Theloderma bicolor (Bourret, 1937)
Rhacophorus leprosus bicolor Bourret, 1937, Annexe Bull. Gen. Instr. Publique, Hanoi, 1937: 42. Syntypes: (4 specimens) including MNHNP 1938.62, 48.152-153 (formerly LZUH), according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 52. Type locality: "Chapa" (= Sa Pa), Lao Cai Province, Vietnam.
Theloderma bicolor —Inger In Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 549. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 98.
English Names
Chapa Bug-eyed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114).
Distribution
Northwestern Vietnam on Fansipan (mountain), in the Hoang Lien Mountains, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province south to Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, 1400-1800 m elevation; expected in adjacent Yunnan, China.
Comment
See account (as Rhacophorus leprosus bicolor) by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 414-416. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 98, suggested that this species is very similar to Theoderma corticale and Theloderma kwangsiense. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 41, provided specific localities for Vietnam. See Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006, Russ. J. Herpetol., 13: 155-175, for brief comments. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 541. Gawor, Chapuis, Pham, Nguyen, Schmitz, and Ziegler, 2012, Zootaxa, 3395: 59-64, reported on larval morphology.
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