Siamophryne troglodytes Suwannapoom, Sumontha, Tunprasert, Ruangsuwan, Pawangkhanant, Korost, and Poyarkov, 2018

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Siamophryne > Species: Siamophryne troglodytes

Siamophryne troglodytes Suwannapoom, Sumontha, Tunprasert, Ruangsuwan, Pawangkhanant, Korost, and Poyarkov, 2018, PeerJ, 4422: 17. Holotype: AUP-00500, by original designation. Type locality: "in a limestone cave in Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand, elevation 440 m a.s.l. (approximately in the vicinity of 14°28′N, 98°51′E; exact geographic coordinates not provided for conservation purposes)". 

English Names

Tenasserim Cave Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 37). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand, elevation 440 elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Thailand

Endemic: Thailand

Comment

 Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 198–199, provided a brief account (photographs, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai).

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