Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana vittigera Wiegmann, 1834, in Meyen (ed.), Reise in die Erde K. Preuss. Seehandl., 3(Zool.): 505. Subsequently published by Wiegmann, 1834, Nova Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caesar Leopold Carol., Halle, 17: 255. Syntypes: ZMB 3269 (2 specimens) and 3270 (2 specimens); largest specimen of two specimens under ZMB 3269 designated lectotype by Dubois and Ohler, 2000, Alytes, 18: 40. Type locality: "sowohl auf der Insel Luçon in der Laguna de Bay, als auch in China"; restricted to Laguna de Bay, Luzon, Philippine Is., by lectotype designation of Dubois and Ohler, 2000, Alytes, 18: 40. See comment on date of publication.

Rana limnocharis vittigera — Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 267.

Rana (Fejervarya) vittigera — Dubois, 1984, Alytes, 3: 151.

Euphlyctis limnocharis vittigera — Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 124. by implication.

Limnonectes (Fejervarya) vittiger — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 61.

Fejervarya vittigera — Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 71. by implication; Dubois and Ohler, 2000, Alytes, 18: 35; Fei, Ye, Jiang, and Xie, 2002, Herpetol. Sinica, 9: 92.

English Names

Luzon Wart Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 100).

Common Pond Frog (Gaulke, 2011, Herpetofauna Panay Island: 79).

Distribution

Low elevation ponds and flooded rice fields of the Philippine Islands, below 1000 m elevation.

Comment

Elevated from subspecies status under Rana limnocharis by Dubois, 1984, Alytes, 3: 151, where it had been considered by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 267-274. See account by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 267-274 (as Rana limnocharis vittigera). Formerly considered a synonym of Limnonectes cancrivorus by Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 23. Dubois and Ohler, 2000, Alytes, 18: 40-43, redescribed the lectotype. The name Rana vittigera was published twice: first in 1834 ( Wiegmann, 1834, in Meyen (ed.), Reise in die Erde K. Preuss. Seehandl., 3(Zool.)), and then in early 1835 ( Wiegmann, 1834, Nova Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caesar Leopold Carol., Halle, 17: 185-268). For additional discussion see Lavilla, 1997, Cuad. Herpetol., 11: 75-80, Anonymous, 1910, Cat. Books Mss Maps Brit. Mus., Vol. 3, and Bauer and Adler, 2001, Arch. Nat. Hist., London, 28: 313-326. Gaulke, 2011, Herpetofauna Panay Island: 79-80, provided a brief account for Panay Island, Philippines.

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