Hylarana annamitica (Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Hylarana > Species: Hylarana annamitica

Sylvirana annamitica Sheridan and Stuart, 2018, PLoS One, 13(3: e0192766): 30. Holotype: FMNH 256535, by original designation. Type locality: "Laos, Khammouan Province, Nakai District, Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area (formerly Nakai-Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area), 17.9667 N, 105.5667 E, 700 m elev." Zoobank publication registration: 4CDDD642-D6FE-47E8-AC15-3F5AD0148F2B

Hylarana annamitica — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 549, by implication. 

English Names

Annam Stream Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 52). 

Distribution

Northern Vietnam southward through central Laos and central Vietnam, with most of its distribution coinciding with the Annamite (= Xai Phou Luang or Day Truong Son) Mountains. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Laos, Vietnam

Comment

The sister taxon of Sylvirana montosa according to the original publication. Poyarkov, Nguyen, Duong, Gorin, and Yang, 2018, PeerJ, 6 (e5771): 17, provided a record (as Sylvirana cf. annamitica) from Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. Ziegler, Ong, Hoang, Pham, and Nguyen, 2022, Acad. J. Biol., 44: 114, referred their earlier record of Rana nigrovittata (Ziegler, 2002, Amph. Rept. Tieflandfeuchtwald–Schutzgebietes Vietnam: 1–342) from Ke Go Nature Reserve, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, to Sylvrana annamitica

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