Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Philautus laevis Smith, 1924, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1924: 230. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.5.94 (formerly 1924.1.31.1; formerly M. Smith 2439, by original designation) according to Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 43. Type locality: "Sui Kat, alt. 1000 m., Langbian Plateau, S. Annam", Vietnam.

Rhacophorus (Philautus) laevis — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 55, 89.

Chirixalus laevis —Inger In Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 538.

Chiromantis laevis — 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: 367.

Theloderma laeve — Orlov, Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Ananjeva, Nguyen, Sang, and Geissler, 2012, Russ. J. Herpetol., 19: 44.

English Names

Smith's Asian Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 111).

Smith's Asian Frog (Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 33).

Distribution

Nghe An, Gia Lai, Dac Lac, and Lam Dong provinces, Vietnam, 700-1200 m elevation.

Comment

Discussed (as Philautus laevis) by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 454-455. See photograph in Orlov, Ho, and Nguyen, 2004, Russ. J. Herpetol., 11: 62. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 33, provided specific localities for Vietnam. Orlov, Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Ananjeva, Nguyen, Sang, and Geissler, 2012, Russ. J. Herpetol., 19: 44, discussed the transfer to Theloderma.

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