Limnonectes longchuanensis Suwannapoom, Yuan, Sullivan, and McLeod, 2016

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

Limnonectes longchuanensis Suwannapoom, Yuan, Sullivan, and McLeod in Suwannapoom, Yuan, Chen, Hou, Zhao, Wang, Nguyen, Murphy, Sullivan, McLeod, and Che, 2016, Zootaxa, 4093: 191. Holotype: KIZ048424, by original designation. Type locality: "Longchuan, Dehong, Yunnan, China (24° 27′ 32.40″ N, 97° 45′ 10.80″ E, 1255 m a.s.l.)". http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2399B1DF-4CB2-41C0-BC75-D7F886C77A0A

English Names

Longchuan Big-headed Frog (original publication). 

Longchuan Broad-headed Frog (Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 22).

Distribution

Known from Yunnan (Longchuan, Husa, and Yingjiang) and Myanmar (Kachin, Chin, and Sagaing) in evergreen forests along hillside streams. 

Comment

In the Limnonectes kuhlii complex according to the original publication. See corrected figures 1 and 2 in Suwannapoom, Yuan, Chen, Hou, Zhao, Wang, Nguyen, Murphy, Sullivan, McLeod, and Che, 2016, Zootaxa, 4137: 599–600. Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 22, briefly discussed identification, habitat, and range in Myanmar.

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