong District, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam.

6 June 2022: Added Stumpffia lynnae (Microhylidae), named by Mullin, Rakotomanga, Dawson, Glaw, Rakotoarison, Orozco-terWengel, and Scherz, 2022, ZooKeys, 1104: 1–28, from the Ambohitantely Special Reserve, Analamanga Region, central Madagascar.

6 June 2022: Added Leptobrachella shimentaina (Megophryidae), named by J. Wang, Z.-T. Lyu, and Y.-Y. Wang in Wang, Qi, Dai, Lyu, Zeng, Chen, Li, Zhao, Wang, and Wang, 2022, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 98: 165–180, from Jiuzhou Yizhan, Shimentai Nature Reserve, Yingde City, Guangdong Province, China.

5 June 2022: Recognized 3 subfamilies (Acanthixalinae, Hyperoliinae, and Kassininae) within Hyperoliidae, leaving Arlequinus, Callixalus, and Chrysobatrachus unassigned, following the revision of Nečas, Kielgast, Nagy, Chifundera, and Gvoždík, 2022, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 174 (107514): 1–11, who provided a molecular tree and taxonomy, as well as correcting chimeric sequences which had led other authors' previous phylogenetic efforts astray.

3 June 2022: Added a comment under Ambystoma barbouri (Ambystomatidae), noting the publication of Beer, Kane, Micheletti, Kozakiewicz, and Storfer, 2022, Evol. Appl., 15: 220–236, who reported on landscape genetics and environmental change.

3 June 2022: Added a comment under Chiropterotriton ceronorum (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Aguilar-López, Pineda-Arredondo, and García-Bañuelos, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 202–205, who added a new collection site, discussed the range and natural history.

3 June 2022: Added a comment under Ambystoma bishopi (Ambystomatidae), noting the publication of Palis, Gorman, and Pauly, 2022, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 929: 1–21, who provided a detailed account and literature review as well as a range map.

31 May 2022: Added a comment under Boana pulchella (Hylidae), noting the publication of Zárate-Betzel, Núñez, Mendoza, Ortíz, Salinas, and Weiler, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 102–106, who provided the first record in 30 years from southern Paraguay.

31 May 2022: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Telmatobufo venustus (Calyptocephalellidae), noting the publication of González-Véliz, Valdés-Puga, Espinoza-Carbullanca, Serrano-Serrano, and Velásquez, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 68–72, who provided records from the Región de Ñuble, Chile, discussed previous records of the species, and provided a dot map for the distribution.

31 May 2022: Added a comment under Bolitoglossa eremia (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Núñez-Robles, Gutiérrez-Godoy, Flores-Turcios, Meléndez-López, Morales-Arroyo, Santa Cruz-Huard, González-Martínez, and Ariano-Sánchez, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 38–40, who provided a second locality in the highlands of Jalapa, Guatemala (Community Reserve Bosque Encantado in Ladinos Pardos village) and discussed the distribution and conservation status.

31 May 2022: Added comments under Uperodon systoma and Uperodon globulosus (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Prasad, Chuang, Das, Ramesh, Yi, Dinesh, and Borzée, 2022, BMC Zool., 7 (27): 1–12, who detailed the advertisement calls in sympatry in Madhya Pradesh, central India.

30 May 2022: Modified the range statements of Scinax kennedyi and Scinax rostratus (Hylidae) and added comments under those records noting the publication of Lopes and Giaretta, 2022, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 22 (e202262036): 1–8, who transferred the record of Scinax rostratus from Roraima, Brazil, to Scinax kennedyi and provided an extensive comparative discussion of the morphology and advertisement calls of the two species.

27 May 2022: Added a comment under Smilisca phaeota (Hylidae), noting the publication of Gil-González, Londoño-Quiceno, Rojas-Rivera, and Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, 2022, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 8: 69–92, who provided a review, with special reference to Colombia, including discussions of morphology, advertisement call, natural history, photograph, and a range map for Colombia.

27 May 2022: Added a comment under Nymphargus rosada (Centrolenidae), noting the publication of Patiño-Ocampo, Montoya-Marín, Correa-Medina, Jiménez-Vargas, and Duarte-Marín, 2022, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 8: 62–68, who provided a review, including a photograph, morphology, natural history, and distribution map.

27 May 2022: Added a comment under Hyloscirtus antioquia (Hylidae), noting the publication of Correa-Medina, González-Garzón, and Rivera-Correa, 2022, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 8: 55–61, who provided a review of the species, including systematics, morphology, advertisement call, range map, natural history, and geographic distribution.

27 May 2022: Added a comment under Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi (Centrolenidae), noting the publication of Barona-Cortés and Mendoza-Henao, 2022, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 8: 43–54, who provided a detailed review, with a focus on the Colombian segment of the range, of the morphology, natural history, range in Colombia, advertisement call, reproduction, and conservation status.

27 May 2022: Added a comment under Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Eleutherodactylidae), noting the publication of Ortega-Chinchilla, Cabanzo-Olarte, and Flechas-Hernández, 2022, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 8: 27–34, who provided a detailed review with a focus on Colombia of the literature, morphology, advertisement call, natural history, range in Colombia, and photographs.

27 May 2022: Added a comment under Atelopus spurrelli (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Rueda-Isaza, Garzón-Franco, Alzate-Zapata, and Arredondo-Salgar, 2022, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 8: 17–26, who provided a detailed account of the literature, morphology, natural history, questionable records, photographs, and range map.

27 May 2022: Added a comment under Allobates niputidea (Aromobatidae), noting the publication of Colón-Piñeiro, Murillo-Bedoya, Ospina-L., and García-Cobos, 2022, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 8: 1–9, who provided a detailed account of the literature, morphology, natural history, advertisement call, a photograph, and range map.

27 May 2022: Revised the range of Gephyromantis malagasius (Mantellidae) and added Gephyromantis fiharimpe, Gephyromantis matsilo, Gephyromantis oelkrugi, and Gephyromantis portonae, which previously had been confused with Gephyromantis malagasius, named by Vences, Köhler, Crottini, Hofreiter, Hutter, Du Preez, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Rosa, Scherz, and Glaw, 2022, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 72: 271–309, as part of their revision of the subgenus Laurentomantis. The authors also discussed Gephyromantis horridus and Gephyromantis ranjomavo, as well as placing Gephyromantis ventrimaculatus into the synonymy of Gephyromantis malagasius.

27 May 2022: Added a comment under Hyloxalus vergeli (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication by Mendoza-Henao, Acevedo-Charry, and Galeano, 2022, Zootaxa, 5141: 394–400, who reported on the advertisement call from the Magdalena Valley of Colombia.

25 May 2022: Added comments under Yunganastes (Strabomantidae) and Pristimantis (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of García-Gómez, Pereyra, Cabra-García, and Ospina-Sarria, 2022, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 136: 264–281, who reported on the evolutionary of secondary sexual characters, providing morphological synapomorphies for Yunganastes and the Pristimantis devillei and Pristimantis unistrigatus species groups and otherwise demonstrating considerable homoplasy in these characteristics.

25 May 2022: Added comments under Ommatotriton (Salamandridae), Ommatotriton nesterovi, Ommatotriton ophryticus, and Ommatotriton vittatus noting the publication of van Riemsdijk, Arntzen, Babik, Bogaerts, Franzen, Kalaentzis, Litvinchuk, Olgun, Wijnands, and Wielstra, 2022, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 167 (107361): 1–9, who reported on the molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography.

24 May 2022: Modified the range statements of Kurixalus odontotarsus and Raorchestes longchuanensis (Rhacophoridae) to include northern Thailand, based on the genetically confirmed records provided by Wu, Suwannapoom, Poyarkov, Gao, Karuno, and Yuan, 2022, Russ. J. Herpetol., 29: 1–18.

24 May 2022: Added Rhacophorus trangdinhensis (Rhacophoridae), named by Kropachev, Evsyunin, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2022, Russ. J. Herpetol., 29: 35–46, from Tri Phuong commune, Trang Dinh district, Lang Son Province, northeastern Vietnam, (22.268° N 106.458° E, 200 m).

24 May 2022: Added a comment under Pelobates balcanicus (Pelobatidae), noting the publication of Koynova, Marinova, and Natchev, 2022, Herpetol. Notes, 15: 303–305, who reported specimens from Vetrishte, Shumen Province, northeastern Bulgaria.

21 May 2022: Modified the range statement for Alsodes valdiviensis (Alsodidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Rabanal, Correa-Quezada, and Gargiulo, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 54–64, who reported a specimen from Isla Grande de Chiloé, southern Chile, and discussed its range.

20 May 2022: Added a comment under Incilius tacanensis (Bufonidae), noting the publication of McCarthy, Shinn, Luna-Reyes, and Mendelson, 2022, ZooKeys, 1102: 149–161, who redescribed the species, summarized its biology and conservation status, and provided a range map.

12 May 2022: Made substantial changes in Hyperolius (Hyperoliidae), extending from the revision by Channing, 2022, Zootaxa, 5134: 301–354, who discussed the systematics of the Hyperolius viridiflavus group, reidentified a number of GenBank sequences, redelimited the species, provided range maps, a molecular tree, and a summary of the color patterns for all of the named taxa in the synonymies, and characterized the advertisement calls. Species affected are Hyperolius viridiflavus, Hyperolius marmoratus, Hyperolius marginatus, Hyperolius parallelus, Hyperolius nitidulus, Hyperolius glandicolor, Hyperolius tuberculatus, Hyperolius mariae, Hyperolius noblei, Hyperolius goetzei, Hyperolius spatzi, Hyperolius bangwae, and Hyperolius dintelmanni.

6 May 2022: Added Theloderma hekouense (Rhacophoridae), named by Du, Wang, Liu, and Yu, 2022, ZooKeys, 1099: 123–138, from Hekou, Yunnan, China. Previous confused with Theloderma rhododiscus.

6 May 2022: Added a comment under Brachytarsophrys feae (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Chuaynkern, Makchai, and Chuaynkern, 2022, Agr. Nat. Res., Thailand, 56: 225–232, who reported on larval morphology from a population in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

6 May 2022: Added a comment under Kaloula nonggangensis (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Wei, Song, Yuan, and Wu, 2020, Chinese J. Zool., 55: 53–57, who reported the species from Wenshan National Nature Reserve (23°21′41″ N, 104°50′26″ E, altitude 1 300 m) near the town of Fadou, Xichou County, Yunnan Province, China

6 May 2022: Added a comment under Paramesotriton deloustali (Salamandridae) noting the publication of Wei, Liu, Wen, Zhang, Wang, and Yuan, 2021, Chinese J. Zool., 56: 617–623, who discussed morphology, molecular phylogenetics and habitat in southern Yunnan, China.

3 May 2022: Modified the range statement for, and added a comment to, the Paramesotriton longliensis (Salamandridae) record, noting the publication of Li, Wei, Rao, and Yuan, 2021, Sichuan J. Zool., 40: 310–311, who provided a record from Malipo County, southern Yunnan, China, near the Vietnam border.

3 May 2022: Added a comment to the Melanophryniscus dorsalis (Bufonidae) record, noting the publication of Freire, Regnet, Machado, Loebmann, and Verrastro, 2022, Zootaxa, 5129: 442–446, who reported on larval morphology.

2 May 2022: Added Desmognathus pascagoula (Plethodontidae), named by Pyron, O'Connell, Lamb, and Beamer, 2022, Zootaxa, 5133: 53–82, from southeastern Mississippi and southwestern Alamabama.

29 April 2022: Added a comment under Rana wuyiensis (Ranidae), noting the publication of Wang, Zhang, Cai, Ding, and Zhang, 2022, MtDNA, Part B, 7: 676–677, who reported on the complete mt genome and on this evidentiary basis placed this as the sister taxon of Rana johnsi.

29 April 2022: Added a comment under Salamandra infraimmaculata (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Candan, 2022, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 16 (1: e307): 136–147, who provided a new record from Ivriz, Halkapınar, Konya Province, Turkey, and discussed morphometrics and niche modeling of the species.

28 April 2022: Added Bolitoglossa cathyledecae (Plethodontidae), named by Ponce, Navarro, Morales, and Batista, 2022, Zootaxa, 5129: 543–556, from La Amistad International Park, in the highlands of western Panama.

28 April 2022: Corrected a number of ranges to conform to the publication of Gvozdenović and Iković, 2022, Nat. Montenegrina, Podgorica, 14: 93–105, who reported on the amphibians and reptiles of Montenegro and their conservation status.

28 April 2022: Added a comment under Amazophrynella (Bufonidae), noting the publication by Moraes, Werneck, Réjaud, Rodrigues, Prates, Glaw, Kok, Ron, Chaparro, Osorno-Muñoz, Vechio, Recoder, Marques-Souza, Rojas-Zamora, Demay, Hrbek, and Fouquet, 2022, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 136: 75–91, who reported on the molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the species and suggested that several more species remain to be named.

27 April 2022: Modified the range statement of Zhangixalus burmanus (Rhacophoridae) and added a comment, noting the publication of Saikia, Sinha, Nanda, and Sengupta, 2022, Reptiles & Amphibians, 29: 268–269, who provided a record from Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, northern India; they also mapped voucher-verified records from Nagaland and Manipur, India and noted that records from Bhutan and western Arunachal Pradesh are based solely on photographs.

27 April 2022: Modified the range statement of Pristimantis jaguensis (Strabomantidae) and added a comment, noting the publication of Rivera-Correa, Correa-Medina, Venegas-Valencia, and Daza-R., 2022, Herpetol. Notes, 15: 215–227, who reported on the geographic and ecological distribution, its advertisement call, and high genetic diversity.

27 April 2022: Modified the range statement of Kaloula pulchra (Microhylidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Pankaj and Nath, 2022, Reptiles & Amphibians, 29: 275–276, who provided a record from Jharkhand, India.

22 April 2022: Modified the range statement for Trachycephalus hadroceps (Hylidae), and added a comment under that species noting the publication of Pinheiro, Santos-Costa, and Bitar, 2022, Herpetol. Notes, 15: 199–201, who reported the species from Caxiuanã National Forest, also from Pará State, Brazil, situated on the southern bank of the Amazon, between the Xingu and Tocantins Rivers.

20 April 2022: Added Tylototriton tongziensis (Salamandridae), named by Li, Liu, Shi, Wei, and Wang, 2022, Zootaxa, 5128: 248–268, from Huanglian Nature Reserve, Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, China.

15 April 2022: Added a comment under Ambystoma mavortium (Ambystomatidae), noting the publication of Hossack, Lemos-Espinal, Sigafus, Muths, Carreón Arroyo, Toyos Martinez, Hurtado Felix, Molina Padilla, Goldberg, Jones, Sredl, Chambert, and Rorabaugh, 2022, Amphibia-Reptilia, 43: 13–23, who reported on the range in northern Sonora, Mexico, and discussed conservation issues.

13 April 2022: Placed Strongylopus springbokensis (Pyxicephalidae) into the synonymy of Strongylopus grayii, Strongylopus fuelleborni, Strongylopus kitumbeine, and Strongylopus kilimanjaro into the synonymy of Strongylopus merumontanus, and added comments under Strongylopus, Strongylopus bonaespei, Strongylopus fasciatus, Strongylopus grayii, Strongylopus rhodesianus, Strongylopus wageri, and Strongylopus merumontanus, noting the publication of Channing, Schmitz, Zancolli, Conradie, and Rödel, 2022, Rev. Suisse Zool., 129: 243–281, who reported on the molecular phylogenetics, systematics, advertisement calls, morphology, color patterns, and distributions of the species in the genus.

11 April 2022: Added a comment under Rhacophoridae, noting the publication of Ellepola, Pie, Pethiyagoda, Hanken, and Meegaskumbura, 2022, Commun. Biol., 5(347): 1–14, who reported on species diversification and reproductive mode evolution within a molecular phylogenetic context.

11 April 2022: Added a comment under Pseudoeurycea lineola (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Sandoval-Comte, Vázquez-Corzas, and Pineda-Arredondo, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 105–108, who verified the occurrence in the municipality of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, and described habitat.

10 April 2022: Added a comment under Kaloula (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Othman, Putri, Messenger, Bae, Yang, Bova, Reed, Amin, Chuang, Jang, and Borzée, 2022, Integrative Zool., 17: 261–284, who reported on mtDNA phylogenetics and biogeography of the species within the genus.

10 April 2022: Added a comment under Pelophylax caralitanus (Ranidae), noting the publication of Kıraç, Gidiş, Mert, and Başkale, 2022, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 16 (e303): 76–85, who reported on the alarming and pending habitat diminution of range due to climate change.

10 April 2022: Added a comment under Ambystoma velasci (Ambystomatidae), noting the publication of Morales Garcia, Morales Garcia, Leyte-Manrique, and García Díaz, 2021, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 4: 173–176, who reported several localities in the vicinity of Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.

9 April 2022: Added a comment under Hynobius tsuensis (Hynobiidae), noting the publications of Niwa, Kuro-o, and Nishikawa, 2021, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 38: 259–266 (report on mtDNA–cyt b) and Niwa, Yoshikawa, Nishikawa, and Matsui, 2022, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 41: 125–131 (report on microsatellite data) who found that nominal Hynobius tsuensis is composed of two independent lineages.

9 April 2022: Added a comment under Leptodactylus (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Cáffaro, Medina, Ponssa, and Díaz Gómez, 2022, Zool. Stud., Taipei, 61(5): 1–13, on the molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Leptodactylus fuscus group of species.

8 April 2022: Added comments under the Curator's Blog, and Occidozyga (the exemplar taxon) noting the publication of Chan, Hertwig, Neokleous, Flury, and Brown, 2022, BMC Ecol. Evol., 22 (37): 1–9. I am seeing too many species descriptions and estimations of relationships being based solely on 16s rDNA (or some fragment thereof). My queasiness extended initially from the maternal inheritance of mtDNA and knowing that, at least in some lizards, populations of one well-marked species can carry the mitochondria of another via hybridization and subsequent introgression. So, I was pleased to see this discussion on the erratic or poor results of 16s rDNA-only studies of phylogenetic estimation and species delimitation. Let's hope it gets read where it might make a difference.

8 April 2022: Added a comment under Ceratophrys aurita (Ceratophryidae), noting the publication of Mira-Mendes, Dias, Costa, Costa, Silva, Weber, and Zina, 2022, Zootaxa, 5124: 594–600, who reported on the external and internal oral cavity anatomy of the larva.

8 April 2022: Added Craugastor bitonium, Craugastor candelariensis, Craugastor cueyatl, Craugastor polaclavus, Craugastor portilloensis, and Craugastor rubinus (Craugastoridae), all named by Jameson, Streicher, Manuelli, Head, and Smith, 2022, Herpetol. Monogr., 36: 1–48, as part of their study of the molecular phylogenetics, systematics, morphometrics, and miniaturization in frogs of their Craustor mexicanus series of Mexico and Guatemala. This also made for changes in range statements and addition of comments under Craugastor, and the other members of this group: Craugastor mexicanus, Craugastor omiltemanus, Craustor pygmaeus, and Craugastor saltator.

4 April 2022: Added a comment under Mantidactylus bellyi (Mantellidae), noting the publication of Rasolonjatovo, Scherz, Schmidt, Glos, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, and Vences, 2022, PLoS One, 17(3: e0263764): 1–28, who reported on population diversification in mtDNA, morphology, bioacoustics, and ecology.

4 April 2022: Added comments under Lyciasalamandra flavimembris and Lyciasalamandra fazilae (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Dilbe, Kıraç, and Başkale, 2022, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 16 (1: e305: 94–105, who provided dot and niche-modeling distribution maps.

2 April 2022: Added Hynobius sumidai and Hynobius geiyoensis (Hynobiidae) from Honshu I., Japan, named by Sugawara, Naito, Iwata, and Nagano, 2022, Bull. Kanagawa Prefect. Mus. (Nat. Sci.), 51: 35–46, who noted that the species had previously been confused with Hynobius akiensis.

2 April 2022: Added Hynobius owariensis (Hynobiidae), partitioned out of the former range of Hynobius vandenburghi, by Sugawara, Fujitani, Seguchi, Sawahata, and Nagano, 2022, Bull. Kanagawa Prefect. Mus. (Nat. Sci.), 51: 47–59. from the Chita Peninsula and surrounding areas of Nagoya-shi, Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

2 April 2022: Added comments under Sphaenorhynchus (Hylidae) and Gabohyla pauloalvini (Hylidae), noting the publication of Pereira Silva, Ceron, Silva, and Santana, 2022, Ecol. Evol., 12(e8754): 1–15, who reported on phylogenetics and biogeography of the tribe Sphaenorhynchini.

1 April 2022: Added a comment under Bokermannohyla saxicola (Hylidae), noting the publication of Oswald, Lemes, Thomé, Pezzuti, Santos, Garcia, Leite, and Magalhães, 2022, J. Biogeograph., 49: 682–698, who reported on molecular biogeography and detection of four significant lineages.

29 March 2022: Added a comment under Rhacophorus malabaricus (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Sandeep, Joelin, Sanil, and Antony, 2022, Zoosystema, 44: 159–176, who reported on the ontogeny from egg, through larval stages, to metamorphosis.

29 March 2022: Added comments under Proceratophrys (Odontophrynidae) and Proceratophrys cristiceps, noting the publication of Vieira, Oliveira, Vieira, and Alves, 2022, PeerJ, 10(e12879): 1–30, who reported on morphometric and chromatic variation within nominal Proceratophrys cristiceps and suggested that the number of species within the Proceratophrys cristiceps group is over-estimated.

28 March 2022: Attempted to bring the synonymy of Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Cryptobranchidae) up to speed with reference to the detailed nomenclatural discussion of Frétey and Raffaëlli, 2021, Bionomina, 25: 35–51. The authors recommend a five-species model (of which 2 remain without names) based on the formally unpublished work of Hime, 2017, Unpubl. PhD Diss., which although available online does not meet the requirements for publication.

24 March 2022: Added comments under Pseudopaludicola boliviana, Pseudopaludicola saltica, Pseudopaludicola murundu, and Pseudopaludicola jaredi (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Andrade, Haga, Lyra, Gazoni, Zaracho, Haddad, Toledo, and Giaretta, 2022, Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ., 57: 66–82, who discussed and extended the geographic ranges on the basis of evidence from to call parameters, morphometrics, and molecular markers.

19 March 2022: Added a comment under Scinax belloni (Hylidae), noting the publication of Bang, Vidigal, Marinho, and Giaretta, 2022, Neotropical Biodiversity, 8: 68–72, who reported on the vocal repertoire.

19 March 2022: Added comments under Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Bufonidae), Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Dicroglossidae), Fejervarya limnocharis (Dicroglossidae), Polypedates leucomystax (Rhacophoridae), and Leptobrachium smithi (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Chakravorty, Borah, and Bordoloi, 2002, Bull. Life Sci., India, 10: 47–54, who described larval morphology at Gosner stage 38 from populations in Assam, India.

18 March 2022: Added Hyalinobatrachium mashpi (from Mashpi Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador) and Hyalinobatrachium nouns (from Cordillera de Toisán, Imbabura Province, Ecuador), named by Guayasamin, Brunner, Valencia-Aguilar, Franco-Mena, Ringler, Medina Armijos, Morochz, Bustamante, Maynard, and Culebras, 2022, PeerJ, 10(e13109): 1–34.

18 March 2022: Modified the range statement to include Mizoram, India, and added a comment under Nasutixalus jerdonii (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Muansanga, Malsawmdawngliana, Mathipi, Bualchhuak, and Lalremsanga, 2022, Reptiles & Amphibians, 29: 55–58, who reported on the range in Mizoram, India, and diet.

18 March 2022: Corrected the authorship of Ramanella Rao in Rao and Ramanna, 1925 (now a synonym of Uperodon, Microhylidae) and corrected the spelling of the name Ramanella symbiotica (= Uperodon variegata), following the discussion by Sherwood, 2022, Reptiles & Amphibians, 29: 257–258.

18 March 2022: Added Amolops aniquiaoensis (Ranidae) to the Indian fauna. Saikia, Laskar, Sinha, Debnath, Sengupta, Das, Shabnam, Kharkongor, and Dinesh, 2022, Reptiles & Amphibians, 29: 214–224, reported the species and Amolops andicola from Siyum towards Taliha, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (28.337°N, 94.031°E; elev. 563 m asl). They also provided a genetically-confirmed record of Amolops indoburmanensis from Murlen Village, Champhai District, Mizoram, India.

13 March 2022: Added a comment under Ameerega pulchripecta (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication of Pezzuti, Araújo, Sanches, Pedroso-Santos, Dias-Souza, and Costa-Campos, 2022, Zootaxa, 5115: 295–300, who described the tadpole and its chondrocranium.

11 March 2022: Added a comment under Arthroleptis wahlbergii (Arthroleptidae), noting the publication of Buschau, Jordaan, Conradie, and Daniels, 2022, J. Biogeograph., 49: 445–459, who reported on mtDNA phylogeography.

8 March 2022: Added comments under most species of Desmognathus (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Pyron, O'Connell, Lemmon, Lemmon, and Beamer, 2022, Ecol. Evol., 12 (2: e8574): 1–38, who provided molecular evidence of whether current species names applied to complexes of unnamed lineages or where the represent cohesive single lineages.

7 March 2022: Added a comment under Pipa (Pipidae), noting the publication of Fouquet, Cornuault, Rodrigues, Werneck, Hrbek, Acosta-Galvis, Massemin, Kok, and Ernst, 2022, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 170 (107442): 1–14, who reported on molecular phylogenetics, biogeography, and reproductive evolutionamong the species.

7 March 2022: Made a relatively large number of comments extending from the publication by Badjedjea, Masudi, Akaibe, and Gvoždík, 2022, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 16 (1: e301): 35–70, who commented on the amphibians of Kokolopori Bonobo Nature Reserve, Tshuapa Province, Dem. Rep. Congo. What makes this publication particularly interesting and useful is that it does not gloss over problems with identification or with existing taxonomy, but provides lucid if brief summaries of the state of knowledge.

7 March 2022: Added Allobates paleci (Aromobatidae), named by Silva, Marques, Folly, and Santana, 2022, PeerJ, 10 (e13026): 7–8, from the right bank of the Teles Pires River, Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Brazil .

4 March 2022: Modified the range statement for Alsodes coppingeri (Alsodidae) and added a comment to that record noting the publication of Barrasso, Úbeda, Cotichelli, and Basso, 2022, Neotropical Biodiversity, 8: 21–30, who reported and confirmed genetically the species from near Lago del Desierto, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina and provided a dot range map for the species.

1 March 2022: Added Onychodactylus pyrrhonotus (Hynobiidae), named by Yoshikawa and Matsui, 2022, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 41: 82–100, from central Honshu, Japan.

28 February 2022: Added comments under Bufo torrenticola (Bufonidae) and Bufo japonicus, noting the publication by Tanaka and Nishikawa, 2022, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 41: 8–23, who compared their morphological larval development .

27 February 2022: Added a comment under Tylototriton verrucosus (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Pomchote, Peerachidacho, Sapewisut, Hernandez, Onishi, and Nishikawa, 2022, J. Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 15: 30–39, who reported on the morphological variation, conservation status, and molecular markers of a population from Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park (DPHPNP), Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand.

23 February 2022: Added Stumpffia bishopi (Microhylidae), named by Rakotoarison, Glaw, Rasolonjatovo, Razafindraibe, Vences, and Scherz, 2022, Evol. Syst., 6: 21–33, from high elevations of the Montagne d’Ambre, northern Madagascar.

16 February 2022: Added Theloderma khoii (Rhacophoridae), named by Ninh, Nguyen, Nguyen, Hoang, Siliyavong, Nguyen, Le, Le, and Ziegler, 2022, Eur. J. Taxon., 794: 72-90, from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam, near the Yunnan, China, border.

16 February 2022: Added comments under Leptodactylus (Leptodactylidae), Leptodactylus latrans, Leptodactylus luctator, Leptodactylus paranaru, and Leptodactylus payaya, noting the publication by Magalhães, Camurugi, Lyra, Baldo, Gehara, Haddad, and Garda, 2022, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 169 (107398): 1–15, who reported on systematics, evolutionary history, and ranges of the members of Leptodactylus latrans complex.

16 February 2022: Modified the range statement for Phyllobates bicolor (Dendrobatidae) and added a comment in that record noting the publication of González-Santoro, Palacios-Rodríguez, Hernández-Restrepo, Mejía-Vargas, and Amézquita, 2022, Zootaxa, 5100: 145–150, who described the advertisement and courtship calls from a population found in Santa Cecilia, Risaralda, Colombia, and discussed previous literature.

16 February 2022: Added a comment under Rhinella festae (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Batallas-Revelo and Brito-M., 2022, Neotropical Biodiversity, 8: 31–34, who reported on the call.

16 February 2022: Added Synapturanus danta (Microhylidae), named by Chávez, Thompson, Sánchez, Chávez-Arribasplata, and Catenazzi, 2022, Evol. Syst., 6: 14. Holotype: CORBIDI 21050, by original designation. Type locality: "Campamento Quebrada Federico (02° 31'34.7"S, 70° 39'17.2"W; 110 m a.s.l.), Putumayo Province, Loreto Department, Peru". http://zoobank.orgC55B4D25-62C8-42C2-8AA0-501F9086BC02

15 February 2022: Added a comment under Phyllodytes amadoi (Hylidae), noting the publication of Vörös, Dias, Bolaños, and Solé, 2022, Salamandra, 58: 71–75, who described larval morphology from the type locality.

15 February 2022: Added Elachistocleis sikuani (Microhylidae), named Acosta-Galvis, Tonini, and de Sá, 2022, Zootaxa, 5099: 547–548, from Maní Municipality, Casanare Department, Colombia, and, by the same author, Elachistocleis tinigua, from La Macarena Municipality, Meta Department, Colombia.

15 February 2022: Added Gastrotheca flavodactyla (Hemiphractidae), named by Echevarría, Paluh, García Ayachi, Venegas, Catenazzi, Pradel, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2022, Salamandra, 58: 1–23, from Cruz Grande, Ongón District, Pataz province, La Libertad department, Peru, and, also in the same paper, Gastrotheca trachyplevra, from María, Colcamar District, Luya province, Amazonas department, Peru.

15 February 2022: Added comments under Nasikabatrachidae and Sooglossidae, together forming the superfamily Sooglossoidea, noting the publication of Blotto, Biju, Pereyra, Araujo-Vieira, Faivovich, and Grant, 2022, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 135: 336–393, who reported on hand and foot musculature, including synapomorphies of the superfamily, convergences within the taxon, and who discussed hind limb digging in anurans.

15 February 2022: Added a comment under Mantellinae (Mantellidae), noting the publication of Mezzasalma, Andreone, Odierna, Guarino, and Crottini, 2022, Comp. Cytogenet., 16: 1–16, who reported on karyological evolution within the subfamily.

14 February 2022: Added a comment under Dendrobatoidea, noting the publication of Cavalcanti, Luna, Faivovich, and Grant, 2022, J. Anat., 240: 447–465, who reported on morphological synapomorphies of groups within the superfamily with special reference to the morphology of the hands.

14 February 2022: Added Microhyla nakkavaram (Microhylidae), named by Garg, Sivaperuman, Gokulakrishnan, Chandramouli, and Biju, 2022, Zool. Stud., Taipei, 61 (2): 1–23, from Great Nicobar Island, Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, India. The authors also addressed the confusing status of Microhyla heymonsi.

11 February 2022: Added Tylototriton daloushanensis Zhou, Xiao & Luo in Luo, Yan, Xiao, Wei, Deng, and Zhou, 2022, Zool. Syst., Beijing, 47: 66–88, from . Holotype: GZNU 20180806001, by original designation. Type locality: "Huoqiuba Nature Reserve, Suiyang, Guizhou, China, . . . (28.4805° N, 107.0764° E, elev. 1501 m; . . .)". urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D500F784-FB70-41CE-B901-C3141147832D

10 February 2022: Added comments to > 65 species records, noting the remarkable publication of Pezzuti, Leite, Rossa-Feres, and Garcia, 2021, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 22 (Special Issue): 1–109, who described and discussed larval morphology and natural history as well as providing an in-depth discussion of previous efforts towards larval description, and an identification key to the larvae of the region of the Espinhaço Range, southeastern Brazil. There is no way I could do this publication justice in small comments; the density of information in this publication is impressive.

9 February 2022: Added three species of Boulenophrys (Megophryidae) from Guangdong, China, published in Wang, Zeng, Lyu, Qi, Liu, Chen, Lu, Xiao, Lin, Chen, and Wang, 2022, Zootaxa, 5099: 91–119: (1) Boulenophrys fengshunensis Wang, Zeng, Lyu, and Wang, from Mt. Tongguzhang, Fengshun, Meizhou; (2) Boulenophrys hungtai Wang, Zeng, Lyu, Xiao, and Wang from Mt. Liwangzhang, Jiexi, Jieyang; and (3) Boulenophrys puningensis Wang, Zeng, Lyu, Xiao, and Wang from Longkeng Village, Daping Town, Puning, Jieyang.

9 February 2022: Added comments and to a number of Ptychadena records (Ptychadenidae) and modified range statements to comply with the evidence provided by Reyes-Velasco, Goutte, Freilich, and Boissinot, 2021, ZooKeys, 1070: 135–149, who examined DNA of type specimens to clarify identities and name applications within the Ptychadena neumanni complex in Ethiopia.

9 February 2022: Modified the range statement and added a comment, noting the publication of Wu, Pawangkhanant, Chen, Gao, Suwannapoom, and Che, 2021, Biodiversity Data J., 9 (e74097): 1–15, who reported Leptobrachella ventripunctata (Megophryidae), genetically confirmed, from Doi Tung, Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand, 650 m elevation.

9 February 2022: Added a comment under Euphlyctis karaavali (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Dinesh, Channakeshavamurthy, Deepak, and Ghosh, 2021, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 12: 355–361, who discussed conservation status, range (including a dot map), morphometrics, and molecular markers.

8 February 2022: Added Diasporus lynchi (Eleutherodactylidae), named by Ospina-Sarria, Velásquez-Trujillo, Castaño Saavedra, Castillo, and Bolívar-García, 2022, PeerJ, 10(e12765): 1–22, from San Marcos, 54 m elevation, on the Río Tatabro (= tributary of Río Anchicayá, 3° 41′ N, 76° 56′ W; datum = WGS84), Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

7 February 2022: Added Scinax albertinae (Hylidae), named by Ferrão, Moravec, Ferreira, Moraes, and Hanken, 2022, Breviora, 573: 1–36, from the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve, municipality of Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brazil.

6 February 2022: Added Eleutherodactylus potosiensis (Eleutherodactylidae), named by Hernández-Austria, García-Vázquez, Grünwald, and Parra-Olea, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (1: 2014597): 1–20, from El Nacimiento, near 12 km northeast of the municipality of Tanlajás, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Eleutherodactylus rubrimaculatus was also resurrected from the synonymy of Eleutherodactylus nebulosus.

4 February 2022: Added a comment under Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Hylidae) noting the publication of Airaldi-Wood, Pérez de Molas, and González-Soria, 2021, Kempffiana, 17(2): 22–29, who reported the species from Caaguazu Department, eastern Paraguay, and summarized the records for that country.

4 February 2022: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Leptobrachella eos (Megophryidae) noting the first record for Thailand published by Wu, Chen, Pawangkhanant, Yothawut, Karuno, Suwannapoom, and Che, 2022, Herpetozoa, Wien, 35: 25–32.

4 February 2022: Added many citations to Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 1–113, who provided keys to genera and brief discussions of the habitat, range, and systematics of the species of amphibians found, or expected to be found, in Myanmar. A very useful volume.

3 February 2022: Added Pristimantis cryptopictus (Strabomantidae), named by Patiño-Ocampo, Duarte-Marín, and Rivera-Correa, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 60–90. from the northern part of the Cordillera Central of Colombia.

31 January 2022: Added a comment under Triturus karelinii (Salamandridae), noting the publication by Pourhallaji, Dargahi, Kami, Rastegar-Pouyani, and Abed, 2021, J. Wildl. Biodivers., Arak, 5: 44–52, who reported on species distribution modelling in Iran.

25 January 2022: Added Pristimantis blasi (Strabomantidae), named by Duarte-Marín, Montoya-Marín, and Rivera-Gómez, 2022, Zootaxa, 5093: 218–232 from ESMA Alto Amurrupá, Santa Cecilia, municipality of Pueblo Rico, department of Risaralda, Colombia.

23 January 2022: Modified the range statement of Peltophryne florentinoi (Bufonidae) and added a comment, noting the publication of Díaz, Lemm, Briggs, Clark, Dannenberg, Gamber, Kelly, Laughlin, Markowski, Shelley, and Van Bakel, 2019, Novit. Caribaea, Santo Domingo, 13: 122–124, who provided a record from Guajimico, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba.

23 January 2022: Added Conraua kamancamarai (Conrauidae), named by Neira-Salamea, Doumbia, Hillers, Sandberger-Loua, Kouamé, Brede, Schäfer, Blackburn, Barej, and Rödel, 2022, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 98: 23–42, from the Fouta Djallon Region, Guinea.

21 January 2022: Added a comment under Eleutherodactylus patriciae (Eleutherodactylidae), noting the publication of Marte-Pimental, Díaz, and Incháustegui, 2022, Novit. Caribaea, Santo Domingo, 19: 1–13, who reported on the advertisement call.

21 January 2022: Added a comment under Hyperolius fusciventris (Hyperoliidae), noting the sympatry of Hyperolius fusciventris fusciventris and Hyperolius fusciventris lamtoensis in Tai National Park, southwestern Ivory Coast, suggesting that they represent distinct species; also added a comment under Amnirana albolabris (Ranidae), noting an unnamed species, both comments resting on the publication of Oussou, Assemian, Kouadio, and Tiédoué , 2022, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 16 (1, e298): 1–13.

20 January 2022: Added a comment under Zhangixalus (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Dufresnes, Ambu, Prasad, Borzée, and Litvinchuk, 2022, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 135: 40–51.

20 January 2022: Added comments under Rhacophorus bipunctatus (Rhacophoridae) and Xenophrys serchhipii (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Raj, Dutta, and Lalremsanga, 2022, Zootaxa, 5092: 493–500, who described larval morphology.

20 January 2022: Added a comment under Paradactylodon mustersi (Hynobiidae), noting the publication of Böhme and Jablonski, 2022, Bonn Zool. Bull., 71: 1–7, who provided a translation and discussion of Nawabi, 1965, Science, Kabul, 1965: 21–25 (in Farsi and not seen), on the life history and morphology.

17 January 2022: Placed Limnonectes liui into the synonymy of Limnonectes limborgi (Dicroglossidae), following the publication of Huang, Li, Liu, Stuart, Yuan, and Zhao, 2022, Zootaxa, 5092: 116–126.

17 January 2022: Added Pristimantis postducheminorum (Strabomantidae), named by Palacios-Rodríguez, Daza-R., and Mazariegos-H., 2022, Zootaxa, 5092: 67–84, from the municipality of Andes, Department of Antioquia, Colombia.

17 January 2022: Modified ranges, added Gephyromantis pedronoi (Mantellidae, from southeastern Madagascar), placed Gephyromantis sculpturatus into the synonymy of Gephyromantis plicifer, and added comments reflecting the dense genetic study of the Gephyromantis plicifer complex (Gephyromantis luteus, Gephyromantis plicifer, and Gephyromantis sculpturatus), including genetic data from relevent types, by Vences, Köhler, Andreone, Craul, Crottini, Du Preez, Preick, Rancilhac, Rödel, Scherz, Streicher, Hofreiter, and Glaw, 2021, Spixiana, München, 44: 175–202.

15 January 2022: Added comments under Triturus karelinii (Salamandridae), Pelobates syriacus (Pelobatidae), Pelodytes caucasicus (Pelodytidae), Bufo verrucosissimus (Bufonidae), Bufotes sitibundus (Bufonidae), Hyla orientalis (Hylidae), Rana macrocnemis (Ranidae), and Pelophylax ridibundus (Ranidae), noting the publication of Gasimova, 2021, Biharean Biol., 15: 112–116, who discussed their ranges in Azerbaijan, and provided dot maps.

15 January 2022: Modified the range statement for Epicrionops petersi (Rhinatrematidae) and added a comment to the species record noting the first record from Colombia by Chaves-Portilla, López-Ordóñez, Fernández-Roldán, and Lynch, 2021, Herpetol. Bull., London, 158: 35–36.

15 January 2022: Modified the range statement for Theloderma baibungense (Rhacophoridae) and noted in a comment the publication of Biakzuala, Muansanga, Decemson, Hmar, Malsawmdawngliana, Mathipi, and Lalremsanga, 2022, Reptiles & Amphibians, 29: 66–70, who discussed systematics, the range, and provided a new record from Mizoram, northeastern India.

14 January 2022: Added a comment under Ranitomeya (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication of Muell, Chávez, Prates, Guillory, Kahn, Twomey, Rodrigues, and Brown, 2022, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 168 (107389): 1–10, who reported on phylogenetics within the taxon based on ultraconserved elements.

14 January 2022: Added a comment under Sphaerotheca maskeyi (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication by Gosavi and Yadav, 2022, Reptiles & Amphibians, 29: 70–82, who reported on vocalization.

13 January 2022: Added Pristimantis gretathunbergae (Strabomantidae), named by Mebert, González-Pinzón, Miranda, Griffith, Veselý, Schmid, and Batista, 2022, ZooKeys, 1081: 1–34, from Panamá.

10 January 2022: Extended the range of Limnonectes nguyenorum (Dicroglossidae) to southern Yunnan, China, based on the publication of Liu, Mo, and Rao, 2022, Herpetozoa, Wien, 35: 1–7, provided the first record from China (Daweishan Nature Reserve, southern Yunnan, China).

10 January 2022: Modified the range statement for Odorrana macrotympana (Ranidae) and added a comment under that species noting the publication by Liu, Rao, Zhang, Lwin, Mo, Zuo, Yin, Quan, and Li, 2022, Herpetozoa, Wien, 35: 9–19, who redescribed and provided images of the type, reported on the phylogenetic position based on a Bayesian tree of 16s mtDNA, finding it the sister taxon of Odorrana tiannanensis; the authors also provided the first records from Myanmar, from Nam Pa Gon and Nam E Zu sections, Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Sagaing Division.

10 January 2022: Added Pristimantis burtoniorum and Pristimantis maryanneae (Strabomantidae), both named by Reyes-Puig, Reyes-Puig, Franco-Mena, Jost, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2022, ZooKeys, 1081: 35–87, from Baños township, Tungurahua Province, Republic of Ecuador.

10 January 2022: Added a comment under Tylototriton taliangensis (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Shu, Hou, Cheng, Shu, Lin, Wang, Li, Song, Jiang, and Xie, 2022, Zool. Res., Kunming, 43: 129–146, discussed (as Liangshantriton taliangensis) molecular phylogeography, historical biogeography, conservation genetics, and conservation recommendations.

9 January 2022: Modified the range statement for Phrynomedusa appendiculata (Phyllomedusidae) and noted the publication of Moraes, Baêta, Amaro, Martensen, and Pavan, 2022, Zootaxa, 5087: 522–540, reported on the first collection of this species in 51 years (from Parque Estadual Nascentes do Paranapanema, Capão Bonito municipality, state of São Paulo, Brazil) and detailed the comparative morphology, molecular markers, and advertisement call.

9 January 2022: Added Occidozyga shiwandashanensis (Dicroglossidae), named by Chen, Peng, Liu, Huang, Liao, and Mo, 2022, Zool. Res., Kunming, 43: 85–89, from Mount Shiwandashan, Fangcheng, Guangxi, China.

8 January 2022: Added Kurixalus qionglaiensis (Rhacophoridae), named by Guo, Zhong, Leung, Wang, and Hu, 2022, Zool. Res., Kunming, 43: 90–94, from Pingle Town, Qionglai City, Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Very likely identical to Kurixalus silvaenais, named on 31 December 2021.

7 January 2022: Rejected subfamilies in Hemiphractidae, based on the publication of Echevarría, De la Riva, Venegas, Rojas-Runjaic, Dias, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2021, Cladistics, 37 : 375–401. This is an important paper in evaluating the effects of assumptions in alignment and tree-building in phylogenetic estimations.

4 January 2022: Added a comment under Scinax squalirostris (Hylidae), noting the publication of Abreu-Jardim, Jardim, Ballesteros-Mejia, Maciel, and Collevatti, 2022, Diversity & Distributions, 27: 1519–1535, who reported on molecular phylogeography and distribution.

3 January 2022: Added a comment under Pelodytes caucasicus (Pelodytidae), noting the publication of Ergül Kalaycı, Gümüşsoy, and Gül, 2021, J. Anatol. Environ. Animal Sci., 6: 712–716, who reported on morphological variation in Anatolia, Turkey.

1 January 2022: Added a comment under Bufo gargarizans (Bufonidae) noting the publication of Yu, Wang, Vasconcellos, and Li, 2021, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., 59: 2180–2188, who reported on the evolution (as Bufo minshanicus) of sexual dimorphism on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

1 January 2022: Added Pristimantis gagliardi and Pristimantis okmoi (Strabomantidae), both named by Ortega-Andrade, Deichmann, and Chaparro, 2021, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 21: 41–64. Also, expanded the Pristimantis imitatrix record based on the same paper.