Quasipaa verrucospinosa (Bourret, 1937)
Rana spinosa verrucospinosa Bourret, 1937, Annexe Bull. Gen. Instr. Publique, Hanoi, 1937: 26. Syntypes: LZUH (originally 12 specimens) B. 195 (Chapa), B160-164, Z240-41 (Fan-Si-Pan), B17, B51-52, Z75 (Tam-Dao); now two of these MNHNP 1948.132 and 1948.134 according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 39; 1948.132 designated lectotype by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 44. Type localities: "Chapa", "Fan-Si-Pan", and "Tam-Dao", Vietnam. Restricted type locality (of lectotype) not noted by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 44, but presumably "Chapa".
Rana verrucospinosa — Bourret, 1939, Annexe Bull. Gen. Instr. Publique, Hanoi, 1939: 8, 33.
Paa verrucospinosa — Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S.,, 92: 22.
Nanorana verrucospinosa — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005, Herpetol. J., 15: 239. by implication.
Quasipaa verrucospinosa — Frost, 2006, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 4.0: 358.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Mountains of southern Yunnan, and northern and central Vietnam and southern Laos (although likely to be found throughout), 250-2300 m elevation.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Quasipaa boulengeri (as Paa) by Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S.,, 92: 23, where it had been placed by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 44. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 25, provided specific localities for Vietnam and (p. 149) a photograph. Hu, Chen, and Dong, 2005, Sichuan J. Zool., 24: 340-341, documented the presence of this species in Yunnan, China. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Paa verrucospinosa) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 630. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 3: 1348-1351, provided an account (as Paa verrucospinosa) for China, figures, and map, and included this species in their monotypic Paa verrucospinosa group. Not addressed, and therefore not assigned to subgenus, by Che, Zhou, Hu, Papenfuss, Wake, and Zhang, 2010, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 107: 13765-13770, and Che, Zhou, Hu, Papenfuss, Wake, and Zhang, 2010, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., doi:10.1073/pnas.1008415107/-/DCSupplemental: 2. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 377, provided a brief account (as Paa verrucospinosa) for China including photographs.
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