Hydrophylax leptoglossa (Cope, 1868)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Hydrophylax > Species: Hydrophylax leptoglossa

Hylorana leptoglossa Cope, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 20: 140. Syntypes: MCZ 623 (3 specimens) according to the original publication; MCZ 1588 (3 specimens, renumbered), according to Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 69: 282. Type locality: "near Rangoon, Burmah".

Hylorana granulosa Anderson, 1871, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 40: 23. Syntypes: Not stated; ZSIC 2789–90, 4009, 10830, according to Annandale, 1917, Mem. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 6: 142, although earlier Sclater, 1892, List Batr. Indian Mus.: 9, listed only the 2789–90 as "cotypes". Chanda, Das, and Dubois, 2001 "2000", Hamadryad, 25: 105, considered only ZSIC 2789-90 and 4009 as syntypes, rejected 10830 as a syntype following Sclater, 1892, List Batr. Indian Mus.: 9. Type localities: "Pegu" (= Bago, southern Myanmar) and "Seebaugor, Assam" (= Sibsigar, Assam), India. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 145, 148.

Lymnodytes granulosa — Mason, 1882, Burma, Ed. 3: 291.

Rana granulosa — Sclater, 1892, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1892: 346, 348.

Rana granulata — Boulenger, 1895 "1894", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894: 641. Incorrect subsequent spelling of granulosa.

Rana leptoglossa — Annandale, 1917, Mem. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 6: 140.

Rana (Hylorana) leptoglossa — Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 124, 145.

Hylorana granulosa — Deckert, 1938, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1938: 144.

Rana (Hylarana) leptoglossa — Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 314; Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 42; by implication.

Hylarana leptoglossa — Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 98, 315.

Hylarana granulosa — Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 315.

Rana (Sylvirana) leptoglossa — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 326.

Hylarana leptoglossa — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005, Herpetol. J., 15: 237, by implication; Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 3; by implication;  Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 423. 

Sylvirana leptoglossa — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 370. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Herpetol. Sinica, 12: 34. See comment under Ranidae record.

Hydrophylax leptoglossa — Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 90: 190. 

Hydrophylax leptoglossus — Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 47. Treatment of a noun in apposition as an adjective. 

English Names

Cope's Assam Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 108; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 76).

Long-tongued Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 66).

Cope's Frog (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 121; Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 130).

Palebrown Small Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 101).

Assam Forest Frog (Ahmed, Das, and Dutta, 2009, Amph. Rept. NE India: 45).

Long-tongued Forest Frog (Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 37). 

Distribution

Assam, Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya (India) and Bangladesh (Mymensingh, Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, and Sylhet divisions) to mainland Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Bago, Chin, Kachin, Kayin, Kayah, Rakhine, Sagaing, Shan, and Yangon), peninsular Myanmar (Mon and Tanintharyi), and adjacent western Thailand (Kanchanaburi, Thong Pa, and Tak provinces).

Comment

Prior to the revision of Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297, placed in the Section Hylarana, subsection Hydrophylax, subgenus Sylvirana of Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 326, although this taxonomy is now superseded. See accounts (as Rana (Hylarana) leptoglossa) by Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 145; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 314–316. Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 121, provided a brief account. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 90, rejected the occurrence of this species in Vietnam, considering that record likely a misidentified Rana nigrovittata. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 101, provided a brief characterization and photograph (which Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 101, did not consider identifiable beyond the association with Sylvirana). Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 130–131, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 159–160, provided range, systematic comments, and partial taxonomic bibliography. Mahony and Reza, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 350, provided the Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh, record and discussed briefly the range. Lalremsanga, Sailo, Kharbuli, and Hooroo, 2007, Frog Leg, 13: 9–10, reported the species from the state of Mizoram, northeastern India. Ahmed, Das, and Dutta, 2009, Amph. Rept. NE India: 45, provided a brief account for northeastern India. Das and Dutta, 2007, Hamadryad, 31: 154–181, noted no larval descriptions in the literature. Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 81, provided a brief characterization and photograph and suggested that the species had been recorded in Vietnam. Bortamuli, Bordoloi, Ohler, and Grosjean, 2010, J. Nat. Hist., London, 44: 421–445, described external and buccopharyngeal anatomy. Mahony, Hasan, Kabir, Ahmed, and Hossain, 2009, Hamadryad, 34: 80–94, provided a new record for Bangladesh and discussed the known range in that country. Chan-ard, Cota, and Makchai, 2011, Amph. E. Region Thailand: 145, detailed the range in Thailand. Hasan, Khan, and Sumida, 2011, Herpetol. Rev., 42: 562–563, provided a record for northeastern Bangladesh (Sylhet Division) and commented on the range. Mulcahy, Lee, Miller, Chand, Thura, and Zug, 2018, ZooKeys, 757: 95, provided a record from Taninthary Division, southern Myanmar. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 336–337, provided a brief account (description, photographs, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). See comments by Hakim, Trageser, Ghose, Das, Rashid, and Rahman, 2020, Check List, 16: 1239–1268, who reported the species from Lawachara National Park, Sylhet Division, northeastern Bangladesh. Makchai, Chuaynkern, Safoowong, Chuachat, and Cota, 2020, Amph. N. Thailand: 130, provided a brief account, photographs, and a range map for Thailand. Muansanga, Duhzuali, Biakzuala, Mathipi, Sailo, and Lalremsanga, 2021, Reptiles & Amphibians, 28: 437–439, reported intrspecific variation in the 16S mtDNA gene and provided new geographic and elevational records from Mizoram, India. Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 37, briefly discussed identification, habitat, and range in Myanmar.  

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