Vietnamophryne inexpectata Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost, and Che, 2018

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Vietnamophryne > Species: Vietnamophryne inexpectata

Vietnamophryne inexpectata Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost, and Che, 2018, Zool. Res., Kunming, 38(3): 10. Holotype: ZMMU A-5820, by original designation. Type locality: "from a primary montane tropical forest in Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, Gia Lai Province, Tay Nguyen Plateau, central Vietnam (N14.506°, E108.542°; elevation 1 000 m a.s.l.); collected . . .  from soil under a large ca. 2-m long rotten log approximately 7 m from a small cascading stream". 

Common Names

Tay Nguyen Dwarf Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, Gia Lai Province, Tay Nguyen Plateau, central Vietnam, 1000 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Endemic: Vietnam

External links:

Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.