Gracixalus carinensis (Boulenger, 1893)
Ixalus carinensis Boulenger, 1893, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 2, 13: 339. Syntypes: 7 specimens, BMNH 1947.2.6.24-27 (formerly 1893.10.9.25-28) and MSNG 29852.A according to Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 33, who designated BMNH 1947.2.6.24 (formerly 1893.10.9.25) and described it on page 75. Type locality: "Karin Hills, 2900-3500 feet" (1 specimen); "Thao" (1 specimen); and "District of the Karin Bia-po" (5 specimens), Myanmar; restricted by lectotype designation to "Karin Hills, 2900-3500 feet", Myanmar. Hallermann, 2006, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 103: 139, suggested that ZMH A03138-41, might have been part of the original syntypic series.
Rhacophorus (Philautus) carinensis — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 55, 89.
Philautus carinensis — Smith, 1940, Rec. Indian Mus., 42: 475. Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 458.
Philautus (Philautus) carinensis — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 34.
Aquixalus (Aquixalus) carinensis — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2005, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 74: 166.
Kurixalus carinensis — Li, Che, Bain, Zhao, and Zhang, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 48: 310. By implication.
Gracixalus carinensis — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 509.
English Names
Burmese Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 111).
Brown Carin Tree Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 145).
Karin Hills Bushfrog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 148).
Distribution
Karen Hills, Myanmar; northwestern Thailand; northwestern Vietnam (Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces), 1400-2000 m; presumably in intervening Laos.
Comment
See account by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 468-469. Orlov, Lathrop, Murphy, and Ho, 2001, Russ. J. Herpetol., 8: 19, listed this species as part of the Vietnam fauna. Recorded for Thailand by Khonsue and Thirakhupt, 2001, Nat. Hist. J. Chulalongkorn Univ., 1: 77. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 93, provided the Vietnam component of the range statement. See photograph in Orlov, Ho, and Nguyen, 2004, Russ. J. Herpetol., 11: 61. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 148-149, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 34, provided specific localities for Vietnam.
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