Hylarana eschatia (Inger, Stuart, and Iskandar, 2009)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Hylarana > Species: Hylarana eschatia

Rana eschatia Inger, Stuart, and Iskandar, 2009, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 155: 134. Holotype: THNHM 05677, by original designation. Type locality: "Ngao Falls National Park (9°56′N/98°43′E), Ranong Province, Thailand".

Chalcorana eschatiaFei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Herpetol. Sinica, 12: 32. See comment under Ranidae record.

Chalcorana eschatia —  Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 90: 187. 

Hylarana eschatia — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 423. 

English Names

Peninsular Copper-cheeked Frog (Zug and Mulcahy, 2020 "2019", Amph. Rept. S. Tanintharyi: 53). 

Copper-cheeked Frog (Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 326).

Tenasserim White-lipped Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 46). 

Distribution

South Tanintharyi, peninsular Myanmar, into southern and peninsular Thailand, including Tarutao Island.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Myanmar, Thailand

Comment

Confused with Hylarana chalconota prior to its naming according to the original publication. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 118, provided a brief characterization and photograph (as Rana chalconota) of what may be this species. Thong-aree, Chan-ard, Cota, and Makchai, 2011, Thailand Nat. Hist. Mus. J., 5: 99–106, reported the species from Bala Forest, Narathiwat, extreme southern Thailand. Chan-ard, Cota, and Makchai, 2011, Amph. E. Region Thailand: 144, detailed the range in Thailand. Nidup, Wangkulangkul, Satasook, Bates, and Juthong, 2013, Proc. World Biodiversity Congr., 2013: 1–13, reported a population on Tarutao Island, Satun Province, Thailand. Mulcahy, Lee, Miller, Chand, Thura, and Zug, 2018, ZooKeys, 757: 95, provided a genetically confirmed record from Taninthary Division, southern Myanmar. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 326–327, provided a brief account (description, photographs, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). Zug and Mulcahy, 2020 "2019", Amph. Rept. S. Tanintharyi: 53, provided a brief account for South Tanintharyi, peninsular Myanmar. Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 35, briefly discussed identification, habitat, and range in Myanmar. 

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