Abstract
BackgroundThe family Megophryidae is one of the most poorly known groups of amphibians in Son La Province, Vietnam. In the herpetofaunal list of Vietnam in 2009 only two species of megophryids were recorded from this province and recent studies have documented five additional species of Megophryidae from Son La Province.New informationBased on recent field work in northern Vietnam, we report six new provincial records of the family Megophryidae from Son La Province, namely Leptobrachium ailaonicum, Leptobrachella sungi, Megophrys feae, M. jingdongensis, M. microstoma and M. parva. In addition, morphological data were provided for each species, based on newly collected specimens. Our findings bring the species number of the family Megophryidae to 13 in Son La Province.
Highlights
The family Megophryidae is one of the most poorly studied groups of amphibians in Vietnam
Based on recent field work in northern Vietnam, we report six new provincial records of the family Megophryidae from Son La Province, namely Leptobrachium ailaonicum, Leptobrachella sungi, Megophrys feae, M. jingdongensis, M. microstoma and M. parva
Field surveys were conducted in Son La Province from 18 to 22 June 2014 in Copia Nature Reserve (NR); from 27 to 29 April 2015 in Sop Cop NR; from 28 August to 4 September 2015 and from 26 to 30 October 2016 in Phu Yen District; from 14 to 17 April 2017 in Muong La NR; and from 28 April to 3 May 2017 in Bac Yen District (Fig. 1)
Summary
The family Megophryidae is one of the most poorly known groups of amphibians in Son La Province, Vietnam. In the herpetofaunal list of Vietnam in 2009 only two species of megophryids were recorded from this province and recent studies have documented five additional species of Megophryidae from Son La Province. Based on recent field work in northern Vietnam, we report six new provincial records of the family Megophryidae from Son La Province, namely Leptobrachium ailaonicum, Leptobrachella sungi, Megophrys feae, M. jingdongensis, M. microstoma and M. parva. Morphological data were provided for each species, based on newly collected. Our findings bring the species number of the family Megophryidae to 13 in Son La Province
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