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Limnonectes dabanus (Smith, 1922)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Dicroglossidae > Subfamily: Dicroglossinae > Genus: Limnonectes

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Rana macrognathus dabana Smith, 1922, J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 4: 221. Syntypes: BMNH (2 specimens—formerly M. Smith 4842 and 4845), by original designation. Type locality: "Daban, 200 metres altitude, Langbian plateau, S. Annam", Vietnam.

Rana toumanoffi Bourret, 1941, Annexe Bull. Gen. Instr. Publique, Hanoi, 1941: 23. Holotype: R. Bourret 285, by original designation; now MNHNP 1948.126 according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 39. Type locality: "Mimot (Cambodge)". Synonymy by Stuart, Sok, and Neang, 2006, Raffles Bull. Zool., 54: 138.

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

Limnonectes (Bourretia) dabanus — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 62.

Limnonectes (Bourretia) toumanoffi — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 61- 62.

Limnonectes (Elachyglossa) dabanus — Ohler and Dubois, 1999, Zool. Scripta, 23: 276.

Limnonectes (Elachyglossa) toumanoffi — Ohler and Dubois, 1999, Zool. Scripta, 23: 276.

English Names

Annam Wart Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 99).

Toumanoff's Wart Frog (Limnonectes toumanoffi [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 100).

Distribution

Lang-bai Plateau, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam; tributaries of the Mekong and Krong Rivers in Cambodia and southern Vietnam, below 900 m elevation.

Comment

Status elevated from subspecies under Limnonectes macrognathus by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 62; without discussion. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 87, commented on the range. Stuart, Sok, and Neang, 2006, Raffles Bull. Zool., 54: 137-138, provided a record and account for Cambodia. Account provided (as Rana toumanoffi) by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 272-274. See Ohler and Dubois, 1999, Zool. Scripta, 23: 276, for reference to Vietnam record (as Limnonectes toumanoffi). Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 87, commented on the range of nominal Limnonectes toumanoffi. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 23, provided specific localities for Vietnam for Limnonectes toumanoffi. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Limnonectes toumanoffi) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 484.

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