Rana qui Chen, 2024

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Rana > Species: Rana qui

Rana qui Chen in Gao, Shen, Yang, Chen, Hou, and Chen, 2024, Asian Herpetol. Res., 15: 268. Holotype: HNNU2302I026, by original designation. Type locality: "Nanzhao County, Henan Province (112.72° E, 33.39° N, 299 m a.s.l.)", China.  

Common Names

淮源林蛙 (Huaiyuan Brown Frog) (original publication). 

Distribution

Between 111 and 611 m in elevation on the eastern fringes of the Funiu Mountains, specifically along the northern slopes of the Tongbai–Dabie Mountain range where the headwaters of the Huaihe River’s mainstream and its tributaries originate, Henan, China. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

In the Rana chensinensis group according to the original publication, where molecular markers (mtDNA) and morphology were discussed and a dot distribution map provided. 

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