Limnonectes khammonensis (Smith, 1929)

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

Rana khammonensis Smith, 1929, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 3: 296. Holotype: BMNH 1928.6.29.14, by original designation, now reregistered 1947.2.1.20 according to museum records. Type locality: "Napé [= Ban Nape] (alt. 900 metres) on the Kham-mon Plateau, west of Vinh, Annam", Laos.

Limnonectes (Limnonectes) khammonensisDubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 63.

Common Names

Khammouan Fanged Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 24).

Khammon Wart Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 100).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Ban Nape, Khamkeut District, Bolikhamxai Province, Laos), central Laos; expected to be more widespread and extending into adjacent Vietnam.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Laos

Likely/Controversially Present: Vietnam

Endemic: Laos

Comment

See brief account by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 260. Suggested to be more closely related to the subgenus Bourretia (now Elachyglossa) by Iskandar in Emerson and Ward, 1998, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 122: 541. In the Limnonectes (Limnonectes) grunniens group of Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 63. Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 24, suggested that taxonomic status needs confirmation. Stuart, Seateun, Sivongxay, and Phimmachak, 2025 "2024", in Wildlife Lao PDR: 22, briefly summarized literature, taxonomy, habitat, and range for Laos, suggesting that difficulty in identification is the primary reason for its poorly understood distribution.    

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