Vietnamophryne vuquangensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

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

Name

Vietnamophryne vuquangensis Hoang, Jiang, Nguyen, Orlov, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2021: 210

• Holotype: VNMN 010489, adult ♂, collected by T.T. Nguyen and Q.H. Nguyen on 12 October 2019.
• Type locality: “in evergreen tropical forest at Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam (18°15’47.9”N 105°20’25.1”E at an elevation of 966 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Hoang, V.C., Jiang, J.-P., Nguyen, Q.H., Orlov, N., Le, V.M., Nguyen, V.H., Nguyen, V.T., Nguyen, T.T. & Ziegler, T. 2021. A New Species of Vietnamophryne from Vietnam. Revue suisse de Zoologie 128(1): 207–219. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0046 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Vu Quang Dwarf Frog