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Polypedates smaragdinus Blyth, 1852

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Odorrana

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Polypedates smaragdinus Blyth, 1852, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 21: 355. Types: Not stated, but likely originally in ZSIC, but not there now according to Chanda, Das, and Dubois, 2001 "2000", Hamadryad, 25: 118. Type locality: "Naga hills, Asám". Considered a possible senior synonym of Rana livida by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 69; Boulenger, 1890, Fauna Brit. India, Rept. Batr.: 462; Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 214; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 371. Considered a nomen dubium, likely within the Rana livida group, by Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov, and Ho, 2003, Am. Mus. Novit., 3417: 3, who discussed the history of this name.

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