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. 

31 December 2023: Added a comment under Uperoleia daviesae (Myobatrachidae), noting the publication of Catullo, McDonald, Stewart, and Lin, 2023, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 38: 27–34, who discussed morphological identification from sympatric species, as well as habitat and conservation strategies.

30 December 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment to Micryletta nigromaculata (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Pham, Nguyen, Sung, Tran, Le, and Ngo, 2023, Acta Herpetol., Firenze, 18: 131–138, who reported populations from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam, and discussed habitat and dietary ecology. 

29 December 2023: Added Bolitoglossa bolanosi (Plethodontidae), named by Arias, Chaves, and Parra-Olea, 2024, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 17: 143–160 from Parque Internacional La Amistad, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. 

28 December 2023: Added a comment under Theloderma (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Luo, Zhao, Lan, Li, Deng, Xiao, and Zhou, 2023, Ecol. Evol., 13(e10829): 1–18, who provided a phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of the species within the genus based on mtDNA and nuDNA loci, suggesting that as many as 12 unnamed species remain. 

27 December 2023: Added Physalaemus cristinae (Leptodactylidae), named by Cardozo, Tomatis, Duport-Bru, Kolenc, Borteiro, Pansonato, Confalonieri, Lourenço, Haddad, and Baldo, 2023, Herpetol. Monogr., 37: 95–128, from Corrientes Province, Argentina. 

26 December 2023: Placed Rhacophorus verrucopus into the synonymy of Rhacophorus tuberculatus (Rhacophoridae), following the recommendation of Naveen, Liu, Chandramouli, Babu, Karunakaran, and Kumara, 2023, Herpetozoa, Wien, 36: 325–333, who also  redescribed Rhacophorus tuberculatus

25 December 2023: Added Odorrana confusa (Ranidae), named by Song, Zhang, Qi, Lyu, Zeng and Wang in Song, Zhang, Qi, Lyu, Zeng, Zhu, Huang, Luan, Shu, Gong, Liu, and Wang, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 283–299, from Chebaling National Nature Reserve, Shixing County, Guangdong Province, China.

25 December 2023: Added Nanorana huangi (Dicroglossidae), named by Ji, Shi, Ma, Shen, Chang, and Jiang, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 300–318, from northwestern Yunnan Province, China

24 December 2023: Added a comment under Gymnophiona, noting the publication of Lowie, De Kegel, Wilkinson, Measey, O'Reilly, Kley, Gaucher, Adriaens, and Herrel, 2023, J. Anat., 242: 3312–326, who reported on comparative anatomy of head muscles in a phylogenetic context in order to evaluate differences due to ecology and phylogeny.  

24 December 2023: Added a comment under Hemidactyliinae (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Segovia-Ramírez, Ramírez-Sánchez, Decena Segarra, Rios-Carlos, and Rovito, 2023, Ecol. Evol., 13(e10707): 1–18, who reported on a comparative study of members of the tribe Bolitoglossini (Aquiloeurycea, Bolitoglossa, Bradytriton, Chiropterotriton, Cryptotriton, Dendrotriton, Isthmura, Nyctanolis, Oedipina, Parvimolge, Pseudoeurycea, and Thorius) which suggests that coding loci may be more appropriate than non-coding loci for genetic diversity estimates used in conservation planning. 

22 December 2023: Added Limnonectes phyllofolia (Dicroglossidae), named by Frederick, Iskandar, Riyanto, Hamidy, Reilly, Stubbs, Bloch, Bach, and McGuire, 2023, PLoS One, 18(12: e0292598): 1–18, from Sulawesi, Indonesia. 

22 December 2023: Added Pristimantis similaris (Strabomantidae), a member of the Pristimantis danae group, named by Herrera-Alva, Catenazzi, and Aguilar-Puntriano, 2023, ZooKeys, 1187: 1–29, from  the Comunidad Cajadela , Distrito Anco, Provincia La Mar, Departamento Ayacucho, Peru. The authors also discussed the regional threat from chytrid fungus. 

22 December 2023: Added Pseudopaludicola javae (Leptodactylidae), named by Silva, Andrade, Painkow, Dantas, Haga, and Garda, 2023, J. Herpetol., 57: 297–314, from Fazenda Escondida, Tocantins State, Marianópolis Municipality, Brazil. 

22 December 2023: Added links (thanks to Doug Plant [Mugo] and Matt Tarr) of all taxon records to the corresponding accounts in Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org). Wikipedia currently addresses the various taxonomic controversies in a responsible manner and the amount of effort that the accounts represent is astonishing in its enormity. 20 years ago you could not have convinced me that a large number of anonymous people would be willing to put so much effort into constructing something so useful.   

21 December 2023: Added a comment under Heleophryne rosei (Heleophrynidae), noting the publication of Weeber, Altwegg, Tarrant, and Tolley, 2023, Afr. Zool., 58: 106–119, where larval occupancy dynamics were discussed and a dot map of larval occupancy provided. 

21 December 2023: Added a comment under Craugastor yucatanensis (Craugastoridae), noting the general account and range map by Nahuat-Cervera and Barrientos-Medina, 2023, Bioagrociencias, 16: 48–54. 

20 December 2023: Added Scutiger luozhaensis (Megophryidae), named by Shi, Sui, Ma, Ji, Bu-Dian, and Jiang, 2023, ZooKeys, 1187: 31–62, from Gari Village, Se Town, Luozha County, Tibet, China (28.2413°N, 90.7842°E, 4150 m a.s.l.). 

19 December 2023: Added comments under Leptopelis anchietaeLeptopelis jordaniLeptopelis marginatusHyperolius chelaensis, Hyperolius cinereus (Hyperoliidae)Poyntonophrynus fernandaePoyntonophrynus hoeschiPoyntonophrynus nambensisPoyntonophrynus pachnodes (Bufonidae), and Hylarana parkeriana (Ranidae), noting the publication of Becker, Baptista, Vaz Pinto, Ernst, and Conradie, 2023, Namib. J. Environm., 8: 245–257, who discussed the amphibians of the highlands of Angola and Namibia. 

16 December 2023: Added a comment under Siphonops paulensis (Siphonopsidae), noting the publication of Rivas, Eversole, and Powell, 2023, Reptiles & Amphibians, 30 (e21206): 1–3, where was provided a genetically-confirmed record from Renacer, Municipality of San Javier, Province Cercado, Beni, Bolivia.  

16 December 2023: Added a comment under Anaxyrus microscaphus (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Driver, Eversole, Unger, Kulhavy, Schalk, and Hung, 2023, Ecologies, 4: 762–778, who reported on the effects of climate change on the modeled distribution.

16 December 2023: Added Crossodactylodes teixeirai (Leptodactylidae), named by Ferreira, Zocca, Carvalho, and Santos, 2023, J. Herpetol., 57: 373–380, from Pedra do Garrafão (20°10′07.2″S, 40°55′42.4″W, 1,374 m asl), municipality of Santa Maria de Jetibá, state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil.

7 December 2023: Added comments under Dryophytes suweonensis and Dryophytes flaviventris (Hylidae), noting the publication of Rahman, Yun, Lee, Lee, Park, Ham, and Sung, 2023, PeerJ, 11(e16492) : 1–14, where they discussed call variation and morphological similarity of the animals that make up these lineagessuggesting that additional studies may show them to be conspecific. 

5 December 2023: Added two new families within Brachycephaloidea, Neblinaphrynidae with only one new genus and species, Neblinaphaphryne mayeri, and Caligophrynidae, with only one new genus and species, Caligophryne doylei, all from the Neblina Massif on the Venezuela/Brazil borderlands, following the phylogenetic study of Fouquet, Kok, Recoder, Prates, Camacho, Marques-Souza, Ghellere, McDiarmid, and Rodrigues, 2023, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 191 (107971): 1–11. 

3 December 2023: Added a comment under Phyllomedusa venusta (Hylidae), noting the publication of Bezerra, Mendoza-Roldán, and Hepp, 2023, Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ., 58: 485–499, who reported on the vocal repertoire.

3 December 2023: Added a comment under Scinax fuscomarginatus (Hylidae), noting the publication by Brusquetti, Pupin, and Haddad, 2023, Evol. Biol., 50: 432–446, where they reported on molecular (mtDNA and nuDNA) phylogeography and Pleistocene refugia . 

3 December 2023: Added comments under Triturus anatolicus, Triturus cristatus, Triturus ivanbureschi, Triturus macedonicus, Triturus marmoratus, and Triturus pygmaeus (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Gaczorek, Marszałek, Dudek, Arntzen, Wielstra, and Babik, 2023, Mol. Ecol., 32: 867–880, reported on introgression of the MHC gene across a hybrid zones among these species.   

3 December 2023: Added a comment under Lissotriton vulgaris (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Herczeg, Palomar, Zieliński, van Riemsdijk, Babik, Dankovics, Halpern, Cvijanovíc, and Vörös, 2023, Ecol. Evol., 13 (e10478): 1–12, who reported on complex population structure in the Carpathian basin of southern Slovakia, eastern Austria, Hungary, eastern Slovenia, northern Croatia, and northern Serbia.

3 December 2023: Added a comment under Pleurodema diplolister (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Ferreira, Costa, Uchôa, Sousa, and Andrade, 2023, Zoomorphology, 142: 465–475, who reported on larval oral and chondrocranial anatomy.

3 December 2023: Added comments under Boulenophrys jiulianensisBoulenophrys nanlingensis, and Boulenophrys ombrophila (Megophryidae), noting their comparative morphology and molecular markers in Hunan, China, as discussed by Shang, Luo, Qian, Gao, Li, Deng, and Yang, 2023, Life Sci. Res., 27: 349–360. The authors also discussed that records from Hunan of Boulenophrys kuatunensis and Boulenophrys brachykolos require confirmation inasmuch as they likely are based on misidentification. 

1 December 2023: Added comments to Paradactylodon persicus and Paradactylodon mustersi (Hynobiidae), noting the publication of Vaissi, Heshmatzad, and Hernandez, 2023, Amphibia-Reptilia, 44: 415–429, discussed modeled niche and range susceptibility to climate change.   

1 December 2023: Added comments under Bufo bufo and Bufo verrucosissimus (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Dursun, Sánchez-Montes, Özdemir, Gül, and Martínez-Solano, 2023, Amphibia-Reptilia, 44: 441–455, who reported on the genetics of a hybrid zone in Rize Province, northeastern Turkey. 

30 November 2023: Modified the range statement of, and added a comment to the Amolops beibengensis (Ranidae) record, noting the publication of Patel, Boruah, Narayanan, and Das, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 865–875, who reported the species from Arunachal Pradesh, India, who discussed morphometrics and phylogenetic placement (16s sequence) within Amolops.  

30 November 2023: Added a comment under Bombina variegata (Bombinatoridae), noting the publication of Mezzasalma, Puntillo, and Brunelli, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 881–884, who reported a population from the Silan Plateau, Municipality of Savelli, Crotone Province, southern Italy.  

30 November 2023: Added comments under Duttaphrynus bengalensis (Bufonidae), Polypedates pseudocruciger (Rhacophoridae), Rhacophorus lateralis (Rhacohporidae), Rhacophorus malabaricus (Rhacophoridae), Minervarya agricola (Dicroglossidae), and Nyctibatrachus aliciae (Nyctibatrachidae), noting the publication of Raj, 2023, J. Threatened Taxa, 15: 24151–24290, who reported on larval external and buccal morphology of these species of the Western Ghats, South India.  

24 November 2023: Added Rhinella kuka (Bufonidae), named by Köhler, Vences, Padial, Plewnia, and Lötters, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 307–326, from the Yungas of west-central Bolivia. 

23 November 2023: Added Nanorana laojunshanensis (Dicroglossidae), named by Tang, Liu, and Yu, 2023, Animals, 13(3427): 1–22, from Mount Laojun, Lijiang, Yunnan, China, 3982 m elevation.  

22 November 2023: Added comments under Hyla intermedia and Hyla orientalis (Hylidae), noting the publication of Kuijt, Osk, den Boer, Dufresnes, France, Gilbert, de Visser, Struijk, and Wielstra, 2023, Amphibia-Reptilia, 44: 1–10, who detected these species in the coastal dunes of the Netherlands and discussed the conservation implications. 

21 November 2023: Added comments to the entire native amphibian fauna of Haiti records noting the very interesting and nuanced contribution by Ríos-López, 2023, In Rios-Lopez and Heatwole (eds.), Conserv. Biogeograph. Amph. Caribb.: 218–262, who discussed conservation status and related issues such as confidence in range understanding, taxonomic ambiguities, and other issues that bear on conservation priorities. 

21 November 2023: Modified the range statements and added comments to the Pelophylax bedriagae and Pelophylax cerigensis (Ranidae) records, noting the publication Toli, Bounas, Christopoulos, Pafilis, and Sotiropoulos, 2023, Amphibia-Reptilia, 44: 277–287, which on the basis of mtDNA analysis transferred the records of Pelophylax bedriagae from Rhodes, Greece, to Pelophylax cerigensis

21 November 2023: Added comments under Litoria rubella and Ranoidea caerulea (Hylidae), noting the publication of Dias, 2023, J. Morphol., 284(e21651): 1–7, which described larval buccopharyngeal morphology and its phylogenetic implications.

21 November 2023: Added comments under Philoria kundagungan and Philoria richmondensis (Limnodynastidae), noting the publication of Bolitho and Newell, 2022, Sci. Rep. (Nature, London), 12(20215): 1–8, which provided niche model maps as part of a discussion of the substantial range contractions expected under global warming.

21 November 2023: Added comments under Onychodactylus zhangyapingi and Onychodactylus zhaoermii (Hynobiidae), noting the publication of Peng, Li, Cao, Li, Shin, Piao, Perez, Zhu, and Borzée, 2023, Global Ecol. Conserv., 48 (e02694): 1–18, which provided ecological niche models/distribution maps as part of the discussion of conservation approaches. 

20 November 2023: Added a comment to the Adenomera hylaedactyla (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Auguste, Auguste, Maingot, Pandey, and Muhammad, 2023, Reptiles & Amphibians, 30(e20741): 1–2, which reported an introduced, reproducing population of Adenomera cf. hylaedactyla in southwestern Tobago

20 November 2023: Added a comment to the Pipa pipa (Pipidae) record, noting the publication of Ali, Muhammad, Berment, Walker, Baboolal, and Ali, 2023, Reptiles & Amphibians, 30(e20): 1–2, which summarized what is known about the life history and distribution on Trinidad.

20 November 2023: Added Vietnamophryne aurantifusca (Microhylidae), named by Ninh, Le, Bui, Nguyen, Orlov, Moseyko, Le, Nguyen, Hoang, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2023, Zootaxa, 5374: 505–518, from Sinh Long Commune, Na Hang District, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam.

20 November 2023: Added Phyllodytes iuna (Hylidae), named by Santos, Roseno, Solé, and Dias, 2023, Zootaxa, 5374: 519–532, from Estação Ecológica de Wenceslau Guimarães, municipality of Wenceslau Guimarães, Bahia, Brazil. 

20 November 2023: Added Rohanixalus wuguanfui (Rhacophoridae), named by Liu, Huang, Stuart, Ai, Bernstein, Suwannapoom, Chomdej, Che, and Yuan, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 1146−1151, from Yunnan, China, with records from Laos and Myanmar.

20 November 2023: Added comments to Bufo praetextatus, Bufo formosus, and Bufo torrenticola (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Fukutani, Matsui, and Nishikawa, 2023, PeerJ, 11(e16302): 1–27, which reported on hybrid zones and species boundaries in the complex. 

19 November 2023: Added Poyntonophrynus fernandae and Poyntonophrynus nambensis (Bufonidae), named by Baptista, Vaz Pinto, Keates, Lobón-Rovira, Edwards, and Rödel, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 991–1031, from Cuanza-Sul Province, Angola. 

19 November 2023: Added a comment under Batrachoseps stebbinsi (Plethodontidae), noting the publication of Wang, 2023, Undergrad. Res. Creat. Activities J., U. California, Santa Barbara, 4: 1–9, who found no significant morphological differences between populations on either side of Tehachapi Pass. 

19 November 2023: Added comments under Ranoidea caerulea and Nyctimystes infrafrenatus (Hylidae), noting the publication of Esterina, 2023, Formosa J. Appl. Sci., 2: 2369–2382, who reported on the karyotypes. 

19 November 2023: Added Pristimantis loeslein (Strabomantidae), named by Castillo-Urbina, Vences, Aguilar-Puntriano, Glaw, and Köhler, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 1047–1061, from Abra La Divisoria (9°12′01″S, 75°47′43″W, 1650 m above sea level), southern Cordillera Azul, Provincia Leoncio Prado, Departamento Huánuco, Peru

19 November 2023: Pauwels, Brecko, Baeghe, Venderickx, Vanderheyden, and Backeljau, 2023, ZooKeys, 1184: 41–64, characterized the call, morphology, and molecular markers of a reproducing population of Xenopus laevis (Pipidae) in Belgium. 

14 November 2023: Aded Leptobrachella phiaoacensis and Leptobrachella phiadenensis (Megophryidae), named by Luong, Hoang, Pham, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2023, Zootaxa, 5369: 301–335, from Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park, Cao Bang Province, Vietnam. 

14 November 2023: Added Nidirana noadihing (Ranidae), named by Boruah, Deepak, and Das, 2023, Zootaxa, 5374: 51–73, named from Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

1 November 2023: Added a comment under Leptobrachella kalonensis (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Le, Tran, and Pham, 2023, Tropical Nat. Hist., Thailand, 23: 114–122, who described larval morphology. 

1 November 2023: Added Xenophrys pangdaensis (Megophryidae), named by Shu, Li, Wu, Liu, He, Li, Zhang, and Guo, 2023, ZooKeys, 1182: 307–329, from Pangda Village (27°17.25'N, 89°0.42'E; ca. 2000 m a.s.l.), Yadong Town, Yadong County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

1 November 2023: Added a comment under Chrysopaa sternosignata (Dicroglossidae), noting the publicatton of Hofmann, Masroor, and Jablonski, 2023, Herpetologica, 79: 128–134, where a detailed description of tadpole morphology was provided. 

30 October 2023: Added Scutiger feiliangi (Megophryidae), named by Zhou, Guan, and Shi, 2023, Chinese J. Zool., 58: 641–650, from Yuhuangding Forest Center in Baiyun Mountain National Forest Park, Song County, Luoyang City, Henan, P. R. China. 

30 October 2023: Added a comment under Lithobates capito (Ranidae), noting the publication of Devitt, Enge, Farmer, Beerli, Richter, Hall, and Lance, 2023, Diversity, 15 (93) : 1–12, reported on mtDNA phylogeography (as Rana capito) which suggests that the Peninsular Florida population is distinct from the coastal plain population from western Florida and southern Alabama through Georgia and northern Florida through Georgia and South Carolina to North Carolina, USA. On this basis they suggested that conservation efforts should address the two segments separately. 

30 October 2023: Added Andrias cheni (Cryptobranchidae), named by Xu, Gong, Li, Jiang, Huang, and Huang in Gong, Xu, Huang, Huang, Li, Jiang, Yang, Yu, Zhang, and LI, 2023, Chinese J. Zool., 58: 651–657, from Fufeng Town, Qimen County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, P. R. China.

28 October 2023: Added comments under Rana sakuraii and Rana tagoi (Ranidae), noting the publication of Tokita, Iizuka, and Eto, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 761–771, where Rana sakuraii and Rana tagoi were compared morphmetrically. 

28 October 2023: Added Arthroleptis nyungwensis (Arthroleptidae), named by  Dehling, 2023, Diversity, 15 (1104): 1–16, from Nyungwe National Park, Western Province, Rwanda. 

27 October 2023: Added Alcalus fontinalis (Ceratobatrachidae), named by Boruah, Narayanan, Gerard, Das, and Deepak, 2023, Syst. Biodiversity, 21(1: 2249891): 1–15, from Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. 

20 October 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment to the record for Phyllomedusa venusta (Hylidae), based on the publication of Barros-Granados, Peréz-González, Guerra Rodriguez, and Rueda-Solano, 2023, Herpetol. Bull., London, 166: 14–17, who provided records from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the Departamento Magdalena, Colombia, 176 to 1050 m elevation, and also described the female release call. 

17 October 2023: Extended the range statements into northern Vietnam for Hylarana latouchii (Ranidae) and Occidozyga shiwandashanensis (Dicroglossidae) on the basis of the paper by Tran, Hoang, Luong, Nguyen, Ziegler, and Pham, 2023, Biodiversity Data J.,  11(e109726): 1–18.

14 October 2023: Added a comment under Limnonectes nguyenorum (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Pham, Nguyen, Le, Pham, and Nguyen, 2023, VNU J. Sci. Earth Environ. Sci., 39: 105–111, who provided a dot map of known collection localities and modeled the distribution that suggested that the species might enter extreme northeastern Laos and that the records for southern Yunnan, China and Tam Dao (Lao Cai Province) and Xian Son (Phu Tho Province) of Vietnam, should be investigated as possibly belonging to unnamed lineages. 

14 October 2023: Added comments under Hyla (Hylidae), Alytes (Discoglossidae), and Discoglossus (Discoglossidae), noting the publication of Martínez-Gil, Martínez-Freiría, Perera, Enriquez-Urzelai, Martínez-Solano, Velo-Antón, and Kaliontzopoulou, 2022, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 135: 462–477, who examined, within a phylogenetic framework, phenotypic and climatic diversity of the species i n the Mediterranean region. 

14 October 2023: Added comments under Leptobrachella suiyangensis and Leptobrachella bashaensis (Megophryidae), noting the publication by Shen, Li, Liu, Li, Xiao, and Su, 2023, Herpetozoa, Wien, 36: 273–280, where the advertisement calls were described.

13 October 2023: Added comments under Minervarya charlesdarwini and Minervarya andamanensis (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Gopika, Garg, Sivaperuman, Gokulakrishnan, and Biju, 2023, Zootaxa, 5353: 567–581, who described larval morphology and natural history of these species. 

12 October 2023: Added comments under Limnonectes macrognathus (Dicroglossidae) and Leptobrachium smithi (Megophryidae), noting the publication of Ong and Shahriza, 2022, Bioacoustics, 31: 89–91, who described the advertisement calls. 

12 October 2023: Added Oreophryne riyantoi (Microhylidae), named by Putri, Trilaksono, Kurniati, Engilis, and Hamidy in Putri, Trilaksono, Kurniati, Hitch, Engilis, Widayati, Farajallah, and Hamidy, 2023, Zootaxa, 5353: 455–467, from the Mekongga Mountains, Wawo District, Kolaka Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. 

11 October 2023: Added Boulenophrys hengshanensis (Megophryidae), named by Qian, Hu, Mo, Gao, Zhang, and Yang, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 915–930. from Mount Hengshan, Hunan Province, China.

10 October 2023: Modified the range statements and added comments to the Agalychnis spurrelli (Hylidae) and Strabomantis bufoniformis (Strabomantidae) records to reflect the publication of Montes-Correa, Jiménez-Bolaño, Collazos-Astudillo, and Renjifo, 2023, Reptiles & Amphibians, 30 (e19521): 1–4, who discussed the ranges and provided dot maps of the ranges along with new records from the Municipality of Magüí Payán, Santo Domingo Village, Nariño Department, Colombia, 42 m elevation.

2 October 2023: Added Bufoides bhupathyi (Bufonidae), named by Naveen, Tapley, Chandramouli, Jervis, Babu, Meetei, and Karunakaran, 2023, Biodiversitas, 24: 4617–4627, from the Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mamit District, Mizoram, India. 

2 October 2023: Added Litoria ridibunda (Hylidae), named by Donnellan, Catullo, Rowley, Doughty, Price, Hines, and Richards, 2023, Zootaxa, 5352: 73–108, from the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia across Northern Australia north of about 19°S east to Mount Isa and Normanton in northwestern Queensland. Formerly confused with Litoria rothii

29 September 2023: Added South Carolina, USA, to the range of Urspelerpes brucei (Plethodontidae), and added a comment under that species record, noting the publication of Pierson, Camp, and Wooten, 2023, Conserv. Genetics, 24: 617–627, who reported on landscape genetics and phylogeography of the species. 

27 September 2023: Added a comment under Feihyla palpebralis (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Vassilieva, 2023, Zootaxa, 5351: 293–300, who reported on larval chondrocranial and external morphology as well as their natural history. 

27 September 2023: Added a comment under Pristimantinae, noting the publication of Goicoechea, De la Riva, and Padial, 2010, Zool. Scripta, 39: 141–154, who discussed the evidentiary role of call characteristics in phylogeny reconstruction on a sample of Yunganastes, Pristimantis, and Oreobates.

27 September 2023: Added two species from Tungurahua and Napo Provinces, Ecuador, members of the Pristimantis myersi group, both previously confused with Pristimantis gladiator, these being Pristimantis donnelsoni and Pristimantis kayi, named by Reyes-Puig, Urgilés-Merchán, Franco-Mena, Guayasamin, Batallas-Revelo, and Reyes-Puig, 2023, ZooKeys, 1180: 257–293. 

26 September 2023: Added a comment under Xenohyla truncatata (Hylidae), noting the publication by Machado, De Oliveira-Nogueira, Souza, Figueiredo de Andrade, Mônico, and Toledo, 2023, Zootaxa, 5351: 392–396, who reported on the advertisement call.

26 September 2023: Added a comment under Litoria revelata (Hylidae), noting the publication by Webster, White, and Whiting, 2023, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 77(68): 1–11, who reported on vocalization and nuptial coloration.  

26 September 2023: Added a comment under Fritziana tonimi (Hemiphractidae), noting the publication by Lacerda, Zocca, Cafofo, Araújo, Beard, Toledo, and Ferreira, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 275–283, who reported on vocalization. 

12 September 2023: Collapsed the taxonomy of Ichthyosaura (Salamandridae) to a single nominal species, Ichthyosaura alpestris, as treated by Robbemont, van Veldhuijzen, Allain, Ambu, Boyle, Canestrelli, Ó Cathasaigh, Cathrine, Chiocchio, Cogǎlniceanu, Cvijanovíc, Dufresnes, Ennis, Gandola, Jablonski, Julian, Kranželić, Lukanov, Martínez-Solano, Montgomery, Naumov, O’Neill, North, Pabijan, Pushendorf, Salvi, Schmidt, Sotiropoulos, Stănescu, Stanković, Stapleton, Šunje, Szabolcs, Vacheva, Willis , Zimić, France, Meilink, Stark , Struijk, Theodoropoulos, de Visser, and Wielstra, 2023, Amphibia-Reptilia, 44: 347–361, pending the application of nuDNA evidence. This paper represents a large mtDNA phylogeographic study which illuminates, as do all large studies like this, some answers but also poses new questions, particularly about the status of unnamed matrilines, like their "Vlasina" matriline which forms the sister taxon of all others in the complex. Presumably the addition of nuDNA sequence will bring some more answers to this complex taxon. 

12 September 2023: Added comments under Ommatotriton nesterovi and Ommatotriton ophryticus (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Kalaentzis, Arntzen, Avcı, van den Berg, Beukema, France, Olgun, van Riemsdijk, Üzüm, and de Visser, 2023, Ecol. Evol., 13(e10442): 1–10, who detailed these species' narrow hybrid zone in north-central Turkey, where the authors documented strong selection against hybrids. 

8 September 2023: Added a comment under Rhacophoridae, noting the remarkable publication of Ellepola and Meegaskumbura, 2023, Frontiers Ecol. Evol., 11(1195689): 1–14, who provided a dense (both in terms of terminals and loci) molecular tree of the family and discussed methods, biogeographic patterns, and suggested that all currently recognized genera are monophyletic. 

7 September 2023: Added Leptobrachella wumingensis (Megophryidae), named by Chen, Peng, Li, and Yu, 2023, ZooKeys, 1178: 1–16, from the Damingshan National Nature Reserve, Wuming District, Nanning City, Guangxi, China.

7 September 2023: Added a comment under Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Eleutherodactylidae), noting the publication of Hong, He, Lin, Du, Chen, Han, Zhang, Gu, Tu, Hu, Yuan, and Liu, 2022, NeoBiota, 77: 23–37, who discussed the molecular phylogeography of the introductions into China.    

6 September 2023: Added a comment under Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Cryptobranchidae), noting the publication of Foster, Larsen, and McMillan, 2023, Herpetol. Conserv. Biol., 18: 71–83, who discussed the historical introduction of this species into the Susquehanna River drainage of northeastern Maryland, Pennsylvia and south-central New York. 

6 September 2023: Added a comment under Ranitomeya variabilis (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication of Regnet, Rech, Rödder, and Solé, 2023, ZooKeys, 1172: 131–153, who reported on embryonic and larval development in captivity.  

6 September 2023: Added comments under Dicroglossinae, Allopaa, Chrysopaa, and Nanorana (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Hofmann, Schmidt, Masroor, Borkin, Litvinchuk, Rödder, Vershinin, and Jablonski, 2023, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 198: 310–325, who reported on the molecular phylogenetics of Paini with special reference to biogeography and conservation. 

4 September 2023: Added a comment under Kurixalus (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Mo, Sun, Chen, Yu, and Du, 2023, Animals, 13 (2754): 1–13, who reported on molecular phylogenetics and biogeography with special reference to the effect of alternative evolutionary models on results. 

4 September 2023: Added comments under Pristimantis altae and Pristimantis pardalis (Strabomantidae), noting the publication by Cossel, Twining, Reich, and Roberts, 2023, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 28: 55–63, who detailed their vocalizations. 

4 September 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Hyloxalus pinguis (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication of Pisso-Florez, Liévano-Bonilla, Mazepa, Mulder, and Ramírez-Chaves, 2023, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 28: 78–88, who detailed the distribution, advertisement call, and phylogenetic position of the species. 

28 August 2023: Added a comment under Bufo gargarizans, noting the publication by Kasatani and Takeuchi, 2023, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 42: 144–161, who reported on the mtDNA phylogeography of Bufo gargarizans miyakonis.  

28 August 2023: Elevated Rana tagoi okiensis and Rana tagoi yakushimensis to species status, Rana okiensis and Rana yakushimensis, following Eto and Matsui, 2023, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 42: 191–209. 

23 August 2023: Partitioned Angola and Zambia records of Hylarana darlingi (Ranidae) to the resurrected species Hylarana adiscifera, following Conradie, Keates, Verburgt, Baptista, and Harvey, 2023, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 17: 19–56. 

20 August 2023: Added a comment under Barbourula busuangensis (Bombinatoridae), noting the publication of Bosch, Afuang, Miñarro, Lansac, Márquez, Brown, Lacaste, Burrowes, and De la Riva, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 297–303, who reported on vocalizations.  

19 August 2023: Added comments under Pristimantis alius, Pristimantis brevifrons, Pristimantis inglesPristimantis ptochus, and Pristimantis silverstonei (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of Arriaga-Jaramillo, Cuellar-Valencia, García-Gómez, Ceballaos-Castro, Bolívar-García, Velásquez-Trujillo, Ortiz-Baez, and Ospina-Sarria, 2023, Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ., 58: 275–282, who discussed the advertisement calls in sympatry. 

18 August 2023: Modified the range statement for Odorrana wuchuanensis (Ranidae) and added a comment under that species record noting the publication of Ma, Huang, Wan, Hou, Yuan, and Wang, 2023, Chinese J. Zool., 58: 622–629, who reported the species (confirmed by mtDNA 16s analysis) from Xintian Town, Pengshui Miao, and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing, China. 

16 August 2023: Added Tylototriton  zaimeng (Salamandridae), named by Decemson, Lalremsanga, Elangbam, Mathipi, Shinde, Purkayastha, Arkhipov, Bragin, and Poyarkov, 2023, Herpetozoa, Wien, 36: 203–224, from , Manipur State, north-eastern India.

10 August 2023: Added a comment under Bokermannohyla ibitiguara (Hylidae, noting the publication of Nali, Zamudio, and Prado, 2023, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 139: 243–256, who reported on genetic, morphological, and acoustic variation among breeding stream populations in the Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil

10 August 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Odorrana arunachalensis (Ranidae), noting the publication of Wangyal, Norbu, Ghalley, and Shacha, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 569–572, provided the first record (as Nanorana arunachalensis; photo only) from Bhutan. 

9 August 2023: Modified the range statement for Ecnomiohyla sukia (Hylidae), and added a comment noting the publication of van Noppen, Quesada, Puschendorf, Varela-Soto, Campobasso, Vela, Aspinall, and Abarca, 2023, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 6: 236-240, who provided records from the Atlantic slope of Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.

9 August 2023: Modified the range statement for Andinobates altobueyensis (Dendrobatidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Copete-Mosquera, Rentería-Moreno, and Sánchez-Vialas, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 583–585, who provided a record from Corregimiento of Boca de Raspadura, municipality of Unión Panamericana (5.2520º N, 76.7455º W, elevation 292 m). 

9 August 2023: Added Adenomera guarani (Leptodactylidae), named by Zaracho, Lavilla, Carvalho, Motte, and Basso, 2023, Eur. J. Taxon., 888: 1–18, which was partitioned out of nominal Adenomera diptyx, also discussed and redelimited in the same article.

6 August 2023: Modified the range statement for Odorrana kuangwuensis (Ranidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Zhou, Zhang, Xu, Song, Liu, Hu, Qu, and Guan, 2023, Chinese J. Zool., 58: 473–479, who provided a genetically-confirmed record from Hualongshan Nature Reserve, Zhenping County, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, China, elevation 1641 m. 

4 August 2023: Added comments under Dryaderces, Osteocephalus, and Tepuihyla (Hylidae), noting the publication of Ortiz, Hoskin, Werneck, Réjaud, Manzi, Ron, and Fouquet, 2023, Organisms Divers. Evol., 23: 395–414, who reported on the historical biogeography of these taxa in Amazonia based on molecular evidence.

4 August 2023: Added comments under Bufo bufo and Bufo verrucosissimus (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Gül, Dursun, Kutrup, Üzüm, and Özdemir, 2023, Animal Biol., 73: 213–223, provided and compared niche models and dot maps for the distributions of Bufo verrucosissimus and Bufo bufo in Turkey, the Levant, and the Caucusus region. 

4 August 2023: Added comments under Kalophrynus cryptophonus, Kalophrynus honbaensis, and Kalophrynus interlineatus, noting the publication of Vassilieva and Nguyen, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 367–382, reported on comparative larval development and morphology. 

3 August 2023: Added comments under Ptychadena (Ptychadenidae), Ptychadena amharensis, Ptychadena beka, Ptychadena cooperi, Ptychadena delphina, Ptychadena doro, Ptychadena erlangeri, Ptychadena goweri, Ptychadena levenorum, Ptychadena nana, Ptychadena neumanni, and Ptychadena robeensis, noting the publication of Lyra, Kirchhof, Goutte, Kassie Teme, and Boissinot, 2023, Frontiers in Genetics, 14(1215715): 1–14, who reported on the diversification and biogeography on the Ethiopian highlands and provided dot maps of their distributions.

3 August 2023: Added comments under Bombina bombina (Bombinatoridae), Bufo bufo, Bufotes viridis (Bufonidae), Hyla orientalis (Hylidae), and Pelophylax ridibundus (Ranidae), noting the publication of Nekrasova and Marushchak, 2023, Biodiversity Data J., 11(e99036): 1–15, who modeled the species distributions in Ukraine. 

1 August 2023: Partitioned Scinax (Hylidae) into Julianus, Ololygon, and a smaller Scinax, and added comments to the species records noting the redelimited species groups, following the revision of Araujo-Vieira, Lourenço, Lacerda, Lyra, Blotto, Ron, Baldo, Pereyra, Suárez-Mayorga, Baêta, Ferreira, Barrio-Amorós, Borteiro, Brandão, Brasileiro, Donnelly, Dubeux, Köhler, Kolenc, Leite, Maciel, Nunes, Orrico, Peloso, Pezzuti, Reichle, Rojas-Runjaic, Silva, Sturaro, Langone, Garcia, Rodrigues, Frost, Wheeler, Grant, Pombal, Haddad, and Faivovich, 2023, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 27 (Special Issue): 1-143, where comparative adult and larval morphology, osteology, and molecular markers were employed to revise Scinaxini. 

31 July 2023: Added a comment under Leptobrachella wulingensis (Megophryidae), and modified the range statement for that species, noting the publication of Qian, Hou, and Yang, 2023, Zootaxa, 5323: 147–150, who reported on the advertisement call from individuals from Tianpingshan, Sangzhi County, Hunan Province, China. 

30 July 2023: Added a comment under Pristimantis taeniatus (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of Londoño-Quiceno and Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, 2023, Zootaxa, 5319: 443–450, who reported on the advertisement call from a population in the Magdalena River valley of Colombia at the Municipality of Norcasia, Caldas, Colombia, 758 m elevation. 

24 July 2023: Added Blommersia bara (Mantellidae), named by Vences, Multzsch, Köhler, Crottini, Andreone, Rakotoarison, Scherz, and Glaw, 2023, Zootaxa, 5319: 178–198, from western Madagascar, a member of the Blommersia wittei complex. 

24 July 2023: Added Bufo exiguus (Bufonidae), named by Qi, Lyu, Song, Wei, Zhong, and Wang, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 677–689, from Mount Nankun, Longmen County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. 

23 July 2023: Added comments under Bufo bufo and Bufo verrucosissimus (Bufonidae) noting the publication of Dursun, Özdemir, and Gül, 2023, Genetica, 151: 11–27, discussed  on the basis of molecular and morphometric data the contact zone the two species in northeastern Turkey. 

23 July 2023: Added a comment under Atelopus carbonerensis (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Barrio-Amorós and Torres, 2023, Reptiles & Amphibians, 30(e18534): 1–4, who provided a record from Páramo El Tambor, Mérida State, Venezuela, a dot map of the species, and discussed conservation issues surrounding this near-extinct species.

23 July 2023: Added a comment under Ameerega trivittata (Dendrobatidae), noting the publication of Koch, Feldberg, Pinangé, Viana, Goll, and Traldi, 2023, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 138: 304–317, who reported on the cytogenetic differences among three of four morphotypes previously identified.

23 July 2023: Added a comment under Agalychnis moreletii (Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae), noting the publication of Vázquez-Arroyo, Santos-Bibiano, and Palacios-Aguilar, 2023, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 6: 17–20, who provided new records for Guerrero, Mexico, and a dot map for the species east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 

22 July 2023: Added many comments extending from the catalog of USNM types of salamanders and caecilians by Tighe, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 654: 1–91. 

22 July 2023: Resurrected Odorrana heatwolei (Ranidae) from the synonymy of Odorrana tiannanensis, following Liu, Hou, Wang, Rao, and Li, 2023, Herpetozoa, Wien, 36: 177–188, and extend its range from Laos to nearby Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. 

21 July 2023: Added Allobates albiventris (Aromobatidae), named by Souza, Ferrão, Kaefer, Cunha-Machado, Melo-Sampaio, Hanken, and Lima, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 647–675, from Amazonas and Acre, Brazil. Previously confused with Allobates gasconi

20 July 2023: Added comments under Hynobius akiensis, Hynobius geiyoensis, and Hynobius sumidai (Hynobiidae), noting the publication of Tomimori, Matsui, Okawa, Nishikawa, Tanabe, and Kamasaka, 2023, Zootaxa, 5293: 145–160, who provided molecular and morphological reassessments of the species delimitations as well as expanded descriptions and species accounts.

19 July 2023: Added comments under Amphibia, Brachycephalidae, Bufonidae, Calyptocephalellidae, Centrolenidae, Ceratophryidae, Lpetodactylidae, Odontophrynidae, Gymnophiona, and Caudata, noting the publication of Barcelos and Santos, 2023, Paleodivers. Palaeoenvironm., 103: 341–405, who reported on the fossil sites and amphibian fossil taxa of South America. 

19 July 2023: Added Amolops ailao (Ranidae), named by Tang, Sun, Liu, Luo, Yu, and Du, 2023, Zool. Lett., 9(15): 1–19, from Mount Ailao (23°56′58.20″N, 101°29′51.66″E, 2043 m above sea level), Xinping County, Yunnan Province, China.

19 July 2023: Extended the range of Caecilia volcani (Caeciliidae) into Costa Rica, following Kubicki and Arias, 2023, Mesoam. Herpetol., 4: 488–492, who provided records from Costa Rica and discussed confusion in the literature with Dermophis parviceps.

19 July 2023: Added comments under Tylototriton broadoridgus and (to be done once described–DRF) Tylototriton gaowangjienensis [currently a nomen nudum] (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Wang, Lan, Luo, Gu, Zhou, Zhang, Zhang, and Jiang, 2022, Genes, 13 (1878): 1–13, who provided their entire mitogenomes and discussed the phylogenetic implications of these sequences

18 July 2023: Added Nanohyla albopunctata Poyarkov, Gorin, and Trofimets in Gorin, Trofimets, Gogoleva, Le, and Poyarkov, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 732–736, named from Song Hinh Protected Forest, Song Hinh District, Phu Yen Province, southern Vietnam. 

18 July 2023: Placed Dendropsophus koechlini (Hylidae) into the synonymy of Dendropsophus pauiniensis following Melo-Sampaio, 2023, J. Vert. Biol., Prague, 72 (23022): 1–12. 

18 July 2023: Added a comment under Hoplobatrachus salween (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Chuaynkern, Thongproh, Waiprom, Makchai, Duengkae, Duangjai, and Chuaynkern, 2023, Agr. Nat. Res., Thailand, 57: 317–378, who described larval morphology. 

18 July 2023: Added a comment under Rulyrana mcdiarmidi (Centrolenidae), noting the publication of Arpi Lojano, Siavichay, Aguilar, and Sánchez-Nivicela, 2023, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 6: 21–32, who detailed the morphology and developmental stages of the tadpole. 

18 July 2023: Added Brachycephalus tabuleiro (Brachycephalidae), named by Mângia, Santana, Drummond, Sabagh, Ugioni, Nogueira-Costa, and Wachlevski, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 575–597, from the Serra do Tabuleiro, São Bonifácio municipality, Santa Catarina state, Brazil.

11 July 2023: Added a comment under Rana coreana (Ranidae), noting the publication of Kim, Kim, Min, Choi, Kim, Bhak, and An, 2023, MtDNA, Part B, 8: 742–745, who reported on  the complete mtDNA genome, provided a molecular tree placing this species as the sister of nominal Rana kunyuensis, and suggested that nuDNA be employed to verify its synonymy with Rana coreana

7 July 2023: Added Tylototriton ngoclinhensis (Salamandridae), named by Phung, Pham, Nguyen, Ninh, Nguyen, Bernardes, Le, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2023, ZooKeys, 1168: 193–218, from Ngoc Linh Natural Reserve, Dak Glei District, Kon Tum Province, Central Vietnam at 1.854 m elevation.  

6 July 2023: Added Osteocephalus vasquezi (Hylidae), named by Venegas, García Ayachi, Toral, Malqui, and Ron, 2023, Evol. Syst., 7: 237–251, from Yanachaga Chemillén National Park, Quebrada Honda (close to the park rangers’ checkpoint of Huampal), Pasco Department, Oxapampa Province, Peru, 1000 m elevation. 

5 July 2023: Made changes and additions extending from the revision of Desmognathus conanti and Desmognathus fuscus (Plethodontidae) by Pyron and Beamer, 2023, Zootaxa, 5311: 451–504, with the addition of 6 species from the eastern USA: Desmognathus anicetus, Desmognathus bairdi, Desmognathus campi, Desmognathus catahoula, Desmognathus lycos, and Desmognathus tilleyi

2 July 2023: Modified the range statement and added a comment, noting the publication of Peralta-Hernández, 2023, Phyllomedusa, 22: 43–47, who reported on range and ecology of Pseudoeurycea jaguar (Plethodontidae). 

2 July 2023: Added Crossodactylodes serranegra (Leptodactylidae), named by Santos, Pinheiro, Garcia, Griffiths, Haddad, and Barata, 2023, Herpetologica, 79: 108–118, from the Parque Estadual da Serra Negra, municipality of Itamarandiba, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. 

2 July 2023: Added Pristimantis clarae (Strabomantidae), named by Venegas, García Ayachi, Marchelie, Ormeño, and Catenazzi, 2023, Taxonomy, 3: 331–345, from Fundo Palmapata, Distrito de Pampa Hermosa, Provincia de Satipo, Departamento de Junín, Perú.8

1 July 2023: Added Pristimantis koki, Pristimantis kopinangae, and Pristimantis kalamandeenae (Strabomantidae), named by Means, Heinicke, Hedges, MacCulloch, and Lathrop, 2023, J. Vert. Biol., Prague, 72 (23026): 1–27, from the Wokomung Massif of Guyana. 

27 June 2023: Added a comment under Microhyla gadjahmadai (Microhyldae), noting the publication of Virdana, Septiansyah, Kubontubuh, Akbar, Wahyudi, and Eveisca, 2023, Check List, 19: 429–432, who reported on new records from West Sumatra, Indonesia. 

26 June 2023: Added Guibemantis pulcherrimus (Mantellidae), named by Vences, Hutter, Glaw, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, and Scherz, 2023, Zootaxa, 5306: 97–115, named from northern Madagascar. 

25 June 2023: Added Desmognathus cheaha (Plethodontidae), named by Pyron, O'Connell, Duncan, Burbrink, and Beamer, 2023, Syst. Biol., 72: 179–197, from Hillabee Creek, Mount Cheaha, Cleburne Co., Alabama, USA. Represents much of the former range of Desmognathus monticola in Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and extreme western Florida, USA. 

10 June 2023: Added comments under Odorrana grahami and Odorrana junlianensis (Ranidae), noting the important paper by Yuan, Wu, Wen, Xu, Gao, Dahn, Liu, Jin, Yu, Xiao, and Che, 2023, Curr. Zool., Chengdu, 69: 82–90, who detailed the nuDNA/mtDNA discordance in this complex and its effect on species delimitation in this complex. The authors noted that the records from southeastern Yunnan, China, and adjacent northern Vietnam (and likely Laos) are referrable to an unnamed species. 

7 June 2023: Added Pristimantis campinarana (Strabomantidae), named by Mônico, Ferrão, Moravec, Fouquet, and Lima, 2023, PeerJ, 11 (e15399): 1–38, from the municipality of Iranduba, state of Amazonas, Brazil.

6 June 2023: Moved to version 6.2, which includes much augmented geographic reporting with each record. 

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 the centrolenid species records for Centrolene antioquiensis, ”Centrolene” robledoiNymphargus caucanusNymphargus chami, Nymphargus ignotus, Nymphargus rosada, Nymphargus spilotus, and Sachatamia orejuelanoting 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, Székely, Armijos-Ojeda, Hualpa-Vega, and Vörös, 2023, Herpetol. Monogr., 37: 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, Cvijanovíc, 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, who 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, who 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, who 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, noting 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 joaquiniBoana 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.