Newly described species, changes, and additions, 2026

I attempt to summarize here what work I have done on ASW starting 1 January 2026. This log does not include error corrections and the like and I cannot promise that there will not be errors of omission or commission inasmuch as this log is not constructed automatically.

4 June 2026: Added a comment under Hynobius unisacculus (Hynobiidae), noting the publication of Jeong, Suk, Song, Lee, Cho, and Min, 2026, Conserv. Genetics, 27(70): 1–16, who reported on mitochondrial phylogeography.    

3 June 2026: Following the remarkable review of the systematics of the Mantidactylus subgenera Chonomantis and Ochthomantis by Vences, Köhler, Mitze, Petzold, Preick, Raselimanana, Rakotoarison, Riemann, Rödel, Wastyn, Scherz, and Glaw, 2026, Spixiana, München, 48: 221–302, Mantidactylus charlotteae was placed into the synonymy of Mantidactylus (Ochthomantis) albofrenatus, and nine new Madagascan species were named: Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) charlotteianus, Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) chonodus, Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) di­chromus, Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) kitrinolaimus, Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) maharira, Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) malokila, Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) temachikus, Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) ventrilineatus, and Mantidactylus (Ochthomantis. rabibisoai. 

2 June 2026: Placed Cryptothylax minutus into the synonymy of Cryptothylax greshoffi (Hyperoliidae), following Nečas, Masudi, Badjedjea, and Gvoždík, 2026, Zootaxa, 5821: 5821. 

31 May 2026: Added a comment under Mantophryne (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Morris, Kraus, Deepak, Pal, and Richards, 2026, Ecol. Evol., 16(e73291): 1–13, who reported on the mtDNA phylogenetics, which suggested a number of unnamed species, and biogeography. 

31 May 2026: Added Theloderma crypticus (Rhacophoridae), Amolops anu and Amolops peace (Ranidae), all named from the Mount Gaoligong region of Yunnan, China, by Yu, Wu, Wang, and Che in Che and Yu, 2026, Amph. Mt. Gaoligong.

27 May 2026: Added Duttaphrynus dhara (Bufonidae), named by Warjri, Das, Amarasinghe, and Purkayastha, 2026, Taprobanica, 15: 63–73, from Mawphlang, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya, India.

26 May 2026: Modified the range statement and added a comment noting the publication of Sánchez-Nivicela, Moya-Mejía, Calderón, and Carrión-Olmedo, 2026, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 9: 417–428, who provided a new record from Santa Teresita, cantón El Pan, Azuay Province, Ecuador, in the same mountain range as the type locality. They also provided the advertisement call, and molecular (12S and 16S mtDNA) evidence placing the species firmly in the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group. 

24 May 2026: Added comments under relevant species noting the publication of Zhang, Zhang, Wu, Tang, Sheng, Xie, Huang, Ou, Xiao, and Xiang, 2026, Life Sci. Res., 30:  124–136, who discussed habitat by species in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Hunan Province, China.  

24 May 2026: Added Odorrana nagao (Ranidae), named by Pham, Hoang, Nguyen, Nguyen, Ngo, Le, and Ziegler, 2026, ZooKeys, 1280: 245–263, from the Cham Chu Nature Reserve, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam.

24 May 2026: Added a comment under Microhyla taraiensis (Microhylidae) noting the publication of. Khan, Khan, Ayaz, Yaqub, Jahan, Rauf, Iqbal, and Bahadar, 2026, ZooKeys, 1280: 155–170, who reported on adult and larval morphology, molecular markers (COI and 16S mtDNA) and phylogenetics, and advertisement call, as well as providing a dot map of the distribution.  

21 May 2026: Added a comment under Aneides flavipunctatus (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Glosli, Giraldi, Peloso, Pavan, and Kiemnec-Tyburczy, 2026, Herpetol. Notes, 19: 289–300, who provided a genetically confirmed record from South Fork Elk Creek, Glenn County, California, USA. 

18 May 2026: Added Adenomera varcena (Leptodactylidae), named by Borburema, Moraes, Santos, Ron, Haddad, Giaretta, and Carvalho, 2026, Ichthyol. & Herpetol., 114: 204–216, from the municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, state of Acre, Brazil, and extending into Amazonian Ecuador and Peru. 

18 May 2026: Added Pristimantis acuraua (Craugastoridae), named by Mônico, Koch, Ferrão, Lima, and Fouquet, 2026, Zootaxa, 5810: 434–462, from Floresta Estadual do Rio Gregório, Tarauacá Municipality, Acre state, Brazil.

16 May 2026: Added a comment under Salamandra salamandra (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Angelini, Favelli, Grossi, Leeb, Mattoccia, Proietti, and Costa, 2026, Amphibia-Reptilia, 47: 13–24, who reported on color variation across Italy and its discordance with mtDNA relationships. 

16 May 2026: Added comments under Triturus carnifex and Triturus dobrogicus (Salamandridae), noting the publication of van Eden, Theodoropoulos, Arntzen, Czurda, Dankovics, Harmos, Kranželić, Mačát, Mikulíček, Reiter, Schmidt, Stanković, Vek, Vörös, and Wielstra, 2026, Amphibia-Reptilia, 47: 79–91, who reported on the position and dynamics of the hybrid zone beween these two species. 

16 May 2026: Resurrected Proceratophrys fryi and Proceratophrys intermedia from the synonymy of Proceratophrys boiei (Odontophrynidae), following Castro, Guimarães, Carrillo, Santana, and Mângia, 2026, Herpetozoa, Wien, 39: 177–202, with a substantial change in the distribution of the latter. 

16 May 2026: Added Pseudoeurycea euguii, Pseudoeurycea natsii, and Pseudoeurycea parraoleae (Plethodontidae) from Cerro Rabon, located on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico, all named within the by article Aguilar-Herrera, Sanabria-Urbán, Flores-Martínez, Gómez-Tapia, Seba-Chacha, Vázquez-Reyes, Rivera-Ortíz, Ramírez-Bastida, Cortés-Ortiz, Calzada-Arciniega, Avila-Ortega, Víquez-Vega, Hernández-Ordóñez, Blair, and Jiménez-Arcos, 2026, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 76: 275–299.  

15 May 2026: Partitioned Arcovomer passarellii (Microhylidae) with the naming of Arcovomer moqueca (state of Espírito Santo) and Arcovomer ubatuba (state of São Paulo), Brazil, both named by Andrade, Lyra, Baêta, and Toledo, 2026, Salamandra, 62: 77–96. 

15 May 2026: Added Nymphargus grandisonae orense Cisneros-Heredia, Ron, Cogǎlniceanu, and Székely, 2026, Salamandra, 62: 104–128 (Centrolenidae), from the Reserva Biológica Buenaventura (3.6530° S, 79.7429° W, 960 m), cantón Piñas, provincia de El Oro, República del Ecuador. Great discussion of the literature of Nymphargus grandisonae and relatives. 

11 May 2026: Added Pristimantis cantorcaelestis and Pristimantis regadatore (Craugastoridae), both from the Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali, Cauca, Colombia, and named by Cuellar-Valencia, Bolaños-Molina, and Bolívar-García, 2026, Zootaxa, 5807: 305–338.

9 May 2026: Added a comment under Physalaemus erikae (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Oliveira, Napoli, Vera Candioti, Mira-Mendes, Batista, Dias, Ruas, Oliveira, Solé, and Weber, 2026, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 38: 10–19, who described internal, oral, and external larval morphology.

7 May 2026: Added a comment with Hylarana subcoerulea in the synonymy of Hylarana macrodactyla (Ranidae), noting the publication of Nguyen, Poyarkov, Tran, Kennedy-Gold, and Ohler, 2026, Zootaxa, 5802: 395–400, who noted that the syntypes represent more than one species and designated MCZ A-1589 lectotype (the other syntype being conspecific with Hylarana tytleri), thereby leaving this taxon in the synonymy of Hylarana macrodactyla pending additional research.

4 May 2026: Added Niceforonia dracula and Niceforonia quilloturo (Craugastoridae), named by Reyes-Puig, Yánez-Muñoz, Urgilés-Merchán, Libke, Ron, and Carrión-Olmedo, 2026, PeerJ, 14(e21182): 1–30, from, respectively, Reserva Dracula, Bosque Protector Cerro Golondrinas, Tulcan, Carchi Province, Ecuador, and Cerro Candelaria Protected Area, Baños de Agua Santa, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador. 

4 May 2026: Placed Glyphglossus minutus into the synonymy of Glyphoglossus volzi (Microhylidae), following Herlambang, Tajalli, Matsui, Nishikawa, Ahmad, Belabut, and Hamidy, 2026, Taprobanica, 15: 38–47, who discussed molecular and morphological systematics. 

3 May 2026: Added comments under Rhinella achavali, Rhinella arenarum, Rhinella diptycha, and Rhinella icterica (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Caseiro-Silva, Poester-Carvalho, and Loebmann, 2026, Herpetol. Conserv. Biol., 21: 120–131, who discussed distribution and habitat of these species in the Pampa region of extreme southern Brazil. Uruguay, and adjacent Argentina. 

3 May 2026: Added a comment under Boulenophrys sanmingensis (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Zheng, Guo, Ding, and Chen, 2026, MtDNA, Part B, 11: 712–716, who reported on the complete mtDNA genome. 

1 May 2026: Modified the range statement for Pseudoeurycea ruficauda (Plethodontidae) and added a comment under that species noting the publication of Rodríguez-Barrera, García-Fuentes, Calderón-Cruz, and Luría-Manzano, 2026, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 9: 307–310, provided a record from Cuitzala, Municipality of Santa María Coyomeapan, in the Sierra Negra, state of Puebla (18.3027° N, 97.0644° W; 2607 m elevation, and provide a dot map of the species. 

1 May 2026: Added a comment under Microhyla mukhlesuri (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Biswas, Das, and Deuti, 2026, Reptiles & Amphibians, 33(e23078): 1–2, who provided a record from Malabati Forest, West Bengal, India, and provided a dot map of records from Myanmar, India, and Bangladesh.      

29 April 2026: Added a comment under Hylarana malayana (Ranidae), noting the publication of Srivorradathpisan, Jantarat, Thongnetr, Buatip, and Kraiprom, 2026, J. Sci. Tech., Mahasarakham Univ., 45: 196–202, who reported on the karyotype. (as Sylvirana malayana).  

29 April 2026: Added Occidozyga nishikawai (Dicroglossidae), named by Ninh, Nguyen, Nguyen, Pham, Hoang, Nguyen, Do, Nguyen, Orlov, and Ziegler, 2026, ZooKeys, 1278: 163–179, from .Kon Plong Commune, Quang Ngai Province, Central Vietnam.

29 April 2026: Recognized Hypselotriton qianshan (Salamandridae) as a distinct species (previously a subspecies), following  the evidence suggested by Jiang, Yang, Zhao, He, Pan, Huang, Raffaëlli, and Chen, 2026, ZooKeys, 1278: 163–179. 

29 April 2026: Added Vietnamophryne abscondita (Asterophryinae, Microhylidae), named by Poyarkov, Gorin, Le, Trofimets, Duong, Nguyen, Pawangkhanant, Suwannapoom, and Nguyen, 2026, Herpetozoa, Wien, 39: 145–160, from Kim Dien Commune, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam.

27 April 2026: Added a comment under Dendropsophus molitor (Hylidae), noting the publication of Delgado Montufar, Mendoza-Henao, and Pinto-Sánchez, 2026, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 9: 311–332, wo reported on acoustic variation on an elevation gradient in Boyaca and Cundinamarca, Colombia.

26 April 2026: Added a comment under Acris blanchardi (Hylidae), noting the publication of Rainey, Nicholson, Wells, and Swanson, 2026, Diversity & Distributions, 32(e70136): 1–19, who reported on landscape genetics in southern Michigan. 

26 April 2026: Added a comment under Hyla meridionalis (Hylidae), noting the publication of Aleixos-Grau, París, and Albero, 2025, Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp., 36: 77–79, who provided a record from La Safor, Valencia, Spain. 

26 April 2026: Modified the range statement for Leptobrachium bompu (Megophryidae) and added a comment under that record noting the publication of Roy, Ahmed, Menda, and Begum, 2026, Reptiles & Amphibians, 33(e22962): 1–2, who provided a new record for Arunachal Pradesh, India, and described aspects of life history. 

26 April 2026: Modified the range statement for Rhinella arenarum (Bufonidae) and added a comment under that record noting the publication of Valente, Brito, Ugioni, and Ceron, 2026, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 9: 302–306, who provided a record from the municipality of Balneário Gaivota, Santa Catarina, Brazil, and provided a polygon map of the species distribution. 

24 April 2026: Added a comment under Telmatobius philippii (Telmatobiidae), noting the publication of Rabanal and Correa-Quezada, 2026, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 9: 295–301, who reported on the advertisement call. 

24 April 2026: Modified the range statment for Quasipaa spinosa (Dicroglossidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Zhu and Shu, 2026, Genes, 17(411): 1–15, who discussed genetic diversity and briefly discussed the confusion in the literature with Quasipaa acanthophora (not adequately address, yet, in ASW: DRF). 

24 April 2026: Modified the range statement for Rhinella kuka (Bufonidae) and commented on the publication of Gómez-Murillo and Quinteros-Muñoz, 2026, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 70: 217–221, who provided a dot map of the distribution in Bolivia as well as providing a lower elevational record from Villa Tunari (16º 97’ S/65º 41’ W), 307 m elevation, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia. 

24 April 2026: Modified the range statement for Raorchestes mindat (Rhacophoridae) and added a comment under that record, noting the publication of Saikia, Laskar, Shabnam, Saikia, Kharkongor, Sinha, and Dinesh, 2026, Zootaxa, 5796: 393–397, wo provided a genetically-confirmed (16S mtDNA) record from Murlen National Park, Champhai District, Mizoram, northeastern India. 

24 April 2026: Added a comment under Lithobates catesbeianus (Ranidae), noting the publication of Lado, Laufer, and Segura, 2026, Hydrobiologia, 853: 981–999, who discussed global distribution and environmental preferences. 

24 April 2026: Placed Rana sinica Ahl, 1927, into the synonymy of Amolops mantzorum (Ranidae), following the detailed discussion of types by Nguyen, Ren, Duong, Orlov, Poyarkov, and Ohler, 2026, Zootaxa, 5796: 381–392.  

23 April 2026: Added comments under Xenopus calcaratus and Xenopus tropicalis (Pipidae), noting the publication of Premachandra, Gvoždík, Anele, Kučka , Chan, Horb, Chifundera, Badjedjea, Measey, and Evans, 2026, Evolution, 80: 584–599, who reported on allopolyploidization.

23 April 2026: Added a comment under Scinax x-signatus (Hylidae), noting the publication of Nogueira, Bessa-Silva, Affonso, and Sampaio, 2026, Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ., 61: 141–151, who reported on molecular phylogeography within Brazil. 

23 April 2026: Added a comment under Gabohyla (Hylidae), noting the publication of Araujo-Vieira, Dias, Pereyra, Blotto, Caramaschi, Haddad, Faivovich, and Grant, 2026, Cladistics, 42: 206–218, who did not recover Gabohyla within Sphaenorhynchus and criticized the phylogenetic analysis of Pereira Silva, Ceron, Silva, and Santana, 2022, Ecol. Evol., 12(e8754): 1–15 (who suggested that Gabohyla is nested within Sphaenorhynchus).

23 April 2026: Added a comment under Euphlyctis adolfi (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Naz, Akram, Rais, Gill, and Kashaf, 2026, Pakistan J. Zool., 58: 1349–1354, who reported on morphology, morphological variation, and morphometrics in the Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Pakistan area. 

23 April 2026 Modified the range statement for Zhangixalus dennysi (Rhacophoridae) and added a comment under that record noting the publication of Ichioka, Sanamxay, Douangboubpha, Xayaphet, Keovongsy, Yokoyama, Bui, Nishikawa, and Motokawa, 2026, Herpetol. Notes, 19: 229–232, who provided records from eastern Bolikhamxai and Khammouane provinces of Laos near the Vietnam border.        

22 April 2026: Added comments under Rhinella ornata (Bufonidae), Boana albomarginata (Hylidae), Boana faber (Hylidae), Dendropsophus elegans (Hylidae), Scinax perereca (Hylidae), Hylodes dactylocinus (Hylodidae), and Phyllomedusa distincta (Phyllomedusidae), noting the publication of Barroso, Velasco, and Nunes, 2026, Zootaxa, 5796: 38–50, who reported on the advertisement calls from Itinguçu State Park, Peruíbe Municipality, São Paulo state, Brazil.

22 April 2026: Modified the range statment and added a comment under Amolops nyinchingiensis (Ranidae), noting the publication of Roy, Begum, Ahmed, Dorphang, Purkayastha, and Sengupta, 2026, Russ. J. Herpetol., 33: 77–84, who provided genetically confirmed records from the Dibang River Basin in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

22 April 2026: Added Liurana menba (Ceratobatrachidae), named by Yu, Lin, Shi, Zhu, Wang, Jiang, and Xie, 2025, Asian Herpetol. Res., 16: 272–280, from Gelin Village, Medog County, Xizang, China.  

22 April 2026: Added Limnonectes motijheel (Dicroglossidae), named by Boruah, Rajiv, Dutta, and Das, 2026, Zootaxa, 5796: 551–571, from the Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Also provided, first records of Limnonectes longchuanensis from India (Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India), 

22 April 2026: Added two new species of the Nanorana yunnanensis (Dicroglossidae) complex, named by Liu, Bu, Hou, Chen, Feng, Ma, Wang, and Rao, 2026, ZooKeys, 1276: 139–170: (1) Nanorana wenshanensis from Bozhu Town, Wenshan City, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, and (2) Nanorana zhaotongensis from Tianxing Town, Daguan County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, China. 

21 April 2026: Added comments under Microhyla heymonsi, Microhyla mukhlesuri (Microhylidae), and Occidozyga lingnanica (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Le, and Le, 2026, ZooKeys, 1277: 301–317, who described specimens from the Kim Bang Proposed Species and Habitat Conservation Area, Nnh Binh Province, northern Vietnam, and discussed aspects of natural history. 

20 April 2026: Modified the range statement for Allobates goianus (Aromobatidae) and added a comment under that record noting the publication of De-Carvalho, Silva, Oliveira, Anjos, and Costa, 2026, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 9(2: e1442): 272–276, who discussed the distribution, provided a new southern locality, and provided a dot map. 

20 April 2026: Added Tylototriton guilinensis (Salamandridae), named by Xiao, Chen, Wu, Pan, Chen, Yu, and Huang, 2026, Zoosyst. Evol., 102: 671–686, from Tianhu Lake, Quanzhou County, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. An identification key to the species of the Tylototriton asperrimus group was also provided. 

20 April 2026: Added a comment under Triturus (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Ivanović, Vučić, and Arntzen, 2025, Contrib. Zool., Amsterdam, 94: 395–412, who reported on morphological divergence within the Triturus marmoratus species group within a phylogenetic context. 

20 April 2026: Added a comment under Caudata, noting the publication of Camp, Daunch, Godwin, and Pyron, 2026, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 147(2:blag009): 1–9, who discussed 'ecological types' of salamander larvae in a phylogenetic context.    

20 April 2026: Added Boophis samuelsabini (Mantellidae), named by Basham, Masotti, Otero Jimenez, Razafitsimialona, Andrianatenaina, Rakotoarison, Glaw, Wright, and Vences, 2026, Salamandra, 62: 42–52, from vohiboro Protected Area, South East of Madagascar". 

20 April 2026: Added a comment under Pseudacris regilla (Hylidae), noting the publication of Jadin, Adams, Isaac, Korth, and Cloud, 2026, Check List, 22: 193–198, 2ho reported a genetically confirmed record of nominal Pseudacris sierra from southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Currently P. sierra is treated as a subspecies in ASW, but DRF suspects strongly that denser sampling in central California will support a 3-species model. 

19 April 2026: Added comments to relevant species records, noting the publication of Sanguila, Labaja, Bernstein, and Brown, 2026, ZooKeys, 1272: 203–251, who reported the species from the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, eastern Mindanao I., Philippines. 

19 April 2026: Added comments to relevant species records, noting the publication of Garcia-Romero, Martin-Solano, Araujo-Erazo, Hernández Hernández, Paredes, Prado-Aguas, and Carrillo-Bilbao, 2026, Biology, 15(451): 1–18, who discussed species distributions in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, and their conservation status. 

19 April 2026: Added a comment under Hyloxalus subpunctatus (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication of Correa-Bernal, Carvajal-Cogollo, and Anganoy-Criollo, 2026, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 74(e2026918): 1–15, who reported on natural history and habitat. 

19 April 2026: Added a comment under Salamandra salamandra (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Gippner, Hernandez, Ambu, Dubut, Pottier, Trochet, Crochet, Vences, and Dufresnes, 2026, Bull. Soc. Herpetol. France, 188: 1–15, who reported on the molecular phylogeography of the species in southwestern France in order to clarify the distribution of the subspecies found there. 

19 April 2026: Added comments to the records of Somalia species, noting the publication of Gedow Amira and Hussein Numin, 2026, Checklist Amph. Rept. Somalia, 1st Ed.: 1–44, who detailed the known distribution of these species in Somalia by administrative region (gobol).

19 April 2026: Added a comment under Anura, noting the publication of Emmrich, Vences, Ernst, Köhler, Barej, Jansen, and Rödel, 2020, Zoosyst. Evol., 96: 515–525, who proposed a guild classification for anuran advertisement calls. 

18 April 2026: Added Andrias yaoluopingensis (Cryptobranchidae), named by Jiang, Huang, Zhao, and Huang in Jiang, Huang, Yang, Zhao, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Chu, Chen, and Huang, 2026, Zoosyst. Evol., 102: 649–658, from the Macao River, Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve , Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China.

18 April 2026: Added comments under Anura and Arthroleptella villiersi (Pyxiceaphlidae), noting the publication of Schweiger, Naumann, and Müller, 2026, Evol. & Develop., 28(e70035): 1–20, who discussed heterochronic patterns in the evolution of terrestriality and endotropic development in anurans with special reference to this species. A hidden gem of a paper. 

18 April 2026: Added Tylototriton vietnamirabilis (Salamandridae), named by Ong, Phan, Hoang, Nguyen, Nguyen, Ziegler, Nguyen, and Pham, 2026, ZooKeys, 1276: 285–305, from Phu Xai Lai Leng Mountain, at an elevation of 1884 m ), Nghe An Province, Vietnam.

18 April 2026: Added comments under Boulenophrys daxuemontis and Boulenophrys jiangi (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Shen, Mu, Li, Liu, Feng, Yang, Yuan, Diao, and Su, 2026, Herpetozoa, Wien, 39: 81–89, who reported on the advertisement calls. 

18 April 2026: Modified the range statement for, and added a comment under Boulenophrys shuichengensis (Megophryidae) noting the publication of Zhang, Chen, Xiong, Shen, Kilunda, Pan, Zhong, Li, and Wu, 2026, Biodiversity Data J., 14(e188165): 1–18, who described adult and larval morphology, molecular (mtDNA) markers, provided a dot map of the distribution, and suggested that the sister species is Boulenophrys caudoprocta, within the Boulenophrys boettgeri group. 

18 April 2026: Added Pristimantis cayapas and Pristimantis dinardoi (Craugastoridae), both named by Yánez-Muñoz, Vega-Yánez, Reyes-Puig, Lagla-Chimba, Paucar-Veintimilla, Nicolalde-Tapia, Urgilés-Merchán, Carrión-Olmedo, and Reyes-Puig, 2026, PeerJ, 14(e21075): 1–35, from, respectively, .Cayapas-Chupa, Piñán, Parque Nacional Cotacachi-Cayapas, 6 de Julio de Cuellaje parish, Cotacachi canton, Imbabura province, Ecuador, and Cayapas Chupa, Intag canton, Cotacachi, Imbabura Province, Ecuador. 

17 April 2026: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Polypedates mutus (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Devi, Purkayastha, and Sengupta, 2026, Herpetol. Notes, 19: 189–195, who reported the species from Manipur state, India, and described its tadpole.  

17 April 2026: Added a comment under Raorchestes malipoensis (Rhacophoridae) noting the publication of Huang, Shen, Luo, Yang, Lan, and Yuan, 2026, Herpetol. Notes, 19: 133–137, who reported on direct development under laboratory conditions.  

17 April 2026: Added Tylototriton gaowangjienensis (Salamandridae), named by Huang, Xiang, Zhang, Wu, and Jiang in Huang, Xiang, Wu, Zhang, Zhang, Wang, Lan, Huang, Jiang, and Jiang, 2024, Herpetozoa, Wien, 37: 327–338, from Gaowangjie National Nature Reserve, Hunan Province, China. 

17 April 2026: Added Platymantis (Lahatnanguri) guiting (Ceratobatrachidae), named by Meneses, Pitogo, Decena, Supsup, and Brown, 2026, Raffles Bull. Zool., 74: 197–219, from Mount Guiting-Guiting Natural Park, Sitio Logdeck, Barangay Tampayan, Municipality of Magdiwang, Sibuyan Island, Romblon Province, Luzon Island, Philippines.

17 April 2026: Added Ranitomeya ichapama (Dendrobatidae), named by Brown, Geralds, Moraes, Granados-Martínez, von May, Muell, Guillory, and Twomey, 2026, Zootaxa, 5793: 42–60, from ca. 5 km west of Porto Walter city, inland from Rio Juruá, Acre Brazil, and known from western Acre and adjacent Manu Province, Peru. 

17 April 2026: Added a comment under Eurycea chamberlaini (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Pierson, Lance, Robinson, Stonecypher, and Beamer, 2026, Conserv. Genetics, 27(31): 1–9, who reported on molecular phylogeography and provided a dot map of the distribution. 

16 April 2026: Replaced Bufo praetextatus Boei 1826, with Bufo japonicus Temminck and Schlegel, 1838, as discussed by Kaiser, Kaiser, and Nishikawa, 2026, Zootaxa, 5792: 355–369, due to the former being a nomen dubium. A very interesting paper. 

16 April 2026: Added Nymphargus dajomesae (Centrolenidae), named by Masache-Sarango, Cisneros-Heredia, and Ron, 2026, PLoS One, 21(4: e0345097): 1–15, from the Reserva Biológica El Quimi (3.5192º S, 78.3837º W; 2070 m), provincia de Morona Santiago, República del Ecuador. 

1 April 2026: Added a comment under Brachytarsophrys orientalis (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Wu, Shen, and Fu, 2026, Zootaxa, 5785: 195–200, who reported on the advertisement call. 

1 April 2026: Added a comment under Rana kukunoris (Ranidae), noting the publication of Zhang, Dong, Zhao, Wang, He, and Zhang, 2026, Animals, 16(1013): 1–20, who reported on cyt-b (mtDNA) phylogeography.  

1 April 2026: Added a comment under Ophryophryne gerti (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Le, Tran, Đỗ, and Phạm, 2026, Nat. Conserv., 63: 79–97, who discussed conservation, adult and larval morphology, molecular (12S and 16S mtDNA) phylogeography, and distribution (including a map and new distribution records). 

1 April 2026: Added Nyctibatrachus kali (Nyctibatrachidae), named by Aravind, Ramesh, Naik, Gururaja, and Priti, 2026, PeerJ, 14(e20895): 1–29, from Castlerock, Dandeli Taluk, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka state, India. 

1 April 2026: Added a comment under Oophaga pumilio (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication of Aguilar-Gómez, Freeborn, Yuan, Smith, Guzman, Vaughn, Steigerwald, Stuckert, Yang, Linderoth, MacManes, McGraw, Richards-Zawacki, and Nielsen, 2026, Curr. Biol., 36: 1355–1372, who studied the genetic phylogeography of color variation. 

1 April 2026: Added Gegeneophis bavali (Grandisoniidae), named by Kotharambath, Vengot, and Gower, 2026, Zootaxa, 5782: 571–580, from near Valathode, Iritty, Kannur District, Kerala state, India. 

31 March 2025: Added Phyllodytes gravata (Hylidae), named by Santos, Rodrigues, and Dias, 2026, Eur. J. Taxon., 1048: 62–83, from "BRAZIL – Bahia State • ♂; Porto Seguro, Trancoso, RPPN Rio do Brasil; -16.557547, -39.120899; 54 m a.s.l.". 

20 March 2026: Added a comment under Pseudis limellum (Hylidae), noting the publication of Costa, Muller, Silva Alves Saccol, and Santos, 2026, Check List, 22: 237–241, who reported the first specimens from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 41 years, and provided an update dot map of the distribution of the species 

20 March 2026: Added new species Ptychadena atewae (south-central and southwestern Ghana to south-eastern and south-central Ivory Coast), Ptychadena dahomeyensis (osuthern Bénin and south-eastern Ghana), Ptychadena saskiae (eastern Sierra Leone through south-eastern Guinea and Liberia into western Ivory Coast), and Ptychadena silvamare (northwestern-most Liberia and southeastern Guinea, through northern Liberia into central and southern Ivory Coast and southern Ghana, up to the Togo) (Ptychadenidae), with a redelimition of Ptychadena aequiplicata, all by Rödel, Schmitz, Penner, Griesbaum, Leaché, Ofori-Boateng, Portik, Doumbia, Kouamé, Kpan, Gonwouo, Nopper, Hillers, Nago, Ernst, Glos, Petzold, and Barej, 2026, Zootaxa, 5779: 1–66. 

19 March 2026: Added Gastrotheca mittaliiti (Hemiphractidae), named by Venegas, Echevarría, García Ayachi, Wong, Chávez, García-Bravo, Catenazzi, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2026, Zootaxa, 5777: 431–452, from Hornillo (6.141°S, 77.484°W, 3308 m), distrito Vista Alegre, provincia Rodríguez de Mendoza, departamento Amazonas, Peru. 

19 March 2026: Added Nyctixalus crypticus (Rhacophoridae), named by Dever, McGuire, Iskandar, Hamidy, and Grismer, 2026, Zootaxa, 5777: 283–306, from Khamaukgyi Township, Kawthaung District, Tanintharyi Division, Myanmar, as part of a general revision of the Nyctixalus pictus complex. 

16 March 2026: Added comments under Phyllonastes arutam and Phyllonastes lochites (Craugastoridae), noting the publication of Reyes-Puig and Carrión-Olmedo, 2026, Zootaxa, 5768: 592–596, who provided mtDNA evidence that some records of Phyllonastes lochistes are applicable to Phyllonastes arutam, discussed the substantial confusion in the earlier literature, and provided a molecular tree for these samples and a dot map of the distribution. 

15 March 2026: Added a comment under Pithecopus (Phyllomedusidae), noting the publication of Araújo, Carvalho, Silva, Oswald, Garda, Bruschi, Santos, and Magalhães, 2026, Herpetologica, 82: 1–9, who compared the effectiveness of three mtDNA genes (16S, Co1, and Cyt-b) for species identification, showing 16S to be the least effective and CO1 the most effective, and discussed the logic of species identification via molecular data. 

14 March 2025: Added a comment under Melanophryniscus paraguayensis (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Núñez, Zárate-Betzel, Ortíz, and Duré, 2026, Caldasia, 48(e111716): 1–9, who reported on the advertisement call. 

12 March 2026: Added Ischnocnema rubridactyla (Brachycephalidae), named by Silva-Soares, Campos, Pirovani-Silva, Costa, and Monjardim, 2026, Zootaxa, 5768: 503–524, from .the district of Pedra Menina, municipality of Dores do Rio Preto, state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil".

12 March 2026: Modified the range statement for Dendropsophus anataliasiasi (Hylidae), noting the publication of Rachid, Coelho, Carvalho, Recoder, Farhat, Rodrigues, and Moraes, 2025, Herpetol. Brasil., 14(2): 1–7, who provided a genetically-confirmed record from the state of Para, Brazil, and provided a dot map of the distribution.  

11 March 2026: Added Pristimantis verrucosus, Pristimantis plateado, and Pristimantis melanops (Craugastoridae), all named by Székely, Hualpa-Vega, Hualpa-Vega, and Székely, 2026, PeerJ, 14(e20930): 1–43, from the Reserva Biológica Cerro Plateado, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. 

10 March 2026: placed Raorchestes namdaphaensis and Raorchestes manipurensis (Rhacophoridae) into the synonymy of Raorchestes kempiae, following Naveen, Nath, Lalremsanga, Deuti, Decemson, Muansanga, Mathipi, Malsawmdawngliana, Warjri, and Purkayastha, 2026, J. Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 19: 51–60. 

10 March 2026: Added Philautus candrangeni (Rhacophoridae), named by Herlambang, Gonggoli, Racho, Asti, Cahyadi, Atmaja, Fauzi, Eprilurahman, and Hamidy, 2026, Zootaxa, 5768: 29–56, from Mt. Merapi, Java, Indonesia, with a redescription of Philautus jacobsoni. 

8 March 2026: Modified the range statement of Leptodactylus fragilis (Leptodactylidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Alonso Bosch, Morón Ugarte, and Massip Veloso, 2026, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 9(1: e1498): 159–165, who reported on an additional record of an introduced population in Pinar del Río Province in Cuba, discussed the spread of this population and provided a description of the advertisement call from the Cuban population, a dot map of introduced populations and a polygon map of the native range of the species. 

7 March 2026: Modified the range statement of Microhyla ninhthuanensis (Microhylidae) to include China, noting the publication of Song, Wu, Huang, Wang, Qi, Huang, Xu, Chan, Sun, and Wang, 2026, Check List, 22: 179–192, who provided genetically-confirmed records from Zhuha and Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, discussed natural history, distribution (including a dot map of the range), phylogeography, and previous misidentifications.  

6 March 2026: Modified the range statement for Luetkenotyphlus fredi (Siphonopidae) and added a comment under that record noting the publication of Ramos, 2026, Herpetol. Bull., London, 175: 32–33, who provided a new record from central Espiritu Santo (Vila Nova, Santa Teresa, 19° 56 ‘31.86’’ S, 40° 36’08.32’’ W; 669 m elevation), Brazil, a dot map of the distribution, and comments about identification and morphology. 

5 March 2026: Added Jingophrys zhaoermii (Megophryidae), named by Huang, Liu, Chen and Yuan in Yuan, Chen, Ai, Lu, Liu, Zhou, Huang, and Yu, 2026, Zootaxa, 5763: 551–567, from Gelin village, Medog county, Xizang Tibetan Autonomous Region, China (29.151808°N, 95.226333°E; 2589.52 m a.s.l.). 

3 March 2026: Resurrected Rhacophorus namdaphaensis (Rhacophoridae) from the synonymy of Rhacophorus rhodopus, following Sengupta, Boruah, Jithin, Hussain, Purkayastha, Gupta, and Das, 2026, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 126: 51–74. 

28 February 2025: Added comments under Kurixalus naso, Polypedates braueri, Rhacophorus medogensis, and Zhangixalus burmanus (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Qian, Ma, Li, Luan, Wang, and Jiang, 2026, Salamandra, 62: 33–41, who reported on vocalizations of these species in Medog County, Xizang, China. 

26 February 2026: Transferred Hylarana margariana to Odorrana (Ranidae), suggested by  Nguyen, Ohler, and Poyarkov, 2026, Zootaxa, 5760: 590–596, on the basis of comparative morphology. 

23 February 2026: Added a comment under Neurergus derjugini (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Vaissi, Sharifi, and Akmali, 2026, Salamandra, 62: 27–32, who reported on disperal patterns related to landscape features. 

23 February 2026: Added Amolops minhlei (Ranidae), named by Pham, Hoang, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Thai, Hoang, and Pham, 2026, Zootaxa, 5760: 225–247, from Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam.

22 February 2026: Added a comment under Boulenophrys brachykolos (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Sung, Leung, Chan, and Fong, 2026, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 45: 33–43, who reported on geographic variation in morphology, genetic markers, and advertisement call, and suggested that the population from Lantau I. should be considered a distinct conservation unit. 

20 February 2026: Modified the range statment of Dryophytes suweonensis (Hylidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Borzée, Um, Prasad, Shrivastava, Min, and Othman, 2026, Animal Cells & Syst., 30: 115–130, who discussed habitat suitability, ecological niche modeling, advertisement call, and distribution of the species, including a dot map. 

20 February 2026: Modified the range statement of Ichthyophis biangularis (Ichthyophiidae), noting the publication of Hibino, Nishikawa, Matsui, Eto, Shen, Ahmad, Hossman, and Gumal, 2026, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 45: 1–18, who reported on additional localities, and detailed the morphological and genetic diversity. 

20 February 2026: Added a comment under Sphaenorhynchus prasinus (Hylidae), noting the publication of Carmo, Dias, Tanajura Silva, Rojas-Padilla, Solé, and Mira-Mendes, 2026, Salamandra, 61: 53–58, who reported on vocalizations. 

19 February 2026: Added Phrynobatrachus moroedeli (Phrynobatrachidae), named by Kouamé and Petzold, 2026, Zootaxa, 5759: 501–525, from southern Ivory Coast. Nice to see Mo Rödel receive this recognition for his extensive work in tropical Africa (DRF). 

17 February 2026: Added Ameerega kuriinti (Dendrobatidae), named by Geralds, Twomey, Deutsch, Chávez, and Brown, 2026, Zootaxa, 5759: 295–320, from km 21.8 on road from Tarapoto to Yurimaguas (ca. 11 km east-northeast of Tarapoto, ca. 2 km past the Túnel Carretera Yurimaguas) in the Cainarachi River valley, 970 m elevation Peru. 

16 February 2026: Added Pristimantis fergusoni (Craugastoridae), named by Reyes-Puig, Yánez-Muñoz, Ron, Ortega, Carrión-Olmedo, and Reyes-Puig, 2026, ZooKeys, 1269: 83–104, from Tungurahua, Ecuador. 

13 February 2026: Added Ololygon paracatu (Hylidae), named by Carvalho, Valencia-Zuleta, Araujo-Vieira, Faivovich, Maciel, and Brandão, 2026, Zootaxa, 5757: 522–542, from the municipality of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

13 February 2026: Added Leptobrachium widianai (Megophryidae), named by Fauzan, Smith, Amarasinghe, Farajallah, Racho, Matsui, and Hamidy, 2026, Raffles Bull. Zool., 74: 62–86, from Bali Province, Indonesia.

9 February 2026: Modified the range statement for Nidirana chongqingensis (Ranidae) and added a comment under that record noting the publication of Liu, Cheng, Mu, Zhou, Pan, Li, and Wei, 2026, Biodiversity Data J., 14(e183994): 1–17, who described larval and female morphology and provided a genetically-confirmed range extension to Zheng'an County, Guizhou Province, China, 1326 m elevation. 

2 February 2026: Added two rhacophorid species, Feihyla wenshanensis (Xichou County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China) and Feihyla zhaotongensis (Yiliang County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, China), both named by Liu, Bu, Feng, Zhang, Yang, Ma, Chen, Chen, He, Zhong, and Rao, 2026, Ecol. Montenegrina, 94: 228–242. 

2 February 2026: Added Leptobrachella xinshaoensis (Megophryidae), named by Jiang, Liu, Huang, Zhang, and Wang, 2026, Zoosyst. Evol., 102: 253–269, from Xinshao County, Hunan Province, China, ca. 350 m elevation. 

1 February 2026: Added a comment under Batrachuperus karlschmidti (Hynobiidae), noting the publication of Liu, Shen, Xu, Song, Lou, and Xiong, 2026, Animals, 16(332): 1–10, who reported on sexual dimorphism in three Sichuan populations.  

1 February 2026: Added comments under Hyperolius (Hyperoliidae) and Hyperolius viridiflavus, noting the publication of Lawson, Goutte, and Liedtke, 2026 "2025", G3 (Genes|Genomes|Genetics), 16(1: jkaf257): 1–10, who reported on the complete genome of Hyperolius viridiflavus viridiflavus from a population in Ethiopia, and also included a mtDNA tree of Hyperolius. 

31 January 2026: Added Leptobrachella cathaya (Megophryidae), named by Huang, Zeng, Wang, Lyu, Huang, Liu, Wang, and Mo, 2026 , Zootaxa, 5752: 474–496, from Huaping National Nature Reserve, Longsheng County, Guilin City, Guangxi, China. 

28 January 2026: Added Tylototriton wufengensis (Salamandridae), named by Li, Shi, Liu, Luo, Wang, Liao, Wang, Gong, Wu, and Wang, 2026, Zoosyst. Evol., 102: 181–197, from Wufeng County, Hubei Province, China. 

27 January 2026: Added Amolops guangzhouensis (Ranidae), named by Song, Wang, Qi, Lyu, and Wang in Song, Wang, Qi, Wang, Lyu, Cai, Liang, Zhu, Zhong, Liu, and Wang, 2026, Zootaxa, 5750: 267–293, from .Guangdong Province, China.

24 January 2026: Added a comment under Stumpffia (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Fleck, Petzold, Rakotoarison, Vences, and Scherz, 2026, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 76: 51–72, who discussed the molecular phylogenetics of the species in the genus as well as species identification on the Montagne d'Ambre in North Madagascar. 

22 January 2026: Added Leptobrachella deocaensis (Megophryidae), named by Do, Nguyen, Hoang, Ziegler, and Pham, 2026, ZooKeys, 1267: 15–30, from Mui Dien coastal forest, Deo Ca Mountain, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam. 

18 January 2026: Added a comment under Pelophylax ridibundus (Ranidae), noting the publication of Aloufi, Al Zayer, Abu Baker, and Amr, 2025, Herpetozoa, Wien, 38: 383, who reported the species from Tarout Island, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia.

18 January 2026: Added comments under Hylidae, Scarthyla, and Pseudis, noting the publication of Araujo-Vieira, Elias-Costa, Blotto, Faivovich, and Haddad, 2026, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 206 (1: zlaf176): 1–28, who reported on larynx evolution in pseudines (Scarthyla + Pseudis). 

18 January 2026: Added a comment under Gracixalus weii (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Peng, Shen, Li, Liu, Ye, Li, Chen, Tang, and Su, 2026, Herpetozoa, Wien, 39: 7–15, who reported on the advertisement call. 

18 January 2026: Added a comment under Pristimantis condor (Craugastoridae), noting the publication of Venegas, García Ayachi, Bullard, Valencia-Málaga, Quispe, and Catenazzi, 2026, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 9: 11–19, who reported on the advertisement call, provided new records from Ahuapanas District, Marañon Province, Loreto department, Peru, and provided a dot map of the distribution. 

15 January 2026: Added Pristimantis chusquea, Pristimantis translucidus, and Pristimantis oculolineatus (Craugastoridae), named by Székely, Armijos-Ojeda, Ordóñez-Delgado, and Székely, 2026, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 206(1: zlaf194): 1–43, from Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. 

15 January 2026: Added Leptobrachium somani and Leptobrachium mechuka (Megophryidae), both from Arunachal Pradesh, India, named by Sarmah, Garg, Tajo, Upadhyaya K., Hanken, and Biju, 2026, PeerJ, 14(e20397): 1–62, who reviewed the Leptobrachium species of India. 

14 January 2026: Added a comment under Nanorana quadranus (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Liu, Zuo, and Sun, 2026, Ecol. Evol., 16(e72877): 1–6, reported on the complete mtDNA genome and its phylogenetic placement. 

12 January 2026: Added a comment under Leptodactylus latinasus (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Malleret, Baldo, Lemes, Brusquetti, Verrastro, and Camargo, 2026, J. Biogeograph., 53(e70138): 1–14, who reported on mtDNA phylogeography, noting five major clades with the overall lineage.   

11 January 2026: Modified the records of Trachycephalus typhonius, Trachycephalus quadrangulum, and Trachycephalus macrotis (Hylidae) to conform to the results of Mendoza-Henao, Guerrero-Cupacán, Venegas-Valencia, and Gonzalez, 2026, J. Herpetol., 36: 59–71, reported on the phylogenetics and the species and suggested on molecular grounds that specimens identified as Trachycephalus typhonius from the western, central and southern Amazonian Brazil must be assigned either to Trachycephalus cunauaru or Trachycephalus resinifictrix. 

7 January 2026: Added Brachytarsophrys wui (Megophryidae), named by Lyu, Zhou, and Long in Lyu, Zhou, Zhang, Fang, Ran, Dai, Jiang, Long, and Yuan, 2026, Zoosyst. Evol., 102: 71–85, from the Mt. Foding Nature Reserve, Shiqian County, Guizhou Province, China.

7 January 2026: Added Boulenophrys youran (Megophryidae), named by Xiao, Shi, and Mo in Xiao, Zhu, Wang, Li, Maimaiti, Li, Zhang, Liu, Fei, Liao, Tang, Shi, and Mo, 2026, Zoosyst. Evol., 102: 57, from Nanshan National Park, Hunan Province, China".

6 January 2026: Added a comment under Tylototriton (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Le, Ninh, Vu, Pham, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2025, ZooKeys, 1265: 129–150, who discussed the mitogenomic phylogenetics of the species. 

3 January 2026: Added a comment under Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis (Siphonopidae), noting the publication of Torello-Viera, Silva Banci, and Garey, 2026, Herpetol. J., 36: 18–26, who reported the species as abundant in the Parque da Previdência, a small urban park in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 

3 January 2026: Added a comment under Occidozyga (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Geiß, Köhler, and Janke, 2026, J. Genomics, 14: 1–9, who reported on the PacBio CLR genome assembly (as Phrynoglossus myanhessei).

3 January 2026: Added comments under Odorrana hejiangensis, Odorrana ichangensis, Odorrana kweichouensis, Odorrana schmackeri, Odorrana tianmuii, and Odorrana huanggangensis (Ranidae), noting the publication of Zhu, Chen, He, Yang, Zhai, Wang, Chen, and Ji, 2026, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 216 (108528): 1–18, reported on the molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Odorrana schmakeri complex.

2 January 2026: Added a comment under Eupsophus migueli (Alsodidae), noting the publication of Vidal, Barraza-Acuña, and Lobos, 2025, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 37: 21–29, who discussed natural history, conservation, and distribution, including a dot map. 

1 January 2026: Added a comment in the curator's blog noting a paper relevant to the species/subspecies discussion: Burbrink, Crother, Murray, Smith, Ruane, Myers, and Pyron, 2022, Ecol. Evol., 12(e9069): 1–17. 

1 January 2026: Added comments under Desmognathus amphileucus, Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli, Desmognathus mavrokoilius, Desmognathus kanawha, and Desmognathus folkertsi, noting the publication of Camp, Brock, Pyron, and Seldes, 2025, Herpetol. Rev., 56: 1–6, sorted the published life history traits of former nominal Desmognathus quadramaculatus among it taxonomic "descendants". 

1 January 2026: Added a comment under Brachycephalus rotenbergae (Brachycephalidae), noting the publication of Polettini, Haddad, and Condez, 2025, J. Vert. Biol., Prague, 74: 1–16, who reported on habitat in the Biological Reserve of Serra do Japi, in the metropolitan area of Jundiaí, São Paulo State, Brazil. 

1 January 2026: Added a comment under Anura, noting the publication of Vera Candioti, Minino, Faivovich, Altig, and Dias, 2025, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 204 (4: zlaf082): 1–14, who discussed the evolution of labial tooth row formulae in tadpoles.