Nidirana leishanensis Li, Wei, Xu, Cui, Fei, Jiang, Liu, and Wang, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Nidirana > Species: Nidirana leishanensis

Nidirana leishanensis Li, Wei, Xu, Cui, Fei, Jiang, Liu, and Wang, 2019, PeerJ, 7(e7157): 12. Holotype: CIB LS20170727002, by original designation. Type locality: "Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve (26.37533°N, 108.16107°E; elevation 1,298 m a.s.l.), Leishan County, Guizhou Province, China". Zoobank publication registration: 08105A58-4826-475D-BF07-A0C5C16D6BDD

English Names

Leishan Music Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known the Miaoling Mountains, eastern Guizhou Province, northwestern Guangxi, and in adjacent southwestern Hunan Province, China, 650 to 1300 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Previously confused with Nidirana adenopleura according to the original publication. See comment under that species for access to earlier literature under that name. See Chen, Jiang, Peng, Li, Su, Yu, and Cheng, 2022, ZooKeys, 1135: 119–137, for discussion of phylogenetics, morphometrics, and call. Liu, Cheng, Zhou, Jiang, Zhang, and Li, 2022, Chinese J. Zool., 57: 105–111, provided a genetically-confirmed record from Wanfoshan Town, Tongdao County, Hunan Province, China at 26°11′47″ N, 109°56′21″ E, altitude 924 m. Huang, Liao, and Mo, 2022, Chinese J. Zool., 57: 96–104, provided a genetically-confirmed record from Rongshui County, southwestern Guangxi, China. 

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