Vietnamophryne abscondita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Asterophryinae
Genus: Vietnamophryne
Species: Vietnamophryne abscondita

Name

Vietnamophryne abscondita Poyarkov, Gorin, Le, Trofimets, Duong, Nguyen, Pawangkhanant, Suwannapoom & Nguyen, 2026: 152

• Holotype: VRTC NAP-12097 (field tag NAP-12097), adult ♂, collected by D.T. Nguyen, T.V. Duong and N.A. Poyarkov on 20 May 2022.
• Type locality: “limestone karst forest, Kim Dien Commune, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam (17.820355°N, 105.881989°E; elevation ca. 250 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Poyarkov, N.A., Gorin, V.A., Le, S.X., Trofimets, A.V., Duong, T.V., Nguyen, D.T., Pawangkhanant, P., Suwannapoom, C. & Nguyen, T.V. 2026. More dwarfs: a new microendemic species of Vietnamophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from limestone karst of Quang Tri Province, Central Vietnam. Herpetozoa 39: 145–160. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.39.e191333 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Karstic Dwarf Frog