Theloderma lateriticum Bain, Nguyen, and Doan, 2009

Nguyen, Tan Van, Brakels, Peter, Maury, Nathanael, Sudavanh, Somchit, Pawangkhanant, Parinya, Idiiatullina, Sabira, Lorphengsy, Sengvilay, Inkhavilay, Khamla, Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon & Poyarkov, Nikolay A., 2020, New herpetofaunal observations from Laos based on photo records, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 248) 14 (2), pp. 218-249 : 231

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13258271

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/927587F5-FFD0-FFEB-FF19-FE5C14C1FA62

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Felipe

scientific name

Theloderma lateriticum Bain, Nguyen, and Doan, 2009
status

 

Theloderma lateriticum Bain, Nguyen, and Doan, 2009 View in CoL Brick-red Bug-eyed Frog ( Fig. 6C–D View Fig )

One individual of T. lateriticum was observed by P. Brakels and N. Maury on 5 January 2019 in Vang Vieng District , Vientiane Province (18°96.776’N, 102°39.689’E; elevation 1,130 m asl) .

Morphological characters of the individual from Vientiane Province agreed well with the description of Bain et al. (2009). The photographed individual ( Fig. 6C–D View Fig ) agrees with the diagnosis of T. lateriticum in the following characters: small body size, dorsoventrally compressed body; snout slightly rounded; canthus rostralis distinct, rounded; loreal region oblique, slightly concave vertical; tympanum distinct, supratympanic fold distinct; tips of fingers and toes enlarged into round discs; dorsal surfaces granular, bearing tiny keratinized spicules; coloration of dorsum deep brick-red with some black blotches; ventral surface of throat, chest and belly grayish-brown with cream spots; iris brick-red.

Ecological notes. The individual was found on the ground (presumably, it had jumped onto the ground after it was disturbed by us) in a small dry rocky natural run off channel near a steep slope in dry mixed evergreen montane forest.

Distribution. This is the first country record for Laos, ca. 260 km southwest from the type locality in Nam Tha Commune, Van Ban District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam ( Bain et al. 2009). Elsewhere, this species has been reported from Vietnam and southern China ( Chen et al. 2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Rhacophoridae

Genus

Theloderma

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