A New Cascade Frog (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Central Vietnam

Nikolai L. Orlov, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Thu Cuc Ho

Abstract


A new frog species of the family Ranidae (cascade frog from Odorrana-group) is described from central Vietnam. Rana gigatympana sp. nov. is distinguished by very small body size and very large tympanum.

Keywords


Ranidae; Rana; Amolops; Odorrana; Kon Tum; Vietnam; new species

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2006-13-2-155-163

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