Kurixalus banaensis (Bourret, 1939)
Philautus banaensis Bourret, 1939, Annexe Bull. Gen. Instr. Publique, Hanoi, 1939: 15, 34. Syntypes: 6 specimens, including MNHNP 48.0159-161, according to Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 51, 83-34, who designated as lectotype MNHNP 1948.0160, redescribed it and discussed problems with identification of the types. Type locality: "Bana" (= Ba Na), Quang Nam-Danang Province, Vietnam.
Philautus (Philautus) banaensis — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 52.
Kurixalus banaensis — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 511.
English Names
Bana Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 111).
Distribution
Central Vietnam (Hai Van Pass and the foot of the eastern slope of the Annam mountains in Qang Nam-Danang Province, Gia Lai, Thua Thien-Hue, and Quang Binh Provinces).
Comment
See account by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 464-465. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 93, provided a statement of the range. See photograph in Orlov, Ho, and Nguyen, 2004, Russ. J. Herpetol., 11: 61. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 34, provided specific localities for Vietnam. Bain, Nguyen, and Doan, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 111, provided a record for Thua Thien-Hue province and briefly discussed the distribution. Hendrix, Nguyen, Böhme, and Ziegler, 2008, Herpetol. Notes, 1: 23-31, provided a record from Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.
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