Hylarana montosa (Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)

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

Sylvirana montosa Sheridan and Stuart, 2018, PLoS One, 13(3: e0192766): 47. Holotype. FMNH 255417, adult male, Laos, Khammouan Province, Boualapha District, Hin Nam No National Protected Area (formerly Hin Nam No National Biodiversity Conservation Area), Phou Khaonok Mountain, 17.3833 N, 105.7500 E, 545 m elev." Zoobank publication registration: 4CDDD642-D6FE-47E8-AC15-3F5AD0148F2B

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

English Names

Mountain Stream Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 53). 

Distribution

Eastern Thailand and Cambodia to central and possibly extreme southern Laos; presumably southern Vietnam (see comment). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

Comment

Formerly confused with Sylvirana nigrovittata, according to the original publication, where morphology and molecular markers were detailed from specified localities. Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 52, included Vietnam in the range without comment. 

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