Rana kunyuensis Lu and Li, 2002
Rana kunyuensis Lu and Li, 2002, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 27: 162, 166. Holotype: YT 980601, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt. Kunyu, Jiaodong Peninsula, Shandong Province (37° 17′ N, 121° 37′ E); altitude 400 m", China.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from Mount Kunyu, Shandong Province, China.
Comment
Most similar to Rana chensinensis according to the original publication. Species distinctiveness from Rana chensinensis confirmed and larvae compared by Lu, Sun, Ma, Zhou, and Li, 2002, Herpetol. Sinica, 9: 23-27. In the Rana amurensis group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 107. Li, Lu, and Li, 2005, Sichuan J. Zool., 24: 268-270, provided a distribution map for China. Che, Pang, Zhao, Matsui, and Zhang, 2007, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 24: 71-80, reported on the phylogenetic position of this species, considering on the basis of mtDNA data it to be the sister taxon of Rana amurensis. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 3: 1038-1042, provided an account, figures, and map for China and included it in their Rana amurensis group. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 276-277, provided a brief account including photographs.
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