Odorrana tiannanensis (Yang and Li, 1980)
Rana tiannanensis Yang and Li, 1980, Zool. Res., Kunming, 1: 261. Holotype: KIZ 77I0185, by original designation. Type locality: "Hekou, Dawei Hill, Yunnan; altitude 1200 m", China.
Odorrana tiannanensis — Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990, Key to Chinese Amph.: 149. Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China: 261; Song, Jang, Zou, and Shi, 2002, Herpetol. Sinica, 9: 70.
Rana (Odorrana) tiannanensis — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 329.
Rana (Odorrana) megatympanum Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov, and Ho, 2003, Am. Mus. Novit., 3417: 50. Holotype: ROM 39684, by original designation. Type locality: "Khe Moi River, approximately 24 km west of Con Cuong village (by road), Con Cuong District, Nghe An Province, Vietnam (18° 56′ 30″ N, 104° 48′ 35″ E)". Synonymy by Ohler, 2007, Alytes, 25: 59.
Rana tabaca Bain and Nguyen, 2004, Am. Mus. Novit., 3453: 17. Holotype: AMNH 163923, by original designation. Type locality: "from a stream near the Hmong Village of Khau Ria, in Du Gia commune, Yen Minh District, below Mount Muong Cha, Ha Giang Province, Vietnam (22° 54′ 27″ N, 105° 13′ 59″ E, ca. 800 m elevation)". Synonymy with Rana megatympanum by Stuart and Bain, 2005, Herpetologica, 61: 478-492; with Rana tiannanensis by Ohler, 2007, Alytes, 25: 59.
Odorrana (Odorrana) tiannanensis — Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 130.
Odorrana megatympanum — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005, Herpetol. J., 15: 239. Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 1-13; by implication; Stuart, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 46: 54.
Rana heatwolei Stuart and Bain, 2005, Herpetologica, 61: 487. Holotype: FMNH 258134, by original designation. Type locality: "on a tree root projecting from a dirt bank 2 m above a tributary of the Nam Ou River in evergreen forest in Phou Dendin National Biodiversity Conservation Area, Phongsaly District, Phongsaly Province, Laos, 22° 5′ 38″ N, 102° 12′ 50″ E, 600 m elevation". Synonymy by Ohler, 2007, Alytes, 25: 59.
Huia tiannanensis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 368.
Huia megatympanum — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 368.
Odorrana tiannanensis — Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 1-13. by implication.
Odorrana heatwolei — Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 1-13. by implication.
English Names
Dawei Frog (Odorrana tiannanensis: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 109).
Tiannan Odorous Frog (Odorrana tiannanensis: Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 196).
Megatympanum Frog (Rana megatympanum [no longer recognized]: Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 30).
Tobacco Frog (Rana tabaca [no longer recognized]: Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 31).
Distribution
Guangxi and southern Yunnan (Mangla, Pingbian, and Hekou counties) and Hainan Island, China; Phou Dendin National Biodviersty Conservation area, Phongsaly Province, Laos; northern, north-central, and northeastern Vietnam in and around montane rivers as well as in the adjacent forest, 120-1000 m elevation
Comment
Section Hylarana, subsection Hylarana, Rana (Odorrana) andersonii group of Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 329. Related to Rana anlungensis, according to the original publication. Yang, 1991, Amph. Fauna of Yunnan: 153-155, and Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 200-201, provided accounts. Ye and Fei, 2001, Acta Zool. Sinica, 47: 528-534, placed this in their Odorrana schmackeri group. In the Odorrana (Odorrana) schmackeri group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 126. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 30, provided specific localities of Rana megatmpanum for Vietnam. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 148, provided a photograph of nominal Rana tabaca. See discussion by Ohler, 2007, Alytes, 25: 55-74. Yang, 2008, in Yang and Rao (ed.), Amph. Rept. Yunnan: 81-82, provided a brief account (as Rana tiannanensis) for Yunnan, China. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Rana tiannanensis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 633, who suggested that the Hainan population may represent a distinct species. Mo, Zhou, Xie, and Chen, 2007, Herpetol. Sinica, 11: 15-18, reported the species in Guangxi, China. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 3: 1294-1298, provided an account, figures, and map for China, and placed it in their Odorrana (Odorrana) schmackeri group. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 345, provided a brief account including photographs. Shi, 2011, Amph. Rept. Fauna Hainan: 98-100, provided an account for Hainan as Rana tiannanensis.
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