Limnonectes savan Phimmachak, Richards, Sivongxay, Seateun, Chuaynkern, Makchai, Som, and Stuart, 2019

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

Limnonectes (Elachyglossa) savan Phimmachak, Richards, Sivongxay, Seateun, Chuaynkern, Makchai, Som, and Stuart, 2019, ZooKeys, 846: 139. Holotype: NCSM 76288, by original designation. Type locality: "Laos, Savannakhet Province, Vilabouli District, Sepon Mining Tenement, Ban Houay Hong Village, Houay Hong Stream, 17.04444°N, 106.12622°E, 254 m elev., under boulder in shallow water of 1–3 m wide swift, rocky stream in semi-evergreen forest". http://zoobank.org/673B5D88-212D-40C4-BB8A-3598A1A9E1AD 

English Names

Savan Fanged Frog (original publication). 

Phanom Dongrak Fanged Frog (Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 280).

Distribution

Central and southern Laos (Khammouan, Savannakhet, and Champasak Provinces), and northeastern Thailand (Ubon Ratchatan and Amnat Charoen provinces) in hill and semi-evergreen forest from 254–790 m elevation, and is usually associated with small (1–3 m wide) streams.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Laos, Thailand

Comment

The sister taxon of Limnonectes dabanus according to the original publication, differing in morphology, DNA, and male advertisement call. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 280–281, provided a brief account (description, photographs [including tadpole], habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). 

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