Pelophylax terentievi (Mezhzherin, 1992)

Figs 3, 4D-F

Takhar records.

Taleqan (Gulayi Bagh), 36.4433°N, 69.3058°E; 792 m a.s.l., 31 January 2020, found dead in grassy habitat near stream, one individual of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 198); Bay Yawa (Baghi Mullah Gulmad), 37.4379°N, 69.7121°E, 670 m a.s.l., 31 March 2020, irrigation channels and pools, one adult female (CUHC-PA 186); Bya Yawa, 37.4311°N, 69.7185°E, 666 m a.s.l., 27 April 2020, rice field, one adult female (CUHC-PA 166); Taleqan (Khitayan), 36.6590°N, 69.6565°E, 927 m a.s.l., 10 May 2020, rice field, three adult males (CUHC-PA 169); Taleqan (Gulayi Bagh), 36.7426°N, 69.5162°E, 794 m a.s.l., 12 May 2020, during the middle of the night in the garden, one adult female (CUHC-PA 170); Takatuymaz (Tangi Farkhar), 36.6326°N, 69.6969°E, 982 m a.s.l., 13 May 2020, irrigation channels and pools, one adult and three juveniles of both sexes (CUHC-PA 11); Bay Yawa (Parchaw Khana), 37.4272°N, 69.7209°E, 680 m a.s.l., 29 May 2020, Prut River vicinity; one subadult of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 187); Bay Yawa (Parchaw Khana), 37.4287°N, 69.7199°E, 675 m a.s.l., 4 September 2021, canal, one subadult of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 204); Bay Yawa (Parchaw Khana), 37.4254°N, 69.7215°E, 688 m a.s.l., 14 September 2021, canal, one subadult of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 215).

Distribution in Afghanistan.

Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Kunduz, Nangarhar and Takhar Provinces (Wagner et al. 2016; Jablonski et al. 2021c, e), representing 26% of all provinces.

Chorotype.

Turanian.

Remarks.

Pelophylax terentievi is one of the ranid frogs that was originally reported from Takhar Province under the name Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771 (Clark 1990). It was mentioned as an extremely abundant species living in streams, ponds and irrigation ditches (Clark 1990) which corresponds to our observations. The distribution of this species follows the Panj River, a tributary of the Amu Darya River. However, this species has also been reported from other parts of Afghanistan, even south of the Hindu Kush range [for review, see Jablonski et al. (2021c)].