Limnonectes splendissimus Le, Nguyen, Murphy, Tran, Nguyen, and Che, 2025

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

Limnonectes splendissimus Le, Nguyen, Murphy, Tran, Nguyen, and Che, 2025, Zootaxa, 5570: 64. Holotype: ITBCZ 8674, by original designation. Type locality: "Gung Re Commune, Di Linh District, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam; coordinates 11°27’11.6”N, 108°05’32.3”E; elevation 1369 m a.s.l." Zoobank Publication registration: BBC01CC8-D0A1-4032-9D2D-4F18BFD5761E

Common Names

Splendid Fanged Frog (original publication).

Ếch nhẽo đốm (Vietnamese) (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from Lam Dong Province (Di Linh and Duc Trong), southern Vietnam; populations possibly of this species but requiring genetic confirmation as far north as Gia Lai Province (Vietnam), west as far as Monulkiri Province (eastern Cambodia), and as far south as Dong Nai Province, Vietnam. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Likely/Controversially Present: Cambodia

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

The sister taxon of Limnonectes poilani according to the original publication, where molecular markers (16S mtDNA) and comparative morphology were detailed. 

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