Theloderma hekouense Du, Wang, Liu, and Yu, 2022

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

Theloderma hekouense Du, Wang, Liu, and Yu, 2022, ZooKeys, 1099: 128. Holotype: GXNU YU000496, by original designation. Type locality: "Hekou, Yunnan, China (22°54′N, 103°42′E, 2109 m a.s.l.; . . .)". http://zoobank.org/65A68280-DECC-4559-BB78-1FBA7F82474B

English Names

Hekou Bug-eyed Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Currently known from Hekou, Yunnan, China, and Ha Giang, northern Vietnam . 

Geographic Occurrence

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

Comment

The sister taxon and previously confused with Theloderma rhododiscus, according to the original publication, where external morphology and molecular markers were detailed. Bain and Nguyen, 2004, Am. Mus. Novit., 3453: 26-27, provided the record (as Philautus rhododiscus) for Ha Giang Province, Vietnam.

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