Quasipaa verrucospinosa (Bourret, 1937)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Dicroglossidae > Subfamily: Dicroglossinae > Genus: Quasipaa > Species: Quasipaa verrucospinosa

Rana spinosa verrucospinosa Bourret, 1937, Annexe Bull. Gen. Instr. Publique, Hanoi, 1937: 26. Syntypes: LZUH (originally 12 specimens) B. 195 (Chapa), B160–164, Z240–41 (Fan-Si-Pan), B17, B51–52, Z75 (Tam-Dao); now two of these MNHNP 1948.132 and 1948.134 according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 39; 1948.132 designated lectotype by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 44. Type localities: "Chapa", "Fan-Si-Pan", and "Tam-Dao", Vietnam. Restricted type locality (of lectotype) not noted by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 44, but presumably "Chapa".

Rana verrucospinosa — Bourret, 1939, Annexe Bull. Gen. Instr. Publique, Hanoi, 1939: 8, 33.

Paa verrucospinosa — Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S., 92: 22.

Nanorana verrucospinosa — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005, Herpetol. J., 15: 239, by implication.

Paa (Quasipaa) verrucospinosa — Jiang, Dubois, Ohler, Tillier, Chen, Xie, and Stöck, 2005, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 22: 358.

Quasipaa verrucospinosa — Ohler and Dubois, 2006, Zoosystema, 28: 781.

Common Names

Granular Spiny Frog (Nguyen, Brakels, Maury, Sudavanh, Pawangkhanant, Idiiatullina, Lorphengsy, Inkhavilay, Suwannapoom, and Poyarkov, 2020, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 14 (2: e248): 222). 

Verrucosa Spiny Frog (Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2012, Colored Atlas Chinese Amph. Distr.: 472). 

多疣棘蛙 (Chinese: Wang, Ren, Chen, Lyu, Guo, Jiang, Chen, Li, Guo, Wang, and Che, 2020, Biodiversity Sci., 28: App. 1: 12). 

Distribution

Mountains of northern (Lao Cai, Vinh Phuc, Ha Giang, and Tuyen Quang provinces) to southern (Kon Tum province) Vietnam and northern (Xaisomboun Province) Laos, 250–2300 m elevation, 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Laos, Vietnam

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Quasipaa boulengeri (as Paa) by Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S., 92: 23, where it had been placed by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 44. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 25, provided specific localities for Vietnam and (p. 149) a photograph. Hu, Chen, and Dong, 2005, Sichuan J. Zool., 24: 340–341, documented the presence of this species in Yunnan, China. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Paa verrucospinosa) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 630. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 3: 1348–1351, provided an account (as Paa verrucospinosa) for China, figures, and map, and included this species in their monotypic Paa verrucospinosa group. Not addressed, and therefore not assigned to subgenus, by Che, Zhou, Hu, Papenfuss, Wake, and Zhang, 2010, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 107: 13765–13770, and Che, Zhou, Hu, Papenfuss, Wake, and Zhang, 2010, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 107(31): 2. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 377, provided a brief account (as Paa verrucospinosa) for China including photographs. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2012, Colored Atlas Chinese Amph. Distr.: 472, provided an account, photographs, and a range map for China. Nguyen, Brakels, Maury, Sudavanh, Pawangkhanant, Idiiatullina, Lorphengsy, Inkhavilay, Suwannapoom, and Poyarkov, 2020, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 14 (2: e248): 218–249, discussed the range and provided a record from Xaisomboun Province, Laos. Luong, Pham, Do, Hoang, Phan, Nguyen, Ziegler, and Le, 2021, Check List, 17: 445–458, provided records from Lai Chau Province, Vietnam, and discussed the range. Yan, Nneji, Jin, Yuan, Chen, Mi, Chen, Murphy, and Che, 2021, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 163 (107218): 1–7, reported on phylogenetics of the species and genetically confirmed records from Jinghon, Yunnan, China, and Phongsaly, Laos, and Thanhhoa and Nghe An provinces, Vietnam. Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Poyarkov, Wu, Pawangkhanant, Lorphengsy, and Che, 2021, Biodiversity Data J., 9 (e70473): 1–12, discussed the systematics of the species, noting large genetic distances among populations, and provided the first record for Thailand (Doi Phu Kha National Park, Nan Province). Stuart, Seateun, Sivongxay, and Phimmachak, 2025 "2024", in Wildlife Lao PDR: 24, briefly summarized literature, taxonomy and taxonomic controversies, habitat, and range for Laos (but not mentioning Xekong Province, Laos. Vassilieva, Nguyen, and Sorokin, 2025, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg,  75: 31–57, reported on external and mouthpart morphology and internal anatomy of larvae from Vietnam. Quasipaa cf. verrucospinosa reported from Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, by Dau, Pham, Nguyen, Thai, Tran, and Pham, 2024, Biodiversity Data J., 12(e122598): 1–19. Pham, Nguyen, Nguyen, Le, Ziegler, and Tran, 2024, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 18: 20–47, discussed natural history and records from Copia Nature Reserve, Son La Province, Vietnam. Pham, Nguyen, Hoang, Ziegler, Phan, Pham, and Nguyen, 2025, ZooKeys, 1240: 139–275, assigned specimens of Quasipaa cf. verrucospinosa 1 of  Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Poyarkov, Wu, Pawangkhanant, Lorphengsy, and Che, 2021, Biodiversity Data J., 9 (e70473): 1–12, to Quasipaa verrucospinosa and populations from Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, and Ha Tinh provinces of Vietnam, Yunnan (China), Phongsaly Province (Laos), and Nan Province (Thailand), to Quasipaa ohlerae. Those populations of of Quasipaa cf. verrucospinosa 2 from Thua Thien Hue and Quang Binh provinces in central Vietnam and Xe Kong Province of Laos were assigned to Quasipaa binhi. Dinh, Nishikawa, Luu, Nguyen, and Numata, 2026, Biodiversity Data J., 14(e178266): 9–10, briefly discussed the species in Ba Vi National Park, Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam.  

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