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Nanorana phrynoides (Boulenger, 1917)
Rana phrynoides Boulenger, 1917, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 20: 413. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.3.76–82; BMNH 1947.2.3.76 designated lectotype by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 45. Type locality: "Yunnan at Tongchuan fu", Yunnan, China, corrected to Dongchuan District of Kunming City by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 45, and Huang, Hu, Wang, Song, Zhou, and Jiang, 2016, Integrative Zool., 11: 144.
Rana (Rana) phrynoides — Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 8.
Rana (Paa) phrynoides — Dubois, 1975, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 3, Zool., 324: 1097; Dubois, 1976, Cah. Nepal., Doc., 6: 24.
Gynandropaa phrynoides — Huang, Hu, Wang, Song, Zhou, and Jiang, 2016, Integrative Zool., 11: 144.
Nanorana phrynoides — Sun, Fu, Jin, Murphy, Hillis, Zhang, and Che, 2018, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA: 10634.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Western Guizhou Province (Shuicheng, Weining) and eastern to central Yunnan Province (Dongchuan, Yimen, Guandu), China, 1400 to 2100 m elevation.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Nanorana yunnanensis by Huang, Hu, Wang, Song, Zhou, and Jiang, 2016, Integrative Zool., 11: 144, where it had been placed by Liu and Hu, 1961, Tailless Amph. China: 162, and Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 45.
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