Limnonectes fujianensis Ye and Fei, 1994
Nyctibatrachus sinensis Peters, 1882, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1882: 146. Holotype: ZMB 10373 according to Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 49. Type locality: "Mons Lofau (Provincia Canton) . . . . Lofau-Gebirge in der Provinz Canton (China)" = Lofau Mountains, Province of Guangdong, China. Given in error by Gee and Boring, 1929, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., 4: 27, as "Hainan", China. Synonymy with Limnonectes kuhlii (sensu lato) by Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 2, 5: 482; Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 62. Considered incertae sedis in the subgenus Limnonectes by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 63. (See synonymy of Paa spinosa.) Jang-Liaw and Chou, 2011, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 28: 262, suggested that this may be a senior synonym of Limnonectes fujianensis, pending additional research. See also synonymy of Quasipaa spinosa.
Limnonectes fujianensis Ye and Fei, 1994, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 19: 494. Holotype: CIB 64I1438, by original designation. Type locality: "Longdu, Chongan [County], Fujian (27.44° N. 117.42° E); altitude 600 m", China.
English Names
Fujian Large-headed Frog (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 202).
Distribution
Fujian, Hunan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, and Taiwan, China (see comment).
Comment
Similar to Limnonectes kuhlii according to the original publication. Formerly confused with Limnonectes kuhlii (e.g., Pope, 1931, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 61: 495; Pope and Boring, 1940, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., 15: 13-86). Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 3: 1340-1345, provided an account (including the Taiwan population of Limnonectes "kuhlii" in the range), figures, and map. See comment under Limnonectes kuhlii for additional relevant literature. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 358-359, provided a brief account for China including photographs of specimens and habitat. Jang-Liaw and Chou, 2011, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 28: 254-263, reported on molecular phylogeography.
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