Theloderma gordoni Taylor, 1962

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Theloderma > Species: Theloderma gordoni

Theloderma gordoni Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 511. Holotype: EHT 33741, by original designation; now FMNH 172248 according to Inger, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 550. Type locality: "Doi Suthep, above 4000 ft., Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai province", Thailand.

Theloderma (Theloderma) gordoni — Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen, and Gogoleva, 2015, Russ. J. Herpetol., 22: 276.

English Names

Gordon's Bug-eyed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114; Nguyen, Brakels, Maury, Sudavanh, Pawangkhanant, Idiiatullina, Lorphengsy, Inkhavilay, Suwannapoom, and Poyarkov, 2020, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 14 (2: e248): 229). 

Gordon's Warted Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 152).

Large Warted Treefrog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 164).

Large Warted Tree Frog (Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 446).

Distribution

Known only from northwestern Thailand (Chiang Mai, Nan, and Loei provinces) and localities in northern Vietnam (provinces of Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Vinh Phu, Bac Thai, Cao Bang, Long Son, Gia Lai, and Kon Tun), as well as Simao, Puer Prefecture and Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China; Laos (Bolikamsai, Xekong, and Xaignabouli Provinces), and presumably in intervening western Guizhou, China, and possibly extreme northeastern and southeastern Cambodia; expected in eastern Myanmar.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

Likely/Controversially Present: Cambodia, Myanmar

Comment

See comments and Vietnam record by Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S., 92: 40. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 98, provided the range statement for Vietnam. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 164–165, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 42, provided specific localities for Vietnam. See Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006, Russ. J. Herpetol., 13: 155–175, for brief comments. Chan-ard, Cota, and Makchai, 2011, Amph. E. Region Thailand: 141, detailed the range in Thailand. 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. Qi, Yu, Lei, Fan, Zhang, Dong, Li, Orlov, and Hou, 2018, Russ. J. Herpetol., 25: 43–55, provided records from Yunnan, China. Kropachev, Evsyunin, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2018, J. Herpetol., 52: 348–351, reported on larval morphology. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 446–447, provided a brief account (description, photographs, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). Makchai, Chuaynkern, Safoowong, Chuachat, and Cota, 2020, Amph. N. Thailand: 177, provided photographs, a brief account for Thailand, and a range map. Nguyen, Brakels, Maury, Sudavanh, Pawangkhanant, Idiiatullina, Lorphengsy, Inkhavilay, Suwannapoom, and Poyarkov, 2020, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 14 (2: e248): 218–249, briefly discussed the natural history and range and provided a record for Xaignabouli Province, Laos. Brakels, Maury, Phimmachak, and Nguyen, 2021, Herpetol. Rev., 52: 792, provided records from Bolikamsai and Xekong Provinces, Laos.  

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