Running log of additions and changes, 2025

I attempt to summarize here what work I have done on ASW starting 1 January 2025. 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.

27 April 2025: Added a comment under Hyla savignyi (Hylidae), noting the publication of Dursun, Özdemir, and Gül, 2025, Zoomorphology, 144(31): 1–13, who reported on morphometric differences between the two mtDNA matrilines previously identified in southern Anatolia. 

27 April 2025: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Rhinella kumanday (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Mejía-Zuluaga, Niño-Cárdenas, and Duarte-Marín, 2025, Check List, 21: 480–484, who provided records from Quindio Department, Colombia, at 2440 and 2460 m elevation, and provided a dot map for the entire range. 

27 April 2025: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Schismaderma carens (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Ngwenya, Nicolau, Womack, and Phillips, 2025, Afr. Herp News, 87: 35–38, provided a record from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and provided a dot map of the entire distribution. 

22 April 2025: Added a comment under Bufo eichwaldi (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Hosseinian Yousefkhani, Naser, Yaser, Essl, García-Rodríguez, Faizi, Qasimova, and Rödder, 2025, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., 2025 (3100655): 1–11, who reported on mtDNA haplotype diversity and distribution modeling. 

20 April 2025: Added a comment to the Hyperolius substriatus (Hyperoliidae) record, noting the publication of Lawson, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Portik, and Loader, 2025, PLoS One, 20(4: e0318951): 1–18, who discussed mt- and nuDNA discordance and evidence for three distinct lineages that largely correspond to previously described species/subspecies (Hyperolius substriatus in Tanzania and northern Mozambique, Hyperolius punctulatus choloensis in southern Malawi and southern Mozambique, and an identified yet undescribed lineage in northern Malawi). 

20 April 2025: Added a comment to the Chiasmocleis altomontana (Microhylidae) record, noting the publication of Menezes, Severgnini, Pezzuti, Garey, and Provete, 2025, PeerJ, 13(e19220): 1–18, who described larval external morphology and internal oral anatomy. 

16 April 2025: Added Leptobrachium aryatium (Megophryidae), named by Purkayastha, Dutta, Gogoi, and Sengupta, 2025, Zootaxa, 5621: 91–110, from Assam, India, a member of the Leptobrachium smithi complex. 

12 April 2025: Added a comment under Paramesotriton hongkongensis (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Lau, Tseng, Karraker, and Dudgeon, 2025, Ecol. Evol., 15(e70849): 1–10, who reported on genetic diversity and interpopulation variability. 

12 April 2025: Added comments under Paramesotriton deloustali and Paramesotriton guangxiensis (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Tran, Suzuki, Fukuyama, Vera, and Nishikawa, 2025, Ecol. Evol., 15 (e71054): 1–17, who discussed the impact on these species of climate change on distribution and genetic structure.  

12 April 2025: Placed Tylototriton ngarsuensis into the synonymy of Tylototriton shanorum (Salamandridae), following the study of Onishi, Kyaw, Nishikawa, Myint, and Thwe, 2025, Zootaxa, 5620: 401–425, who discussed landscape genetics and taxonomy.  

11 April 2025: Modified the range statements and added to comments under Ichthyophis asplenius (Ichthyophiidae), Kaloula pulchra (Microhylidae), Microhyla heymonsi (Microhylidae), Polypedates leucomystax and Polypedates discantus (Rhacophoridae) that Syafiq, Badli-Sham, Aqmal-Naser, Fahmi-Ahmad, Quah, Grismer, and Ahmad, 2025, Check List, 21: 268–281, reported these species from Kapas I., West Malaysia. 

11 April 2025: Added comments under Dryophtyes flaviventris and Dryophytes suweonensis (Hylidae), noting the publication of Yoo, Kim, Tran, Kim, Min, Yoon, and Kim, 2025, Internatl. J. Mol. Sci., 26(2423): 1–17, who found these taxa to not form distinct clades based on mtDNA data. 

11 April 2025: Added Nidirana cangshanensis (Ranidae), named by Liu, Hou, and Rao, 2025, Ecol. Montenegrina, 83: 175–190, from Xizhou Town, Dali City, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.

9 April 2025: Added comments under Epidalea calamita and Bufotes viridis (Bufonidae), noting the publicaton of Bolte, Ertmer, Preißler, Klute, Schaffer, Barth, Henle, and Steinfartz, 2025, Amphibia-Reptilia, 46: 127–139, who reported on their hybridization in Germany and its affects on estimation of genetic heterozygosity and inbreeding.  

9 April 2025: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Minervarya asmati (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Das, Shylla, Hmar, Shangpliang, Adhikari, Lyngdoh, Dorphang, Rangad, Tron, and Ranee, 2025, Uttar Pradesh J. Zool., 46: 199–205, who provided genetically confirmed records from Shillong and Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya, northeastern India. 

9 April 2025: Added a comment under Minervarya charlesdarwini (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Biju, Garg, Gokulakrishnan, Sivaperuman, Upadhyaya, Bee, and Hanken, 2024, Breviora, 577: 1–33, who described the calls as part of a description of reproductive behavior. 

8 April 2025: Added a comment under Polypedates braueri (Rhacophoridae), noting the publication of Siammawii, Malsawmdawngliana, Lalchhandama, Lalthanpuii, and Lalremsanga, 2025, Herpetol. J., 35: 99–109, who reported on larval oral and external morphology from Mizoram, northeastern India.  

8 April 2025: Added comments under Boana cordobae, Boana pulchella, and Boana riojana (Hylidae), noting the publication of Baraquet, Pollo, Grenat, Otero, and Martino, 2025, Herpetol. J., 35: 116–126, who reported on morphometrics, bioacoustics, age, and growth in central Argentina. 

30 March 2025: Modified the range statement and added a comment to the Hylodes sazimai (Hylodidae) record noting the publication of Bovolon, Aranha, Taucci, Nunes-de-Almeida, and Toledo, 2025, J. Nat. Conserv., 86 (126927): 1–8, who modeled the distribution and provided a new record from Monte Alegre do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil. 

30 March 2025: Added a comment under Euphlyctis adolfi (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication of Mohammadi, Khajeh, and Ghorbani, 2025, Taxonomy and Biosystematics, 16: 57–72, who reported on mtDNA phylogenetics, noting three matrilines within Iran and discordance with morphology in southeastern Iran. 

29 March 2025: Added comments under Scutiger boulengeri, Scutiger glandulatus, Scutiger mammatus, and Scutiger nyingchiensis (Megophryidae) noting the publication of Lin, Yan, Wang, Huang, Yu, Shih, Jiang, and Xie, 2025, Mol. Ecol., 34(e17611): 1–19, who discussed morphologic and mt- and nu-DNA discordance and landscape genetics of the Scutiger boulengeri complex.

29 March 2025: Added comments under Speleomantes (Plethodontidae) as well as under its constituent species, noting the publication of Iannella, Cerasoli, Lunghi, Console, Biondi, and Sillero, 2025, J. Biogeograph., 52: 686–698, who reported on the predicted ranges with reference to climate change.

27 March 2025: Modified the range statement for Pristimantis blasi (Strabomantidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Vargas-Ramírez, Durango, and Garzón-Franco, 2025, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 8: 143–147, who provided a new locality in Chocó, Colombia, and discussed the range. 

26 March 2025: Noted under both Kaloula picta and Kaloula conjuncta (Microhylidae) that Kaloula conjuncta stickeli, named by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 443, is an inviable hybrid between Kaloula picta and Kaloula conjuncta meridionalis according to Chan, Hime, and Brown, 2025, Heredity: 1–9, who discussed alternative methods for identifying hybrids.  

26 March 2025: Added Pseudopaludicola chimaera (Leptodactylidae), named by Silva, Haga, Painkow, Dantas, Varago, Garda, Kohlsdorf, and Andrade, 2025 "2024", Herpetologica, 81: 77–92, from Tocantins state, Brazil. 

25 March 2025: Added Allobates liniaureum (Aromobatidae), named by Jaramillo-Martinez, Vilà, Guayasamin, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Rojas-Runjaic, Simões, Chaparro, Aguilar-Manihuari, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2025, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 471: 1–83, from the municipality of Yurimaguas, province of Alto Amazonas, department of Loreto, Peru, 202 m elevation. 

22 March 2025: Modified the range statements were appropriate and added comments under the records for Leptobrachium masatakasatoi, Xenophrys parva, Xenophrys lancangica, Quasipaa verrucospinosa, Amolops compotrix, and Kurixalus odontotarsus, noting the publication of  Dau, Pham, Nguyen, Toan, Tran, and Pham, 2024, Biodiversity Data J., 12(e122598): 1–19, who noted records from Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam.

22 March 2025: Modified the range statement for Amolops himalayanus (Ranidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Wang, Liu, Wang, Wang, and Rao, 2025, Biodiversity Data J., 13 (e148957): 1–11, who provided a genetically-confirmed record from Yadong County, Xizang, China, and provided a dot map of the species. 

22 March 2025: Added comment under Scinax nebulosus and Scinax pedromedinae (Hylidae), noting the publication of Prado and Sturaro, 2025, Zootaxa, 5604: 195–200, who reported on the advertisement call of Scinax nebulosus in some detail, discussed the literature of calls of this species, noting errors in identification as well as suggesting lines of needed taxonomic clarification of what likely represents a species complex, and agreed with earlier suggestions that records of nominal Scinax nebulosus from central and western Brazil and Bolivia may actually represent Scinax pedromedinae.

22 March 2025: Added comments under Indirana bhadari (Ranixalidae) and Micrixalus candidus (Micrixalidae), noting the publication of Arpitha, Naveen, and Priti, 2025, Zootaxa, 5604: 167–175, who reported on larval morphology.

22 March 2025: Added Phrynoderma konkani (Dicroglossidae), named by Yadav, Bhosale, Koli, Gopalan, Kadam, Khandekar, and Dinesh, 2024, J. Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 17: 601-610, from Maharashtra, India. 

22 March 2025: Added Rupirana kaatinga (Leptodactylidae), named by Mângia, Amaral, Müller, and Santana, 2025, J. Vert. Biol., Prague, 74(24121): 1–16, from Gentio do Ouro municipality, Bahia state, Brazil. 

22 March 2025: Modified the range statement of Pristimantis museosus (Strabomantidae) and added a comment under that record noting the publication of Arias, Salazar, and Vásquez, 2025, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 8 (1: e1103): 100–108, who extended the range from Panama to Costa Rica in the Talamanca Range. 

18 March 2025: Added Cophixalus flavopunctatus and Oreophryne purari (Microhylidae), named by Günther, Nagombi, and Richards, 2025, Zootaxa, 5604: 234–254, from Papua New Guinea. 

16 March 2025: Added Hyloscirtus elbakyanae, Hyloscirtus dispersus, and Hyloscirtus maycu (Hylidae), named from the eastern Andean slopes of Ecuador, by Varela-Jaramillo, Streicher, Venegas, and Ron, 2025, ZooKeys, 1231: 233–292, with a lectotype designation of Hyloscirtus albopunctulatus and a discussion of the biogeography and systematics of the genus. 

11 March 2025: Added Amolops spicalinea (Ranidae), named by Nguyen, Tapley, La, and Rowley, 2025, Zootaxa, 5594: 495, from Mount Fansipan, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam. 

11 March 2025: Added a comment under Anura, noting the exhaustive study of the evolution of vocal sacs in frogs by Elias-Costa and Faivovich, 2025, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 470: 1–128, the discussion optimized on the densely-sampled molecular tree of Portik, Streicher, and Wiens, 2023, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 188 (107907): 1–72. 

11 March 2025: Added a comment under Amolops hainanensis (Ranidae), noting the publication of Zi, Zhou, Xu, Yu, Ding, Liu, Fu, Lin, Liu, and Zhou, 2025, MtDNA, Part B, 10: 272–277, reported on the complete mtDNA genome and provided a molecular tree of the genus.

4 March 2025: Changed the generic and species names for Ichthyosaura alpestris (Salamandridae) to Mesotriton and Mesotriton alpestris following Mutz and Böhme, 2025, Salamandra, 61: 41–52. There is a lot in this paper so will be addressing other issues extending from this work. 

4 March 2025: Added comments to the record of Phasmahyla guttata (Hylidae), noting the publication by Baêta, Haddad, and Pombal, 2025, Salamandra, 61: 29–40, who provided an extensive discussion of the types and previous invalid lectotype designations as well as providing a valid designation.

3 March 2025: Added comments under Mantidactylus ambreensis, Mantidactylus ambony, Mantidactylus femoralis, Mantidactylus majori, Mantidactylus mocquardi, and Mantidactylus zolitschka (Mantellidae), noting the publication by Dias, Vera Candioti, Wassersug, Lukas, Targino, Glos, Wheeler, Hertwig, Crottini, and Haas, 2024, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 202 (2:  zlae127): 1–13, who reported on larval buccopharyngeal anatomy.

2 March 2025: Added Leptobrachella albomarginata (Megophryidae), named by Wu, Yu, Kilunda, Murphy, and Che In Wu, Yu, Yang, Duan, Zuo, Zhang, Kilunda, Murphy, and Che, 2025, Zoosyst. Evol., 101: 449–463, from the Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve, Yingjiang County, Yunnan, China, 1,634 m elevation. 

2 March 2025: Added Nidirana shyhhuangi (Ranidae), from Taiwan, named by Lin, Chang, Matsui, Shen, Tominaga, and Lin, 2025, ZooKeys, 1229: 245–273, for the Taiwanese component of former Nidirana okinavana. 

1 March 2025: Partitioned Litoria rubella (Hylidae), with the naming of Litoria larisonans and Litoria pyrina by Purser, Doughty, Rowley, Böhme, Donnellan, Anstis, Mitchell, Shea, Amey, Mitchell, and Catullo, 2025, Zootaxa, 5594: 269–315. 

28 February 2025: Added Minervarya ghatiborealis (Dicroglossidae), named by Yadav, Bhosale, Patil, Khandekar, and Dinesh, 2025, Zootaxa, 5594: 136–154, from Koli aali, Mahabaleshwar, Satara District, Maharashtra, India (17.9231° N, 73.6567° E; ca. 1360 m elevation). 

26 February 2025: Added Rhacophorus medogensis (Rhacophoridae), named by Weng, Liu, Li, Yu, and Huang, 2025, Zoosyst. Evol., 101: 437–447, from Medog, Xizang, China. The discussion of the systematics (solely on the basis of 16S mtDNA trees) of the Rhacophorus rhodopus/Rhacophorus bipunctatus complex resulted in substantial changes in stated ranges of Rhacophorus rhodopus and Rhacophorus bipunctatus. Pretty clear, substantially denser locus and geographic sampling are required to bring the picture into sharper focus (DRF). 

24 February 2025: Added Dendropsophus cannatellai (Hylidae), named by Aguirre, Apunte, and Ron, 2025, Evol. Syst., 9: 7–31, from northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Colombia. Also added a comment under Dendropsophus, noting that the authors also addressed the molecular phylogenetics of the Dendropsophus leucophyllatus group. 

23 February 2025: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Smilisca dentata (Hylidae), noting the publication of Villalobos-Juárez, 2023, Rev. Latinoam. Herpetol., 6: 10–13, who provided a record for southern Zacatecas, Mexico, and discussed the range. : 73–87, discussed distribution (including new localities, a dot map, and predicted range) and conservation.

22 February 2025: Added Gracixalus huaping (Rhacophoridae), named by Luo, Zhang, Pan, and Yu, 2025, Zoosyst. Evol., 101: 369–388, from Huaping National Natural Reserve, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, and Gracixalus weii, named by Liu, Peng, Wang, Feng, Shen, Li, Chen, Su, and Tang, 2025, Zoosyst. Evol., 101: 405–417, from Leishan County, Guangxi, China, both posited to be the sister taxon of Gracixalus jinxiuensis but not compared to each other. 

16 February 2025: Modified the range statement for Leptodactylus notoaktites (Leptodactylidae) and added a comment under that record noting the publication of Pederassi, Caramaschi, Andrade, Pineschi, and Lima, 2024, Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp., 35: 47–51, who reported on the advertisement call, distribution (including an extension to Colônia Farm (22º24'45"S / 44º17'19"W, datum WGS 84; 390 masl), Municipality of Porto Real, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). 

15 February 2025: Added Amolops gudao (Ranidae), named by Yu, Wu, Lu, and Che In Wu, Yu, Kilunda, Lu, Li, Li, Shi, and Che, 2025, ZooKeys, 1227: 349–367, from Baihualing Village, Yunnan Province, China. 

15 February 2025: Added Boulenophrys dupanglingensis (Megophryidae), named by Xiao and Mo, 2025 In Xiao, Xi, Shi, Li, Liao, Wang, and Mo, 2025, Animals, 14(440): 1–16, from the Dupangling National Nature Reserve, Hunan Province, China. 

15 February 2025: Added comments under Rhinella mirandaribeiroi and Rhinella granulosa (Bufonidae), noting the publication of Ramirez Moreno and Giaretta, 2025, Zootaxa, 5588: 105–128, who reported on comparative acoustics, molecular markers, morphology, and morphometrics with special reference to the identification and relationship of Rhinella mirandaribeiroi and Rhinella granulosa. 

14 February 2025: Added Anilany karsticola (Microhylidae), named by Petzold, Glaw, Mullin, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Crottini, Orozco-terWengel, Köhler, Prötzel, Vences, Hofreiter, and Scherz, 2025, Salamandra, 61: 70–94, from Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, western Madagascar. 

13 February 2025: Added Epipedobates currulao (Dendrobatidae), named by Betancourth-Cundar, Ríos-Orjuela, Cannatella, and Tarvin, 2025, ZooKeys, 1226: 139–170, from Valle del Cauca, Colombia. 

11 February 2025: Added a comment under Ceratophrys  joazeirensis (Ceratophryidae), noting the publication of Protázio, Gama, Mesquita, Weber, Napoli, and Protázio, 2025, Zootaxa, 5584: 288–294, who described the morphology and acoustics of the larvae.  

11 February 2025: Added a comment under Dryophytes japonicus (Hylidae), noting the publication of Borzée, Jang, Othman, Groffen, Maslova, Purevdori, Yasumiba, Shimada, Yi, Schepina, Andersen, Bae, Miura, and Dufresnes, 2025, Herpetozoa, Wien, 38: 25–42, who reported on mtDNA lineages within the Dryophytes japonicus complex, noting Dryophytes japonicus stepheni on the Asian mainland, and Dryophytes japonicus japonicus in southwestern Japan with two unnamed lineages in Central and Northern Japan. 

9 February 2025: Added Leptobrachella xishuiensis (Megophryidae), named by Luo, Deng, and Zhou in Luo, Zhao, Wang, Xiao, Deng, Xiao, and Zhou, 2025, Zoosyst. Evol., 101: 233–243, from Xianyuan Town, Xishui County, Guizhou, China, 1601 m elevation. 

9 February 2025: Added comments under Fejervarya limnocharis, Fejervarya moodiei, Hoplobatrachus chinensis (as Hoplobatrachus rugulosus), Limnonectes dabanus, Occidozyga lima, Occidozyga martensii, and Quasipaa verrucospinosa, noting the publication of Vassilieva, Nguyen, and Sorokin, 2025, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg,  75: 31–57, who reported on external and mouthpart morphology and internal anatomy of larvae of these dicroglossid frogs from Vietnam.

9 February 2025: Added a comment under Andrias japonicus (Cryptobranchidae), noting the publication of Duret, Bartet, Hambuckers, Kishida, Okada, Taguchi, Takahashi, and Denoël, 2025, Frontiers Biogeograph., e133105: 1–17, who reported on loss of habitat suitability and distribution range under climate change

9 February 2025: Added comments under Dendropsophus (Hylidae), Dendropsophus cerradensis, Dendropsophus rozenmani, and Dendropsophus tritaeniatus, noting the publication of Nakamura, Orrico, Silva, Lyra, and Grant, 2025, J. Vert. Biol., Prague, 74(24112): 1–18, who discussed the phylogenetics and taxonomic problems of the Dendropsophus cerradensis (formerly Dendropsophus araguaya) complex. 

7 February 2025: Added comments to the entire list of Laos amphibians (ca. 140 species), noting the exceedingly useful (and dense) summary by Stuart, Seateun, Sivongxay, and Phimmachak, 2025 "2024", in Wildlife Lao PDR: 17–48. 

6 February 2025: Modified the range statement and added a comment under Ichthyophis asplenius (Ichthyophiidae) noting the publication of McGrath-Blaser, Grafe, Torres-Sanchez, McLeod, and Stuart, 2025, J. Nat. Hist., London, 59: 29–43, who discussed cutaneous biome and provided a genetically-confirmed record from Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei. 

5 February 2025: Added Tomopterna banhinensis (Pyxicephalidae), named by Channing, Pietersen, and Dawood, 2025, Zootaxa, 5584: 26–46, from Banhine National Park, Mozambique.

2 February 2025: Added comments under Thoropa petropolitana (Cycloramphidae) and brought the synonymy into line with the discussion of Sabbag, Baêta, Grant, Feio, and Haddad, 2025, Am. Mus. Novit., 4031: 1–36, who discussed the taxonomy and nomenclature of the species. 

2 February 2025: Added comments under the frog species from Carchi Province, Ecuador, noting the publication of Batallas-Revelo, Márquez, and Guayasamin, 2025, ZooKeys, 1224: 211–252, who reported on the advertisement calls of named and unnamed species from Carchi Province, Ecuador, as well upon previous literature on the acoustics of these species.

2 February 2025: Added a comment under Eupsophus vertebralis (Alsodidae) noting the publication of González-Vásquez and Sepúlveda-González, 2024, Gayana, 88: 340–344, who provided a record from southeastern Araucania, Chile, discussed habitat, and provided a dot map for Chile for the species. 

1 February 2025: Added a comment under Pristimantis (Strabomantidae), noting the publication of Yánez-Muñoz, Reyes-Puig, Reyes-Puig, Lagla-Chimba, Paucar-Veintimilla, Urgilés-Merchán, and Carrión-Olmedo, 2025, PeerJ, 13 (e18680): 1-50, who delimited the Pristimantis celator clade and named several Ecuadorian species: Pristimantis praemortuus, Pristimantis broaddus, Pristimantis satheri, and Pristimantis robayoi. 

1 February 2025: Added a comment under Lissotriton vulgaris (Salamandridae), noting the phylogenomic study of Lissotriton by Mars, Koster, Babik, France, Kalaentzis, Kazilas, Martínez-Solano, de Visser, and Wielstra, 2024 "2025", Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 204 (108282): 1–11, where the effects of introgressive hybridization on phylogenetic reconstruction was detailed and Lissotriton schmidtleri and Lissotriton lantzi were returned to subspecies status under Lissotriton vulgaris. 

31 January 2025: Added a comment under Elachistocleis panamensis (Microhylidae), noting the publication of González-Pinzón, Urriola, and Romero-Marcucci, 2025, Rev. Cient. Vida Nat., 2: 44–51, who detailed the range in Panama and extended the range to Pedasí, Los Santos Province, and provided a dot and potential distribution map for Panama.

30 January 2025: Added a comment under Limnonectes bannaensis (Dicroglossidae), noting the publication by Nguyen, Tran, Kane, Carter, and Tapley, 2025, Zootaxa, 5575: 588–594, where larval morphology was described. 

30 January 2025: Added a comment under Pleurodema brachyops (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Romero-Marcucci, Quiroz, González-Pinzón, Castillo-Vega, and Benítez-Montoya, 2025, Rev. Cient. Vida Nat., 2: 52–55, who provided a dot map of the range in western Panama, as well as a range extension to Isla Sevilla (Chiriqui). 

29 January 2025: Added a comment under Serranobatrachus sanctaemartae (Strabomantidae) noting the publication of Durango, 2025, Herpetol. Bull., London, 171: 30–32, who reported on the advertisement call. 

27 January 2025: Added comments under Meristogenys stigmachilus and Meristogenys stenocephalus (Ranidae), noting the publication of Sheridan, Grafe, Márquez, Narins, Vázquez-García, and Yambun Imbun, 2024, Raffles Bull. Zool., 72: 356–363, reported on the advertisement calls and morphology. 

26 January 2025: Added comments under Bombina variegata and Bombina bombina (Bombinatoridae), noting the publication of Dufresnes, Lukanov, Gippner, Ambu, Strachinis, Arsovski, Monod-Broca, Cayuela, Lymberakis, Canestrelli, Cogǎlniceanu, Poyarkov, Litvinchuk, Suchan, Denoël, and Jablonski, 2025, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 75: 1–30, who reviewed the species-group nomenclature, including the addition of a new subspecies Bombina variegata rhodopensis, phylogenetics, and biogeography. 

26 January 2025: Added a comment under Micryletta erythropoda (Microhylidae), noting the publication of Nguyen, Tran, Laumanns, Nguyen, Hoang, and Nguyen, 2024, Taprobanica, 13: 116–123, who reported the species from the lava caves of Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark, Dak Nong Province, southern Vietnam. 

25 January 2025: Moved Werneria submontana to subspecies status under Werneria preussi (Bufonidae), following Petzold, Norden, Gonwouo, Segniagbeto, Ohler, and Rödel, 2025, Zootaxa, 5575: 351–373. 

25 January 2025: Added Limnonectes nusantara and Limnonectes maanyanorum (Dicroglossidae), members of the Limnonectes kuhlii complex, named by Gonggoli, Shimada, Matsui, Nishikawa, Sidik, Kadafi, Farajallah, and Hamidy, 2025, Zootaxa, 5575: 387–408, from southeastern Borneo, Kalimantan, Indonesia. 

23 January 2025: Modified the range statement of Afrixalus lacustris (Hyperoliidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Nečas, Badjedjea, Czurda, and Gvoždík, 2025, ZooKeys, 1224: 55–68, who discussed natural history, advertisement call, distribution, and provided a dot map of the range. 

22 January 2025: Added Atelopus harlequin (Bufonidae) and Atelopus histrionicus, as well as comments under Atelopus and Atelopus spumarius, noting the publication of Lötters, Böning, Bailon, Barros Castañeda, Boistel, Catenazzi, Chaparro, Chávez, Chujutalli, Coen, Coloma, Crawford, Culebras, Cusi Martínez, Daza-R., De la Riva, Ellwein, Ernst, Flechas-Hernández, Fouquet, Guayasamin, Heine, Jorge, Jung, Jungfer, Kaffenberger, Krehenwinkel, La Marca, Lampo, Medina-Rangel, Orsen, Paluh, Peréz-González, Perrin, Quezada Riera, Reyes-Puig, Roca-Rey Ross, Rößler, Rueda-Solano, Salazar-Valenzuela, Señaris Vasquez, Sowinski, Terán-Valdez, Tovar-Ortiz, Veith, Venegas, von May, Weitkamp, and Plewnia, 2025, Zootaxa, 5571: 1–76, where the difficulties and ambiguities of Atelopus systematics were discussed at length. 

18 January 2025: Added Leptobrachella yongshunensis (Megophryidae), named by Huang, Wu, Jiang, and Zhang in Huang, Zhang, Jiang, Tian, Huang, Xu, Liu, Li, Zhang, and Wu, 2025, Zoosyst. Evol., 101: 103–117, from Hunan Xiaoxi National Nature Reserve, Yongshun County, Hunan, China.

17 January 2025: Added Limnonectes splendissimus (Dicroglossidae), partitioned from Limnonectes poilani by Le, Nguyen, Murphy, Tran, Nguyen, and Che, 2025, Zootaxa, 5570: 57–80, for southern Vietnam populations. 

16 January 2025: Added Scutiger wolong (Megophryidae), named by Lyu, Gao, Huang, Wu, Jiang, Jiang, and Li, 2025 "2024", Asian Herpetol. Res., 16: 20–35. Known only from Wolong Town, ca 2414 m elevation, Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China. Note that without any kind of zoobank registration this name will take its date of publication from the date of general distribution of paper copies to libraries. The publication date of 13 December 2024 given in the PDF is demonstrably not the formal date of publication, which presumably will be sometime in 2025 (DRF). 

15 January 2025: Added a comment under Hydrolaetare schmidti (Leptodactylidae), noting the publication of Vilela, Costa-Campos, Sousa, and Carvalho, 2024, Zootaxa, 5538: 497–500, who reported on defensive and reproductive calls. 

15 January 2025: Added Rhacophorus boeadii (Rhacophoridae), named by Hamidy, Riyanto, Munir, Gonggoli, Trilaksono, and McGuire, 2025, Zootaxa, 5569: 201–230, from Sulawesi, Indonesia, along with a substantial discussion of the comparative morphology, calls, and molecular markers distinguishing the other members of Rhacophorus on Sulawesi. The authors also provided a tree (453 bp of 16S rRNA) that suggested that both Rhacophorus is paraphyletic with respect to Leptomantis, and nominal Leptomantis with respect to Zhangixalus, but due to this based on less evidence than upon which (1972 bp) the original partition proposed by Jiang, Jiang, Ren, Wu, and Li, 2019, Asian Herpetol. Res., 10: 1–12, they did not suggest any taxonomic change beyond noting that further scrutiny is deserved. 

14 January 2025: Added comments under Dendropsophus (Hylidae) and most of its species, noting the publication of Whitcher, Orrico, Ron, Lyra, Cassini, Ferreira, Nakamura, Peloso, Rada, Rivera-Correa, Sturaro, Valdujo, Haddad, Grant, Faivovich, Lemmon, and Lemmon, 2025, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 204 (108275): 1–18, who reported on phylogenetics, biogeography, and life history evolution within the group. 

13 January 2025: Added Urkuphryne (Strabomantidae), new genus, and Ukurphryne merinoi new species, as well as Phyllonastes cerrogolondrina, Phyllonastes ecuadoriensis, Phyllonastes dicaprioi, Phyllonastes macuma, Phyllonastes plateadensis, and Phyllonastes sardinayacu, all named by Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete, and Ron, 2025, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 203: 1–60, all from Ecuador, as part of a larger discussion of phylogenetics and morphology of holoadenine strabomantid frogs. The authors also returned Phyllonastes duellmani to Noblella on the basis of shared-derived morphological characteristics. 

13 January 2025: Modified the range statement for Microhyla mantheyi and Microhyla butleri (Microhylidae) and noted the publication of Atmaja, Eprilurahman, Munir, Smith, Arisuryanti, Ubaidillah, and Hamidy, 2024, Taprobanica, 13: 80–100, who provided genetically-confirmed records from Sumatra, Indonesia. 

12 January 2025: Added comments under Thoropa miliaris and Thoropa taophora (Cycloramphidae), noting the publication of Sabbag, Carvalho, Brasileiro, Consolmagno, and Haddad, 2025 "2024", Herpetologica, 80: 321–332, who discussed inter-lineage acoustic divergence in these species. 

12 January 2025: Added Nyctimantis diadorim (Hylidae), named by Brandão, Queiroz, Ferreira, Álvares, Blotto, Garda, Gedraite, Santoro, and Faivovich, 2025 "2024", Herpetologica, 80: 347–357, from Grande Sertão Veredas National Park, Chapada Gaúcha municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil (unpublished according to Zoobank as of 12 Jan 2025; moreover no. 4 of the 2024 volume Herpetologica did not appear online until 12 January 2025: DRF). 

10 January 2025: Placed Duttaphrynus bengalensis (Bufonidae) into the synonymy of Duttaphrynus melanostictus, following Dufresnes, Jablonski, Ambu, Prasad, Gautam, Kamei, Mahony, Hofmann, Masroor, Alard, Crottini, Edmonds, Ohler, Jiang, Khatiwada, Gupta, Borzée, Borkin, Skorinov, Melnikov, Milto, Konstantinov, Künzel, Suchan, Arkhipov, Trofimets, Nguyen, Suwannapoom, Litvinchuk, and Poyarkov, 2025, Nature Commun., 16(298): 1–14. I still have not completely digested this paper, which is easily the most interesting one I've read in a  long time, touching on old introductions, conflicts between nu- and mt-DNA, and the difficulty of applying old and obscure taxonomic names. The authors' demonstrate that Duttaphrynus melanostictus is at least two species but pending resolution of name application have left them as Duttaphrynus melanostictus (resident on the Indian subcontinent but invasive in Wallacea) and Duttaphrynus cf. melanostictus (diversified throughout Southeast Asia and introduced into Madagascar). I am impressed. 

9 January 2025: Added comments under Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Bufonidae), Fejervarya limnocharis (Dicroglossidae), Limnonectes shompenorum (Dicroglossidae), and Hylarana nicobariensis (Ranidae), noting the publication of Atmaja, Putra, Lestari, and Silaban, 2024, J. Pembelajaran Dan Biol. Nukl., 10: 831–844, who reported these species on Enggano I., Bengkulu, Indonesia. 

9 January 2025: Added Microhyla roedderi (Microhylidae), named by Hoang, Pham, Nguyen, Phan, Ziegler, Orlov, Jiang, and Do, 2025, Zootaxa, 5566: 347–369, from Deo Ca Mountain, Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen Provinces, south-central Vietnam, at elevations between 433 and 784 m. 

7 January 2025: Modified the range statement for Leucostethus bilsa (Dendrobatidae) and added a comment noting the publication of. Jones, Franco-Mena, Zambrano Cantos, Loor Vélez, Aulestia, Zahawi, and Guayasamin, 2024, Check List, 20: 853–858, who provided new records from the Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT) Forest Reserve, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, and provided a dot map of the known localities. 

7 January 2025: Added a comment under Rana kukunoris (Ranidae), noting the publication of Chen, Chen, Liao, Tang, Qin, Zhao, Liu, Wu, Jiang, Zhang, Fang, Feng, Zhang, Reid, and Merilä, 2023, Frontiers Zool., 20(1): 1–12, who reported on a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly. 

7 January 2025: Added comments under Hyperolius endjami, Hyperolius ocellatus, and Hyperolius fusciventris (Hyperoliidae), noting the publication of Nguyen, McLaughlin, Irian, Scheinberg, and Bell, 2024, Herpetol. J., 34: 211–220, who provided genetically-confirmed records from Bioko I., Equatorial Guinea, and provided advertisement call descriptions for Hyperolius endjami and Hyperolius ocellatus. 

7 January 2025: Added a comment under Siphonops paulensis (Siphonopidae), noting the publication of Malheiro, Cardoso, Wachlevski, and Coelho-Lima, 2024, Herpetol. Rev., 55: 38, who reported the species from Moita dos Porcos, Municipality of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil, 1018 m elevation. 

7 January 2025: Modified the range statement for Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis (Siphonopidae) and added a comment noting the publication of Hudson, Oliveira, Lopez, and Sousa, 2024, Herpetol. Rev., 55: 18, who provided a record from the Municipality of Ritápolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and discussed the literature of the known distribution. 

7 January 2025: Added a comment under Incilius (Bufonidae), noting the publication of. Babish, Hernández-Morales, and Mendelson, 2024, J. Herpetol., 58: 289–303, who reported on the evolutionary patterns of the auditory system within the genus. 

7 January 2025: Added a comment under Salamandra atra (Salamandridae), noting the publication of. Čengić, Huijbregts, Šunje, Bilela, Bonato, Van Damme, and Schipper, 2024, J. Biogeograph., 51: 2469–2483, who reported on niche modelling and the effects of climate change on this species' distribution

7 January 2025: Added a comment under Phytotriades auratus (Hylidae), noting the publication of. Jowers, Muñoz Pajares, Weber, Arenas-Castro, Ho, Rivas-Fuenmayor, Borzée, Pyron, Perez-Losada, Downie, Moreno-Rueda, Forcina, and Sánchez-Ramírez, 2024, J. Biogeograph., 51: 2136–2151, who reported on a molecular calibration for the Trinidad–mainland vicariance. 

7 January 2025: Added a comment under Caudata noting the publication of Stewart and Wiens, 2024 "2025", Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 204 (108272): 1–21, who provided a time-calibrated salamander phylogeny including 765 species and 503 genes.

6 January 2025: Added a comment under Ommatotriton (Salamandridae), noting the publication of Kalaentzis, Koster, Arntzen, Bogaerts, France, Franzen, Kazilas, Litvinchuk, Olgun, de Visser, and Wielstra, 2024 "2025", Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 203 (108237): 1–8, who reported on the molecular phylogenetics of the three species and provided a polygon map of their distributions. 

6 January 2025: Modified the range statement for Scinax caldarum (Hylidae) and added a comment to the record noting the publication of Pederassi, Caramaschi, Andrade, and Lima, 2025 "2024", Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp., 35: 39–41, who provided a record from Bocaina de Minas municipality, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and provided a distribution map of the species. 

4 January 2025: Modified ranges and added comments to records for 42 species found on New Guinea, derived from Table 2 in  Oliver, Davie-Rieck, Ramdani, Dashper, Kusuma, Lee, Rittmeyer, Clancy, Hamidy, Thompson, Fouquet, Ferreira, and Richards, 2025, Pacific Conserv. Biol., 31(PC24063): 1–12, who as part of a larger discussion of the role of citizen science in documenting species ranges in Melanesia noted range extensions and who made systematic comments. . 

3 January 2025: Added two species, Boana itajahy and Boana quiriri, of the Boana semiguttata clade (Hylidae), from Santa Catarina, Brazil, named by Pinheiro, Dallacorte, Thompson, Comitti, Nakamura, and Garcia, 2024, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 33: 48–69. 

2 January 2025: Modified the range statement for Ischnocnema garciai (Brachycephalidae) and added a comment to that record, noting the publication of Assis, Novaes, Mendonça, Dias, Guedes, Silva, and Feio, 2024, Reptiles & Amphibians, 31(e21284): 1–10, who discussed the range and provided a dot map of the distribution. 

2 January 2025: Added comments under Eleutherodactylus barlagnei and Eleutherodactylus pinchoni (Eleutherodactylidae), noting the publication of Myers, Alequín, Browne, Mulder, Rivera, Esposito, Bell, and Hedges, 2024, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 202(4: zlae 128): 1–13, who reported on elevational molecular phylogeography of both species. 

1 January 2025: Added Rana minuscula (Ranidae), named by Liu, Wang, Huang, Liu, Yu, and Che, 2024, Asian Herpetol. Res., 15: 232–240, from Junhe Village (27.882815°N,119.127763°E; elevation 723 m a.s.l.), Pingnan Town, Longquan City, Zhejiang Province, China.