A New Species of Cascade Frog from North Vietnam (Ranidae, Anura)

Nikolai L. Orlov, Nguyen Ngat Le, Thu Cuc Ho

Abstract


A new species of cascade frog genus Rana sensu lato is described on the base of morphological study of material collected in North Vietnam. Comparison with cascade frogs of Amalops, Odorrana and Huia genera is given.

Keywords


Anura; Ranidae; cascade frogs; Amolops; Odorrana; Rana; Huia; new species; Vietnam; Son La Province

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2003-10-2-123-134

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