Running log of additions and changes, 2023

I attempt to summarize here what work I have done on ASW starting 1 January 2023. 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. 

3 June 2023: Replaced Allopaa barmoachensis into the synonymy of Allopaa hazarensis (Dicroglossidae), following the publication by Dubois, 2023, Alytes, 39–40: 160–184. 

3 June 2023: Added comments under Hylarana erythraea, Hylarana macrodactyla, Hylarana taipehensis, and Hylarana tytleri (Ranidae), noting the publication of Laurence, Nicolas, Ayoro, and Ohler, 2023, Zootaxa, 5258: 99–112, who provided a dot maps of these species and modeled distributions, and discussed distribution modelling and the effect of misidentifications on those models.

3 June 2023: Added Mixophyes australis (Myobatrachidae), named by Mahony, Bertozzi, Guzinski, Hines, and Donnellan, 2023, Zootaxa, 5297: 301–336, from Gloucester Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Represents the southern component of the range of Mixophyes balbus as previously understood. 

30 May 2023: Added comments under 30 species, noting a remarkably data-dense publication on the external and buccal morphology of the larvae of 30 species of Indian frogs by Raj, Vasudevan, Aggarwal, Dutta, Sahoo, Mahapatra, Sharma, Janani, Kar, and Dubois, 2023, Alytes, 39–40: 1–140. The species addressed are: Bufonidae: Bufotes latastii, Duttaphrynus himalayanus, Duttaphrynus melanostictus; Dicroglossidae: Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, Minervarya kalinga, Minervarya pierrei, Minervarya sengupti, Paa (=Nanorana) minica, Paa (=Nanorana) vicina, Sphaerotheca breviceps; Hylidae: Hyla annectans; Megophryidae: Leptobrachium smithi; Microhylidae: Microhyla berdmorei, Microhyla nilphamariensis, Uperodon systoma; Nasikabatrachidae: Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis; Nyctbatrachidae: Nyctibatrachus cf. poocha; Ranidae: Amolops assamensis, Clinotarsus alticola, Clinotarsus curtipes, Hylarana (= Indosylvirana) flavescens, Hylarana (= Indosylvirana) doni; Ranixalidae: Indirana cf. beddomii; Rhacophoridae: Chirixalus dudhwaensis, Chirixalus simus, Polypedates maculatus, Polypedates cf. megacephalus, Polypedates teraiensis, Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus, Zhangixalus smaragdinus.

29 May 2023: Added Stefania maccullochi (Hemiphractidae), named by Kok, 2023, Zool. Lett., 9(11): 1–20, from the summit of Wei-Assipu-tepui, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana. An osteological synapomorphy of the genus was also discussed. 

29 May 2023: Modified the range statement of Microhyla nakkavaram (Microhylidae) to include Sumatra, Indonesia, to reflect the publication of Eprilurahman, Atmaja, Munir, Ubaidillah, Arisuryanti, Smith, and Hamidy, 2023, Biodiversitas, 24: 1092–1103, who also suggested that populations of nominal Microhyla heymonsi of West Malaysia and Singapore represent an unnamed species close to M. nakkavaran. 

29 May 2023: Added a comment under Triturus cristatus (Salamandridae), noting the publicaiton of Naumov, Lukanov, Vacheva, and Slavchev, 2023, Acta Zool. Bulgarica, 75: 113–122, who reported on distribution and ecology in Bulgaria. 

28 May 2023: Added comments under under the centrolenid species records for Centrolene antioquiensis, ”Centrolene” robledoi, Nymphargus caucanus, Nymphargus chami, Nymphargus ignotus, Nymphargus rosada, Nymphargus spilotus, and Sachatamia orejuela, noting the publication of Duarte-Marín, Rada, Rivera-Correa, Caorsi, Barona-Cortés, González-Durán, and Vargas-Salinas, 2023, Bioacoustics, 32: 143–180, who reported on the advertisement calls of these species. 

27 May 2023: Added Gracixalus patkaiensis (Rhacophoridae), named by Boruah, Deepak, Patel, Jithin, Yomcha, and Das, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73 : 557–574, from Kamala Valley Beat, Namdapha, Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

24 May 2023: Added a comment under Microhyla gadjahmadai (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Putri, Satria, Kardiman, and Nugraha, 2023, J. Biol. Tropis, 23: 32–38, discussed morphological variation in West Sumatra, Indonesia. 

24 May 2023: Added a comment under Dendrophryniscus haddadi (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Botelho, Barbosa, Prado, Pedrozo, Moroti, Toledo, and Muscat, 2023, J. Nat. Hist., London, 57: 596–607, who reported on larval morphology, reproductive biology, and natural history. 

22 May 2023: Added Phrynopus sancristobali (Strabomantidae), named by Díaz, Mamani, and Catenazzi, 2023, Zootaxa, 5293: 333–348, from Escalerapampa, District of Ayahuanco, Province of Huanta, Department of Ayacucho, Peru, 3910 m elevation. 

21 May 2023: Added comments to the species of Iran, noting the publication of Safaei-Mahroo, Ghaffari, and Niamir, 2023, Zootaxa, 5279: 1–112, who provided for Iranian amphibians an identification key including this species, photographs, habitat and conservation threats, a review of the literature, discussion of nomenclature and systematics, as well as dot and modeled distribution maps.

21 May 2023: Modified the range state for Raorchestes andersoni (Rhacophoridae) and added a comment under that species, noting the publication of Wangyal and Jamtsho, 2022, Hamadryad, 39: 12–19, who reported the species (photo voucher only) from Zangling village, Shingkhar Gewog (sub-District), Zhemgang District, southern Bhutan. This is the first record from that country. 

21 May 2023: Added a comment under Pelophylax bedriagae (Ranidae), noting the publication of Khaloei, Fathinia, and Shafaeipour, 2023, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 42: 55–63, who reported on skeletochronology in southern Iran. 

21 May 2023: Added a comment under Boulenophrys nanlingensis (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Qian, Deng, Li, and Yang, 2023, Herpetozoa, Wien, 36: 123–128, wo reported on the advertisement call. 

21 May 2023: Added a comment under Scinax squalirostris (Hylidae), noting the publication of  Abreu-Jardim, Lima, Jardim, Maciel, Magalhães, Colli, Haddad, and Collevatti, 2023, J. Biogeograph., 50: 987–999, who reported on molecular phylogeography. 

21 May 2023: Added a comment under Alytes (Alytidae), noting the publication of Ambu, Martínez-Solano, Suchan, Hernandez, Wielstra, Crochet, and Dufresnes, 2023, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 183 (107783): 1–8, who discussed mt- and nuDNA discordance in the phylogenetics of the group and arrived at a phylogeny of Alytes cisternasii + ((Alytes almogavarii + Alytes obstetricans) + (Alytes maurus + (Alytes dickehilleni + Alytes muletensis))).

20 May 2023: Added a comment under Triturus karelinii (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Candan, Ilgaz, Kumlutaş, Caynak, and Gül, 2023, Zool. Middle East, 69: 13–18, who provided a genetically confirmed record from Posof, Ardahan Province, northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. 

19 May 2023: Added Chimerella mira (Centrolenidae), named by Köhler, Venegas, Castillo-Urbina, Glaw, Aguilar-Puntriano, and Vences, 2023, Evol. Syst., 7: 195–209, from a point approximately 16 km airline west of Tingo Maria (09°18.09'S, 76°08.71'W, 798 m above sea level), close to the settlement 'Corvina Colorada', at the bank of the Río Patay Rondos, Provincia Leoncio Prado, Departamento Huánuco, Peru. 

17 May 2023: Modified the range statement for Rohanixalus senapatiensis (Rhacophoridae) and added a comment noting the publication of Muansanga, Radhakrishna, Bisht, Mathipi, and Lalremsanga, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 323–330, reported mtDNA-confirmed populations from Mizoram, India, provided a dot map, and described the habitat, morphology, and the advertisement call

17 May 2023: Added a comment under Triturus macedonicus (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Danelis, Theodoropoulos, Toli, Bounas, Korakis, and Sotiropoulos, 2023, Diversity, 15 (671): 1–18, who discussed mtDNA phylogeography and conservation units. 

17 May 2023: Modified the range statement for Amolops shihaitaoi (Ranidae) to include a record from Tay Con Linh Nature Reserve, Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam, provided by Siliyavong, Hoang, Nguyen, Nguyen, and Pham, 2023, Biodiversity Data J., 11(e104316): 1–16. 

16 May 2023: Resurrected Poytonophrynus grindleyi (Bufonidae), of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, from the synonymy of Poyntonophrynus fenoulheti and Poyntonophrynus jordani, of Nambia, from the synonymy of Poyntonophrynus vertebralis, following Rödel, Becker, Buiswalelo, Conradie, and Channing, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 143–157.

13 May 2023: Modified the range statement and added a genetically-confirmed record of Polypedates mutus (Rhacophoridae) from Khawzawl District, Mizoram, northeastern India, provided by Siammawii, Malsawmdawngliana, Muansanga, Mathipi, and Lalremsanga, 2023, Reptiles & Amphibians, 30 (e17036): 1–5.

12 May 2023: Added Nidirana chongqingensis (Ranidae), named by Ma and Wang, 2023, Biodiversity Data J., 11 (e101986): 1–20, from Qianjiang District, Chongqing Municipality, China, at elevations of 1400 to 1500 m

10 May 2023: Added Centrolene camposi and Centrolene ericsmithi (Centrolenidae), named by Cisneros-Heredia, Yánez-Muñoz, Sánchez-Nivicela, and Ron, 2023, PeerJ, 11 (e15195): 1–27, from La Enramada, Provincia de Azuay, Ecuador.

10 May 2023: Added Scinax pyroinguinis (Hylidae), named by Chávez, Aznaran, García Ayachi, and Catenazzi, 2023, Evol. Syst., 7: 183–194, from the Ucayali region, Coronel Portillo Province, Quebrada Agua Blanca, Peru. A member of the Scinax rostratus group. 

6 May 2023: Modified the range statement for Sylvirana lacrima (Ranidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Nath, Lalremsanga, Mathipi, and Sinha, 2023, Reptiles & Amphibians, 30(e18173): 1–3, who reported the species from Senkili Bosti, Lower Chimpu, Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Papumpare District, Arunachal Pradesh, India, and discussed the range. 

4 May 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Alsodes pehuenche (Alsodidae), noting the publication of Corbalán, Debandi, Literas, Alvarez, Rivera, Dopazo, Zarco, Cornejo, Cornejo, Blotto, Faivovich, and Masiel, 2023, Herpetol. Conserv. Biol., 18: 48–56, who provided new records from Chile, along with risk assessments for the new populations. 

1 May 2023: Modified the range statements of Pristimantis taeniatus and Pristimantis yukpa (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of Arias, Barrio-Amorós, García-Rodríguez, and Chaves, 2023, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 1–9, who erported specimens from eastern-most Costa Rica (Provincia Puntarenas, Cantons of Coto Brus and Buenos Aireas), described the advertisement call, molecular markers, comparative morphology, and range and noted that molecular evidence suggests that records from the Magdalena Valley of Colombia of Pristimantis taeniatus should be reassigned to Pristimantis yukpa.

1 May 2023: Added a comment under Amnirana albolabris (Ranidae), noting the publication of Larson and Zimkus, 2023, Afr. J. Herpetol., 72: 73–80, who provided a detailed description of tadpole morphology from southeastern Gabon. 

1 May 2023: Added Guibemantis razoky, Guibemantis razandry, and Guibemantis fotsitenda, all from northern Madagascar, resulting in the redelimitation of Guibemantis liber (Mantellidae), this by Koppetsch, Pabijan, Hutter, Köhler, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Scherz, Vieites, Glaw, and Vences, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 397–432.  

29 April 2023: Added five species of Litoria (Hylidae) (Litoria daraiensis, Litoria gracilis, Litoria haematogaster, Litoria lisae, and Litoria naispela) from Papua New Guinea, all named by Richards, Donnellan, and Oliver, 2023, Zootaxa, 5263: 151–190. 

29 April 2023: Added Litoria spectabilis and Litoria beryllinus (Hylidae) from West Sepik (Sandaun) Province, Papua New Guinea, named by Richards and Donnellan, 2023, Zootaxa, 5271: 477–502. 

29 April 2023: Added Phrynopus apumantarum (Strabomantidae), named by Chávez, García Ayachi, and Catenazzi, 2023, Evol. Syst., 7: 108, named from Huancavelica Department, Tayacaja Province, the vicinity of San Luis de Rabayoc, Peru. 

29 April 2023: Added Dendrophryniscus cuca (Bufonidae), named by Neves, Lima, Koroiva, Nali, and Santana, 2023, Herpetologica, 79: 63–71, from the Sierra de Mantiqueira, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

27 April 2023: Reconciled range statements and added many comments noting the publication of Dehling and Sinsch, 2023, Diversity, 15 (512): 1–81, who discussed the ranges, identification, natural history, advertisement calls, and conservation status of the species of amphibians in Rwanda.

27 April 2023: Added Blommersia dupreezi (Mantellidae), named by Vences, Armerding, Köhler, and Glaw, 2023, Afr. J. Herpetol., 72: 47–72, from Sainte Luce, southeastern Madagascar. 

26 April 2023: Added Eleutherodactylus franzi (Eleutherodactylidae), named by Grünwald, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Jones, Ahumada-Carrillo, Grünwald, Zheng, Strickland, and Reyes-Velasco, 2023, Herpetozoa, Wien, 36: 95–111, from El Cucharillo, Municipio de Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc, Guerrero, Mexico. 

26 April 2023: Added Nymphargus pijao (Centrolenidae), named by Montilla, Arcila-Pérez, Toro-Gómez, Vargas-Salinas, and Rada, 2023, Zootaxa, 5271: 1–48, from Parque Nacional Natural Munchique, municipality of El Tambo, department of Cauca, Colombia. All Colombian records of Nymphargus griffithsi except those from Nariño, southwestern Colombia, were transferred to this species. 

21 April 2023: Added Theloderma pseudohorridum (Rhacophoridae), named by Kurniawan, Septiadi, Kadafi, Fathoni, Prabasari, and Thammachoti, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 1–23, from Java, Indonesia. 

21 April 2023: Added Hynobius amabensis and Hynobius miyazakiensis (Hynobiidae), both named in the publication of Sugawara, Sueyoshi, and Nagano, 2023, Sci. Rep. Yokosuka City Mus., 70: 63–79, from Kyushu I., Japan, partitioned from Hynobius dunni, with which they were formerly confused. 

21 April 2023: Added a comment under Nanorana yunnanensis (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Thongproh, Chunskul, Makchai, Cota, Safoowong, Duengkae, Duangjai, Thitichayaporn, Chuaynkern, and Chuaynkern, 2023, Zootaxa, 5263: 365–388, who provided genetic confirmation for the Thai records, an mtDNA tree of this species and close relatives, and described larval morphology.

20 April 2023: Added Caecilia wilkinsoni (Caeciliidae), named by Fernández-Roldán and Lynch, 2023, Zootaxa, 5270: 194–206, from Nariño, Colombia. The status of Caecilia tenuissima was also discussed and the diagnosis restricted. 

20 April 2023: Added Bolitoglossa muisca (Plethodontidae), named by López-Perilla, Fernández-Roldán, Meza-Joya, and Medina-Rangel, 2023, ZooKeys, 1158: 32. Holotype: IAvH-Am-17413, by original designation. Type locality: "Finca La Esmeralda, vereda Roble Hueco, Bojacá municipality, Cundinamarca department, Colombia. 

20 April 2023: Added Caecilia yaigoje (Caeciliidae), named by Fernández-Roldán, Medina-Rangel, and Lynch, 2023, Ichthyol. & Herpetol., 111: 241–247, from Parque Nacional Natural Yaigojé Apaporis, Estación Biológica Caparú, Lago Taraira, Río Apaporis, Taraira, Vaupés, Colombia.

19 April 2023: Added a comment under Bufo andrewsi (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Zhang, Jiang, Zhao, and Liao, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 95–102, who reported on comparative morphological geographic variation of males and females. 

19 April 2023: Returned Romerus to Liuixalus (Rhacophoridae) on the basis of arguments presented by Ren, Jiang, and Li, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 121–122. 

18 April 2023: Added a comment under Centrolene acanthidiocephalum (Centrolenidae), noting the publication of Carvajal-Cogollo, Quiroga-Huertas, Muñoz-Castro, Hernández-Avendaño, González-Durán, and Meza-Joya, 2023, Zootaxa, 5264: 341–354, who provided a range extension, discussed the range (including a dot map), adult and larval morphology, and advertisement call, and also provided an mtDNA tree placing the species within Centrolene, within which it had previously been ambiguously associated. 

18 April 2023: Added comments under Incilius mccoyi (Bufonidae) and Exerodonta smaragdina (Hylidae), noting the range extensions by Castro-Bastidas, 2022, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 5: 15–19, to the municipality of Badiraguato, northeastern Sinaloa, Mexico, and who provided dot maps of the relevant ranges of the species.

15 April 2023: Added Amolops sangzhiensis (Ranidae), named by Qian, Xiang, Jiang, Yang, and Gui, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 54–64, from Mount Doupeng, ca. 1600 m elevation, Sangzhi County, Hunan Province, China. 

15 April 2023: Added Leptobrachella jinyunensis (Megophryidae) named by Shi, Shen, Wang, Jiang, and Wang, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 65–94, from Jinyun Mountains, Beibei District, Chongqing Municipality, China. 

15 April 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment noting the first records from China (southern Yunnan) of Wijayarana melasma (Ranidae) provided by Wu, Huang, Wu, Liu, Che, and Yuan, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 116–120.

15 April 2023: Added comments under Melanobatrachus indicus and Mysticellus franki (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Agashe, Ghosh, Dilshad, Sil, and Datta-Roy, 2023, J. Threatened Taxa, 15: 22900–22904, who provided new records, a dot map, and discussed the ranges and natural history. 

15 April 2023: Added three species (1) Pristimantis numbala, (2) Pristimantis paladines, and (2) Pristimantis sagedunneae of the Pristimantis orestes group, Pristimantis colodactylus subgroup, all named from Ecuador by Székely, Córdova-Díaz, Hualpa-Vega, Hualpa-Vega, and Székely, 2023, ZooKeys, 1149: 41–69, as part of their revision of the Pristimantis orestes species group. 

15 April 2023: Added Amolops siju (Ranidae), named by Saikia, Sinha, Shabnam, and Dinesh, 2023, J. Anim. Diversity, 5: 36–54 from Siju Cave (ca. 150 m from the entrance), South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India.

15 April 2023: Added the first records for China (Yunnan) for Microhyla hmongorum (Microhylidae), provided by Wu, Yu, Lu, Felista, Hou, Jin, Chen, Zhang, and Che, 2023, Biodiversity Data J., 11 (e103580): 1–11. 

15 April 2023: Added a comment under Craugastor talamancae (Craugastoridae), noting the publication by Twining and Cossel, 2023, Reptiles & Amphibians, 30 (e18581): 1–4, which reported on vocalization, 

13 April 2023: Added Phrynobatrachus rillingi (Phrynobatrachidae), named from Malonza, 2023, J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist., 112: 20–26, from Nyambene Hills-Meru County, Kenya. 

30 March 2023: Added Synapturanus artifex (Amazonas, Colombia), Synapturanus latebrosus (Caquetá, Colombia), and Synapturanus sacratus (Amazonas, Colombia) (Microhylidae), all named by Osorno-Muñoz, Gutiérrez-Lamus, Lynch, Keefe, Caicedo-Portilla, Chan, Tonini, and de Sá, 2023, Zootaxa, 5258: 151–196, as part of a revision and osteology of the Synapturanus rabus complex. 

30 March 2023: Modified the range statement for Scinax hiemalis (Hylidae) and added a comment under that species' record noting the publication of Pederassi, Caramaschi, Lima, Souza, and Sampaio, 2022, Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp., 33: 94–96, who provided a record for southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, and a dot map of the distribution.

26 March 2023: Placed Pseudophilautus conniffae into the synonymy of Pseudophilautus limbus, following Abeysekara, Samarasinghe, Manamendra-Arachchi, Adhikari, Premarathne, Bandara, Perera, and Wijayathilaka, 2023, Zootaxa, 5258: 130–140. 

26 March 2023: Added a comment under Ameerega trivittata (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication of Mayer, Böning, Lima, Krehenwinkel, Bitar, Bernarde, Veith, Souza, and Lötters, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 63–77, who discussed mtDNA phylogeography of the species and provided a range map. 

26 March 2023: Added comments under Pristimantis galdi and Pristimantis katoptroides (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of Batallas-Revelo and Brito-M., 2023, Herpetozoa, Wien, 36: 59–64, who reported on their advertisement calls.

19 March 2023: Added several species, placed some in synonymy, and generally included, where appropriate references to the revision of Megophryinae, with special reference to Chinese species (including detailed accounts for these species), by Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 380–450. New, elevated, or resurrected species: Xenophrys dehongensis, Xenophrys lancangica, Boulenophrys mufumontana, and Boulenophrys xuefengmontis; new combinations in new genera (Sarawakiphrys dringi, Jingophrys feii, Jingophrys pachyproctus, Jingophrys vegrandis, Jingophrys yeae, and Jingophrys zhoui)

18 March 2023: Added a comment under Cruziohyla craspedopus (Hylidae), noting the publication of Alves-Silva, Gomes, and Castro, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 207–210, who reported on a record from the municipality of Prainha, Pará, Brazil.

18 March 2023: Added Zhangixalus melanoleucus (Rhacophoridae), named by Brakels, Nguyen, Pawangkhanant, Idiiatullina, Lorphengsy, Suwannapoom, and Poyarkov, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 374–379, from montane evergreen forest on Phou Samsoum Mountain, Xiengkhouang Province, northeast Laos. 

17 March 2023: Added a comment under Cycloramphus eleutherodactylus (Cycloramphidae), noting the publication of Verdade, Almeida-Silva, and Rodrigues, 2023, Zootaxa, 5254: 287–294, who described larval morphology.

16 March 2023: Added Gracixalus truongi (Rhacophoridae), named by Tran, Pham, Le, Nguyen, Ziegler, and Pham, 2023, ZooKeys, 1153: 15–35, from Dien Bien Province, Vietnam.

16 March 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Hoplobatrachus litoralis (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Liu, Hou, Rao, and Li, 2023, Herpetozoa, Wien, 31: 31–39, who reported the species, genetically confirmed, from Baoshan City, western Yunnan, China. 

16 March 2023: Added Amnirana parva (Ranidae), named by Griesbaum, Jongsma, Penner, Kouamé, Doumbia, Gonwouo, Hillers, Glos, Blackburn, and Rödel, 2023, Zootaxa, 5254: 301–339, from Liberia; the range comprised of the former West African component of the range of Amnirana albolabris. 

13 March 2023: Added two species of the Amolops viridimaculatus (Ranidae) species group from India: Amolops chanakya from Chakpa Village, Dirang, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India, and Amolops tawang, from Gomkyaleng village, Jang-Mukto Road, Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India, both named by Saikia, Laskar, Dinesh, Shabnam, and Sinha, 2022, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 122: 247–266.

13 March 2023: Added Amolops terraorchis (Ranidae), named by Saikia, Sinha, Laskar, Shabnam, and Dinesh, 2022, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 122: 303–322, from West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

9 March 2023: Added Eleutherodactylus (Syrrhophus) jamesdixoni and Eleutherodactulus (Syrrhophus) humboldti (Eleutherodactylidae), named by Devitt, Tseng, Taylor-Adair, Koganti, Timugura, and Cannatella, 2023, PeerJ, 11(e14985): 19, from, respectively, the southern Sierra Madre Occidental and the state of México, Mexico. 

8 March 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Theloderma corticale (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Trageser and Dunlop, 2022, Herpetol. Rev., 53: 628, who provided a record from Phi La, Khamkeut District, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos, 793 m elevation.

8 March 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Scinax granulatus (Hylidae) noting the publication of Duhalde, Bach, Pérez Iglesias, and Gontero, 2022, Herpetol. Rev., 53: 628, who provided a record from Villa de Merlo, Junín Department, San Luis Province, Argentina. 

2 March 2023: Added Vitreorana assuh (Centrolenidae), named by Zucchetti, Rojas-Padilla, Dias, Solé, Orrico, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2023, Zootaxa, 5249: 301–334, from Serra das Lontras National Park, municipality of Arataca, state of Bahia, Brazil, along with providing a detailed discussion of comparative morphology, morphometrics, and osteology. 

28 February 2023: Added Leptobrachella korifi (from near the summit of Doi Inthanon, Chom Thong, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand) and Leptobrachella sinorensis (from Huay Sa Kud, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand), both named by Matsui, Panha, and Eto, 2023, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 42: 83–97. 

28 February 2023: Added a comment under Echinotriton andersoni (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Ozaki, Tominaga, Matsui, Hara, and Nishikawa, 2023, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 42: 9–16, who reported on geographic variation in skull morphometrics.

27 February 2023: Added comments under Hylinae (Hylidae) and Xenohyla truncata, noting the publication of Dias, Marcondes, Pezzuti, Vera Candioti, Araujo-Vieira, Prodocimo, Silva, Orrico, and Haas, 2023, Zoomorphology, 142: 111–126, who reported on larval morphology of Xenohyla truncata and suggested morphological features that may tie Pseudini to Dendropsophini.

27 February 2023: Added comments under all species found in Rep. Korea, noting the publication of Andersen, Chuang, Choe, Kim, Kwon, Jang, and Borzée, 2022, Zool. Stud., Taipei, 61(25): 1–10, who reported on the elevational ranges with relevant comparisons. 

27 February 2023: Added a comment under Andrias davidianus (Cryptobranchidae), noting the publication of Wang, Liu, Chang, Li, Xie, and Jiang, 2022, Curr. Zool., Chengdu, 68: 608–614, who reported on eDNA methods for surveying for wild populations of this species.

27 February 2023: Added comments under Bufo bufo and Bufo spinosus (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Ivanović, Cvijanović, Vučić, and Arntzen, 2023, Organisms Divers. Evol., 23: 209–219, who reported on skull morphology and cranial kinesis in these species.

26 February 2023: Added a comment under Centrolenidae, noting the publication of Mendoza-Henao, Zamudio, Guayasamin, Escalona Sulbarán, and Parra-Olea, 2023, Evolution, 77: 355–369, who provided a Bayesian tree (mt- and nuDNA) of 97 members of the family as part of a discussion of call evolution in the group.

26 February 2023: Added a comment under Beduka koynayensis (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Dinesh, Shabnam, and More, 2023, Russ. J. Herpetol., 30: 49–55, who discussed new genetically-confirmed records and the existing literature of the species.

25 February 2023: Added a comment under Scutiger boulengeri (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Lin, Hou, Yang, Shi, Zheng, Shih, Jiang, and Xie, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 3–19, who reported on mt- and nu-DNA phylogeography and a landscape genetics analysis in the Xizang-Qinghai-Sichuan–Gansu area of China, noting three distinct lineages, with Scutiger mammatus and Scutiger glandulatus nest within these.

25 February 2023: Added a comment under Afrixalus orophilus (Hyperoliidae), noting the publication of Dehling, Mindje, Dumbo, Hinkel, Hinkel, and Sinsch, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 102–105, who reported on the advertisement call in Rwanda. 

25 February 2023: Added a comment under Rhinella diptycha (Bufonidae), noting the publication of di Tada and Sinsch, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 96–101, who reported on geographic variation in advertisement and release calls, confirming the synonymy of Rhinella schneideri and Rhinella paracnemis, but noted that the taxonomic status of the populations at the Atlantic Coast south of the Amazonas should be re-evaluated, the deviating call features might be associated with mitochondrial introgression and hybridization between Rhinella diptycha and Rhinella marina, as indicated by molecular data (Sequeira, Sodré, Ferrand de Almeida, Bernardi, Sampaio, Schneider, and Vallinoto, 2011, BMC Evol. Biol., 11(264): 1–15, Vallinoto, Cunha, Bessa-Silva, Sodré, and Sequeira, 2017, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 180: 647–660).

24 February 2023: Added Centrolene zarza (Centrolenidae), named by Székely, Córdova-Díaz, Hualpa-Vega, Hualpa-Vega, and Székely, 2023, ZooKeys, 1149: 53–84, from "Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Refugio de Vida Silvestre El Zarza, quebrada “Las Mariposas” (3.8341°S, 78.5458°W; datum WGS84), 1434 m a.s.l."

24 February 2023: Added Leptobrachella dong (Megophryidae), named by Liu, Shi, Li, Zhang, Xiang, Wei, and Wang, 2023, ZooKeys, 1149: 103–134, from Hunan Province, China. Also added a comment under Leptobrachella noting this publication for providing a a large 16s mtDNA tree and a table comparing adult morphologies for all species of the genus. 

23 February 2023: Added comments under all of the Alabama, USA, records, noting the publication of Guyer and Bailey, 2023, Frogs and Toads of Alabama, who provided a detailed account for the species in Alabama, USA. 

22 February 2023: Added Lithobates adleri, Lithobates cora, Lithobates floresi, and Lithobates hillisi (Ranidae), named (as Rana) by Pérez-Ramos and Luja-Molina, 2022, Rev. Zool., Mexico, 34: 19–41, and Pérez-Ramos, 2023, Rev. Zool., Mexico, 35: 1–18. These nominal species were partitioned out of the Mexican species Lithobates forreri, long thought to be a composite. A particularly difficult set of papers from which to extract information due largely to the lack of standard dot-range maps. 

21 February 2023: Modified the range statement for Dendropsophus frosti (Hylidae) and added a comment under that record, noting the publication of  Koch, Mônico, Fernandes, and Valteran, 2023, Herpetol. Brasil., 11: 106–111, who reported the species from Tabatinga municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil, the first record from Brazil.

21 February 2023: Modified the range statement for, and added a comment under Boana bischoffi (Hylidae), noting the publication of Silva-Soares, Garcia, Del’ Maestro, and Santos, 2022, Oecologia Aust., 26: 614–619, who provided a record from western Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a dot map of the species. 

20 February 2023: Added comments under Engystomops guayaco, Engystomops petersi, Engystomops pustulatus, Engystomops puyango, and Engystomops randi, noting the publication of Nascimento, de Sá, and Garcia, 2022, J. Morphol., 283: 1299–1317, wo reported on larval external, oral and skeletal morphology.

20 February 2023: Added a comment under Strauchbufo raddei (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Othman, Choe, Chuang, Purevdori, Maslova, Schepina, Jang, and Borzée, 2022, Evol. Ecol., 36: 1007–1043, reported on molecular phylogeography and geographic variation in release call variation.

20 February 2023: Added comments under Odorrana (Ranidae), Odorrana hejiangensis, Odorrana huanggangensis, and Odorrana kweichowensis, noting the publication of Jiang, Yan, Luo, Xiao, Deng, and Zhou, 2022, Diversity & Distributions, 28: 2648–2664, wo reported on the molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Odorrana schmakeri complex in the karst regions of Guizhou, China. 

20 February 2023: Added a comment under Theloderma albopunctatum (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Ginal, Schmitz, and Rödder, 2022, Zootaxa, 5214: 595–599, who described and compared larval morphology from populations in northern Vietnam and northeastern Thailand. 

19 February 2023: Modified the range statement for Physalaemus carrizorum (Leptodactylidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Netto and Brusquetti, 2023, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 6: 47–49, who provided a dot map and a record from Parque Nacional San Rafael, Alto Verá District, Itapuá Department, Paraguay. 

19 February 2023: Modified the range statement for Leptobrachella botsfordi (Megophryidae) and added a comment under that record, noting the publication of Nguyen, Rowley, La, and Tapley, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 103–109, who discussed life history and provided a genetically-confirmed range extension to Mount Nam Kang Ho Tao, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam. 

19 February 2023: Added a comment under Craugastor pelorus (Craugastoridae), noting the publication of Couto, Macara Madeira, Hernández-Ordóñez, Reynoso-Rosales, and Rosa, 2023, Diversity, 15 (189): 1-5, who reported cave-dwelling populations in Chiapas and Tabasco, Mexico. 

19 February 2023: Added comments under Lysapsus and Pseudis (Hylidae), noting the publication of Turazzini and Gómez, 2023, Zool. Anz., 303: 47–70, who reported on osteology of these genera, with special reference to synapomorphies shared by them and groups within them.

19 February 2023: Added comments under Odorrana chloronota, Odorrana graminea, and Odorrana leporipes (Ranidae), noting the publication of Liu, Hou, and Hui, 2022, J. Anim. Diversity, 4(4): 1–11, who discussed the distribution of mtDNA matrilines among these populations, extrapolating these to species lineages.  

19 February 2023: Added comments under Dicroglossinae (Dicroglossidae), Allopaa, Chrysopaa, Quasipaa, and Nanorana, noting the publication of Hofmann, Jablonski, Litvinchuk, Masroor, and Schmidt, 2021, PeerJ, 9 (e11793): 1–22, who provided a molecular tree and suggested the possible paraphyly of Nanorana with respect to Allopaa. 

19 February 2023: Resurrected Bokermannohyla feioi (Hylidae) from the synonymy of Bokermannohyla nanuzae on the basis of the publication of Brunes, Pinto, Taucce, Santos, Nascimento, Carvalho, Oliveira, Vasconcelos, and Leite, 2023, Syst. Biodiversity, 21 (1: 2156001): 1–20. 

19 February 2023: Added comments under Rhinella horribilis (Bufonidae) and Rhinella marinus, noting the publication of Mittan-Moreau, Kelehear, Toledo, Bacon, Guayasamin, Snyder, and Zamudio, 2022, Mol. Ecol., 31: 6440–6456, who discussed the molecular evidence for patterns of introduction worldwide. 

19 February 2023: Added Gephyromantis cornucopia, Gephyromantis feomborona, Gephyromantis kremenae, Gephyromantis mafifeo, Gephyromantis mitsinjo, and Gephyromantis sergei (Mantellidae), named by Miralles, Köhler, Glaw, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini, Rosa, Du Preez, Gehring, Vieites, Ratsoavina, and Vences, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 1–41, who discussed relationships within the Gephyromantis boulengeri and Gephyromantis blanci complexes, provided dot maps, and a discussion of calls. 

18 February 2023: Added a comment under Hypopachus ustus (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Castro-Bastidas, Barraza-Herrera, Barreras-Gaxiola, and Loc-Barragán, 2023, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 106: 36–38, who reported specimens from southern Sinaloa (Municipality of Escuinapa), Mexico, the first from the state in over 40 years. 

18 February 2023: Added a comment under Pristimantis racemus (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of Pisso-Florez, Liévano-Bonilla, Mendoza-Henao, and Duarte-Marín, 2023, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 6: 23–31, who reported on the distress call and reported specimens from Parque Nacional Natural Puracé, Cauca and Huila, Colombia. 

18 February 2023: Added a comment under Hamptophryne boliviana (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Cabrera-Vargas and Rojas-Morales, 2023, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 106: 39–45, who provided new records from western Caquetá, Colombia, and provided a dot map for Colombia. 

17 February 2023: Added comments under Ptychadena anchietae, Ptychadena chrysogaster, Ptychadena guibei, Ptychadena nilotica, Ptychadena oxyrhynchus, Ptychadena porosissima, and Ptychadena uzungwensis (Ptychadenidae) noting the publicaton of Dehling, Mindje, and Sinsch, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 42–50, who reported on the species' range in Rwanda, their morphological diagnoses, and call characteristics.

16 February 2023: Modified the range statement for Triprion petasatus (Hylidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Antúnez-Fonseca, Ordoñez-Mazier, López, Velásquez, Ramos, García de Almeida, and Turcios-Casco, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 65–69, who provided a record from the Aguán Valley of Yoro, Honduras, provided a dot map of the species, and reported on life history observations.

16 February 2023: Added comments under the species found in Loreto, Peru, for which genetic seqences are known; see Gagliardi-Urrutia, García Dávila, Jaramillo-Martinez, Rojas-Padilla, Rios-Alva, Aguilar-Manihuari, Pérez-Peña, Castroviejo-Fisher, Simões, Estivals, Guillen Huaman, Castro Ruiz, Angulo Chávez, Mariac, Duponchelle, and Renno, 2022, Anf. Loreto: 1–203.  

16 February 2023: Added Hyperolius ukaguruensis (Hyperoliidae), named by Lawson, Loader, Lyakurwa, and Liedtke, 2023, PLoS One, 18 (2: e0277535): 1–23, named from Mamiwa Kisara Forest Reserve, Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania (-6.37272, 36.92722, elevation 1862m). The article also discussed the phylogenetics and distribution of the Hyperolius spinigularis clade of frogs. 

16 February 2023: Added a comment under Limnonectes shompenorum (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Gonggoli, Atmaja, Kadafi, Arida, and Hamidy, 2023, Biodiversitas, 24: 473–480, who discussed the taxonomic status of the population on Enggano Island, off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesa, and suggested on molecular grounds that Limnonectes shompenorum is the sister taxon of Limnonectes macrodon.     

16 February 2023: Added a comment under Amnirana galamensis (Ranidae), noting the publication of Zingbé, Kouamé, N'Guessan, and Rödel, 2023, Alytes, 39: 1–11, who reported on male and female vocalization in Ivory Coast. 

16 February 2023: Added comments under Brachytarsophrys popei, Boulenophrys shimentaina, Boulenophrys ombrophila, and Boulenophrys nanlingensis (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Qian, Li, Chen, Li, and Yang, 2023, ZooKeys, 1139: 1–32, who described larval morphology from Yizhang County, northern Guangdong Province, southern China. These authors also summarized the literature of larval morphology for the subfamily Megophryinae. 

16 February 2023: Modified the range statement for Hyperolius howelli (Hyperoliidae), noting the publication of Tiutenko, Spawls, and Zinenko, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 99–101, who provided the record from the eastern Ethiopian Highlands, the first record for Ethiopia, based on an mtDNA 16s assay for confirmation.  

16 February 2023: Added Oreophryne chlorops (Microhylidae), named by Günther, Iskandar, and Richards, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 153–159, from  an unnamed mountain range, Derewo River Basin, Papua Province, Indonesia, (3.4416°S, 136.4738°E; ~2090 m elevation. 

16 February 2023: Added Amolops truongi (Ranidae), named by Pham, Pham, Ngo, Sung, Ziegler, and Le, 2023, Raffles Bull. Zool., 71: 51–69, from near Phieng Ai Village (21°34.956′N, 104°17.160′E, at an elevation of 1,360 m a.s.l.), Ngoc Chien Commune, Muong La District, Son La Province, Vietnam. 

27 January 2023: Modified the range statements and added comments for Leptodactylus latrans (Leptodactylidae), Leptodactylus mystacinus, and Leptodactylus caatingae, noting the publication of Dubeux, Gonçalves, Palmeira, Vieira, Lobo-Araújo, Mott, and Magalhães, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 83–86, who provided the first records of these species for the state of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil, and provided dot maps for the species 

21 January 2023: Added a comment under Limnonectes leytensis (Dicroglossidae) noting the publication of Flores, Diesmos, and Nuñeza, 2023, Biodiversitas, 24: 133–139, reported on larval morphology and life history. 

21 January 2023: Modified the range statement for Elachistocleis pearsei (Microhylidae) and added a comment, noting the publication of Vargas and Barrio-Amorós, 2023, Reptiles & Amphibians, 30: 1–2, who reported (photo voucher only) the species for the first time from Costa Rica, from Mango de Laurel, Corredores, Puntarenas (08°27′17.93″N 82°54′37.58″W, 19 m elevation). 

20 January 2023: Added Hyloscirtus tolkieni (Hylidae), named bySánchez-Nivicela, Falcón-Reibán, and Cisneros-Heredia, 2023, ZooKeys, 1141: 75–92, from Parque Nacional Río Negro- Sopladora, Morona Santiago Province, Ecuador.

17 January 2023: Added Colombia to the range statement for Epicrionops marmoratus (Rhinatrematidae) and added a comment under that record, noting the publication of Fernández-Roldán, Lynch, and Medina-Rangel, 2022, Herpetol. Bull., London, 161: 34–36, reported the species from Nariño, southwestern Colombia and discussed the specimens and the range. 

14 January 2023: Added a comment under Pseudopaludicola mystacalis (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Porto, Fazolato, Marques, Batalha, Napoli, Garda, Carvalho, and Fernandes, 2022, Amphibia-Reptilia, 43: 315–329, wo identified 10 mtDNA matrilines within the species range.    

14 January 2023: Added comments under Brachycephalus (Brachycephalidae), Brachycephalus bufonoides, Brachycephalus crispus, Brachycephalus darkside, Brachycephalus ephippium, Brachycephalus guarani, Brachycephalus margaritatus, and Brachycephalus toby, noting the publication of Folly, Luna-Dias, Miguel, Ferreira, Machado, Lopes, and Pombal, 2023, Acta Zool., Stockholm, 104: 71–105, who reviewed the osteology of the Brachycephalus ephippium group.

14 January 2023: Added comments under Leptopelis macrotis, Leptopelis millsoni, and Leptopelis rufus (Hyperoliidae), noting the publication of Jaynes, Myers, Gvoždík, Blackburn, Portik, Greenbaum, Jongsma, Rödel, Badjedjea, Bamba-Kaya, Baptista, Akuboy, Ernst, Kouete, Kasumba, Masudi, McLaughlin, Nneji, Onadeko, Penner, Vaz Pinto, Stuart, Tobi, Zassi-Boulou, Leaché, Fujita, and Bell, 2022, Mol. Ecol., 31: 3979–3998, wo reported on molecular and morphological systematics, biogeography, and advertisement call.

13 January 2023: Added a comment under Paratelmatobius mantiqueira (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Moroti, Severgnini, Bolovon, Toledo, and Muscat, 2022, J. Nat. Hist., London, 56: 1563–1584, who reported on natural history, advertisement calls, and tadpole morphology. 

13 January 2023: Placed Uperoleia inundata (Myobatrachidae) into the synonymy of Uperoleia crassa, following the publication of Jaya, Tanner, Whitehead, Doughty, Keogh, Moritz, and Catullo, 2022, Mol. Ecol., 31: 4527–4543. 

12 January 2023: Added comments under Leptopelis (Hyperoliidae), Leptopelis diffidens, Leptopelis gramineus, Leptopelis rugosus (formerly Leptopelis montanus), Leptopelis shebellensis n. sp., Leptopelis susanae, and Leptopelis xeniae n. sp. to note the revision of the Leptopelis gramineus complex in Ethiopia by Goutte, Reyes-Velasco, Kassie Teme, and Boissinot, 2022, ZooKeys, 1128: 63–97, including a review of relevant literature, comparative morphology, advertisement calls, genetic markers, distribution maps, and natural history. Very nice to see the genitive for Xenia Freilich, recognizing her high-quality work on Ethiopian frogs. 

11 January 2023: Added a comment under Rhinella diptycha (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Sousa, Benício, and Fonseca, 2022, Biosphere Comun. Cient., 2: 16–22, who reported on intrapopulational variation in Piauí, Brazil. 

11 January 2023: Added comments under Brachytarsophrys popei, Boulenophrys nanlingensis, Boulenophrys ombrophila, and Boulenophrys shimentaina (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Qian, Li, Chen, Li, and Yang, 2023, ZooKeys, 1139: 1–32, who described larval morphology and discussed ranges. 

10 January 2023: Added a comment under Pulchrana glandulosa (Ranidae), noting the publication of Ong and Shahriza, 2022, Amphibia-Reptilia, 43: 457–462, who reported on vocalizations in peninsular Malaysia. 

10 January 2023: Added a comment under Fejervarya kawamurai (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Yang, Wo, Shao, Liao, Tong, Brown, and Jin, 2022, Asian Herpetol. Res., 13: 232–241, who suggested on the basis of two mtDNA loci and 8 nuDNA loci that nominal Fejervarya kawamurai is composed of two lineages, one corresponding to the Zhoushan Archipelago, Zhejiang, China and Japan, and the other from most parts of Chinese mainland. No taxonomic remedy was taken by these authors. 

10 January 2023: Added comments under Triturus cristatus and Triturus marmoratus (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Arntzen, 2023, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 138: 75–88, who reported on a hybrid zone in western France,  with a general discussion of the effect of climate change. 

10 January 2023: Added a comment under Pelophylax (Ranidae), noting the publication of Cuevas, Patrelle, Ciavatti, Gendre, Sourrouille, Géniez, Doniol-Valcroze, and Crochet, 2022, Salamandra, 58: 218–230, who described a molecular technique that allows a comparatively rapid identification of members of the Pelophylax perezi–Pelophylax grafi hybridogenetic system and the Pelophylax lessonae–Pelophylax esculentus hybridogenetic system. 

9 January 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Leptobrachella wulingensis (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Liu, Li, Cheng, Chen, Zhang, and Wei, 2021, Sichuan J. Zool., 40: 189–195, who reported the species (genetically confirmed) from Fanjingshan in Jiangkou County, Guizhou Province, China. 

9 January 2023: Added comments under Oreobates berdemenos and Oreobates discoidalis (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of Akmentins, Boullhesen, García, and Martínez, 2022, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 25: 28–33, who transferred the populations of nominal Oreobates discoidalis from Jujuy and Salta, Argentina, to Oreobates berdemenos on the basis of call structure. They did not report on the calls from the type locality of Oreobates discoidalis (Tucumán) or from populations assigned to this species from Bolivia, nothing that both now require confirmation as does the taxonomic status of Oreobates berdemenos itself (named in 2014) with respect to Oreobates discoidalis (named in 1895). 

9 January 2023: Added a comment under Rhinella spinulosa (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Alveal, Rivera, Pinochet, and Díaz-Páez, 2022, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 25: 1–11, who modeled the current and future distribution with global warming. 

9 January 2023: Modified the range statement for Rhacophorus laoshan (Rhacophoridae) and added a comment noting the range extension to eastern Yunnan, China, by  Song, Airenda, Lan, Zhang, Liu, Li, Tie, Chen, Duan, and Yuan, Sichuan J. Zool., 41: 664–665. 

8 January 2023: Placed Pseudophilautus pardus as a synonym of Pseudophilautus viridis (Rhacophoridae), following the evidence presented by Wijayathilaka, Perera, Manamendra-Arachchi, Ellepola, Adhikari, Wijayasekara, Wickramasinghe, Prathap, and Meegaskumbura, 2023, Zootaxa, 5224: 459–472. 

6 January 2023: Added comments under Boana curupi, Boana joaquini, Boana semiguttata, and Boana stellae (Hylidae) noting the publication of Widholzer and Prieto-Torres, 2022, North-West. J. Zool., Romania, 18: 168–178, who discussed distribution modelling patterns, niche conservatism, and ecological differentiation of these species. 

6 January 2023: Added a comment under Rhinella granulosa (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Thomé, Carstens, Rodrigues, Galetti, Alexandrino, and Haddad, 2022, Heredity, 127: 363–372, discussed modeled distributions through time and the role of asynchony of seasons in affecting genetic differentiation in this species. 

5 January 2023: Added Caecilia epicrionopsoides, Caecilia atelolepis, and Caecilia macrodonta (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae), all named from Colombia by Fernández-Roldán, Lynch, and Medina-Rangel, 2023, Zootaxa, 5227: 205–228, and who also rediagnosed Caecilia degenerata and excluded Caecilia corpulenta from the fauna of Colombia. 

5 January 2023: Added a comment under Pristimantis gutturalis (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of Lopes, Pedroso-Santos, Sousa, Santos, and Costa-Campos, 2022, Phyllomedusa, 21: 161–180, who reported on vocalizations, morphological variation, and morphometrics.  

3 January 2023: Added a large number of comments noting the report by Herlambang, Riyanto, Munir, Hamidy, Kimura, Eto, and Mumpuni, 2022, Treubia, 49: 67–84, on the fauna of the Natuna Islands, Indonesia.