Ansonia kyaiktiyoensis Quah, Grismer, Wood, Thura, Oaks, and Lin, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Ansonia > Species: Ansonia kyaiktiyoensis

Ansonia kyaiktiyoensis Quah, Grismer, Wood, Thura, Oaks, and Lin, 2019, Zootaxa, 4656: 555. Holotype: LSUHC 14066, by original designation. Type locality: "in proximity of a stream below the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, Mon State, Myanmar (97.099379 N, 17.478863 E, 1033 m in elevation)". Zoobank publication registration: C465C40A-47AB-40D3-A7E6-E7B49FCAB131

English Names

Golden Rock Slender Toad (original publication). 

Golden Rock Stream Toad (Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 14). 

Distribution

Known only from the forested hills near the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda in Mon state, southeastern Myanmar. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Myanmar

Endemic: Myanmar

Comment

Most closely related to Ansonia inthanon, according to the original publication. Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 13–14, discussed identification, habitat, and range in Myanmar. 

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