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Odorrana morafkai (Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov, and Ho, 2003)
Rana (Odorrana) morafkai Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov, and Ho, 2003, Am. Mus. Novit., 3417: 44. Holotype: ROM 39932, by original designation. Type locality: "Tram Lap, An Khe District, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam (14° 26′ 39″ N, 108° 32′ 97″ E, elevation ca. 900 m)".
Odorrana morafkai — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005, Herpetol. J., 15: 239. Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 1-13; by implication; Stuart, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 46: 54.
English Names
Morafkai Frog (Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 30).
Distribution
Thanh Hoa, Gia Lai, Ha Tinh, Thue Thien-Hue, Thanh Hoa, and Quang Nam Provinces, Vietnam, in cascade habitats in forested montane river systems; Champasak and Xe Phong Provinces, Laos; hilly eastern Cambodia.
Comment
Teynié, David, Ohler, and Luanglath, 2004, Hamadryad, 29: 37, provided a record and comments for Laos. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 30, provided specific localities for Vietnam. Stuart, Sok, and Neang, 2006, Raffles Bull. Zool., 54: 141, provided records for Cambodia. See comments by Bain and Stuart, 2006 "2005", Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc., 53: 3-16. Bain, Nguyen, and Doan, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 110, provided records from Thue Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam, and briefly discussed the distribution. Pham, Nguyen, Hoang, and Ziegler, 2016, Herpetol. Notes, 9: 31–41, provided a photograph and record for Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam.
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