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Theloderma bicolor (Bourret, 1937)
Rhacophorus leprosus bicolor Bourret, 1937, Annexe Bull. Gen. Instr. Publique, Hanoi, 1937: 42. Syntypes: (4 specimens) including MNHNP 1938.62, 48.152–153 (formerly LZUH), according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 52. Type locality: "Chapa" (= Sa Pa), Lao Cai Province, Vietnam.
Theloderma bicolor — Inger, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 549; Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 98.
Theloderma (Theloderma) bicolor — Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen, and Gogoleva, 2015, Russ. J. Herpetol., 22: 276.
Common Names
Chapa Bug-eyed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114).
Sapa Bug-eyed Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 63).
Distribution
Northwestern Vietnam from Lai Chau, Son La, and Lao Cai Provinces south to Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, 1400–1800 m elevation, also reported in Jingdong and Luechun counties, central and southeastern Yunnan, China.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of, Vietnam
Comment
See account (as Rhacophorus leprosus bicolor) by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 414–416. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 98, suggested that this species is very similar to Theoderma corticale and Theloderma kwangsiense. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 41, provided specific localities for Vietnam. See Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006, Russ. J. Herpetol., 13: 155–175, for brief comments. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 541. Gawor, Chapuis, Pham, Nguyen, Schmitz, and Ziegler, 2012, Zootaxa, 3395: 59–64, reported on larval morphology. Kropachev, Evsyunin, and Orlov, 2013, Russ. J. Herpetol., 20: 56–60, reported on larval morphology. In the subgenus Theloderma, Theloderma leporosum species group of Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen, and Gogoleva, 2015, Russ. J. Herpetol., 22: 276. Hou, Yu, Chen, Liao, Zhang, Chen, Li, and Orlov, 2017, Russ. J. Herpetol., 24: 99–127, reviewed the species and provided Chinese localities. Reported from Lai Chau Province, Vietnam, by Pham, Hoang, Pham, and Nguyen, 2019, VNU J. Sci. Nat. Sci. Tech., 35: 73–79. Pham, Nguyen, Tran, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Pham, Dang, and Doan, 2023, VNU J. Sci. Earth Environ. Sci., 39: 53–61, provided a record for Son La Province, Vietnam.
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