Microhyla ninhthuanensis Hoang, Nguyen, Ninh, Luong, Pham, Nguyen, Orlov, Chen, Wang, Ziegler, and Jiang, 2021

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Microhylinae > Genus: Microhyla > Species: Microhyla ninhthuanensis

Microhyla ninhthuanensis Hoang, Nguyen, Ninh, Luong, Pham, Nguyen, Orlov, Chen, Wang, Ziegler, and Jiang, 2021, ZooKeys, 1036: 55. Holotype: VNMN 2021.01, by original designation. Type locality: "Phuoc Binh National Park, Bac Ai District, Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam (11°59′3.71″N, 108°44′51.63″E, ca. 305 m a.s.l., . . .)". http://zoobank.org/C458EC2A-C0AE-4BF6-B886-772A85A81911 

English Names

Ninh Thuan Narrow-mouth Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Currently only known from the type locality in Phuoc Binh National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam, ca. 300 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

In the Microhyla heymonsi group, and previously confused with that species, according to the original publication, where external morphology, and molecular markers were discussed. See comment under Microhyla heymonsi for access to literature prior to the naming of this population. 

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