New records of amphibians from Bac Kan Province, Vietnam
Author
Luong, Anh Mai
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Author
Do, Quyen Hanh
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam & Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Science, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Author
Hoang, Chung Van
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0709-974X
Forest Resources and Environment Center, Vinh Quy Street, Thanh Tri District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Author
Phan, Tien Quang
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2738-5364
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Author
Nguyen, Truong Quang
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-0880
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Author
Pham, Cuong The
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam
cuongiebr@gmail.com
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Biodiversity Data Journal
2022
2022-02-08
10
75595
75595
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e75595
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e75595
1314-2828-10-e75595
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Gracixalus nonggangensis Mo, Zhang, Luo, Zhou & Chen, 2013
Materials
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence
:
catalogNumber:
IEBR A.4899
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon
:
scientificName:
Gracixalus
nonggangensis; class:
Amphibia
; order:
Anura
; family:
Rhacophoridae
; genus:
Gracixalus
; specificEpithet: nonggangensis; scientificNameAuthorship:
Mo
,
Zhang
,
Luo
,
Zhou
&
Chen
, 2013;
Location
:
country:
Vietnam
; countryCode: VN; stateProvince:
Bac Kan
; locality:
Nam Xuan Lac
HSCA
; verbatimElevation:
746 m
; verbatimLatitude:
22°17.587'N
; verbatimLongitude:
105°30.445'E
; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS84;
Event
:
eventDate:
24April 2021
; eventRemarks: collected by
H. V. Chung
an
P. Q. Tien
;
Record Level
:
language: en; collectionCode:
Amphibia
; basisOfRecord:
PreservedSpecimen
Description
Size small (SVL 32.9 mm); head longer than wide (HL 12.0 mm, HW 11.8 mm); snout round, smaller than eye diameter (RL 4.6 mm, ED 4.9 mm); nostrils oval, closer to the tip of snout than to eye (NS 2.0 mm, EN 2.5 mm); canthal edges rounded, loreal region oblique, slightly concave; tympanum distinct, round; vomerine teeth absent; tongue notched posteriorly. Forelimbs: Forearm short and gracile (FLL 7.2 mm), hand length (HAL 16.3 mm); relative finger lengths I <II <IV <III, tips of fingers enlarged into discs; fingers free of webbing. Hinlimbs: Thigh moderately long (FeL 18.2 mm); tibia six times longer than wide (TbL 19.0 mm, TbW 2.9 mm); relative toe lengths I <II <III <V <IV; webbing formula I1-2II1-2III1-2IV2-1V; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching to the nostril when leg adpressed along body. Skin: Dorsum and dorsal parts of head; limbs overall smooth, but with some small tubercles; supratympanic fold indistinct; ventral part of forearm smooth; dorsolateral folds absent; throat, chest, belly and ventral part of thighs granular.
Colouration in life: Dorsal surface of head and body, flank green olive, a dark green irregular patch running from between eyes to shoulder; upper and lower lip green olive with some creamy white spots; dorsal part of limbs green olive with transverse dark green bands; throat and margin of throat, chest and belly marbled with white; ventral part of limbs greyish-white (Fig.
10
) (determination after
Nguyen et al. (2013)
,
Mo et al. (2013)
).
Distribution
In Vietnam,
G. nonggangensis
was previously known from Cao Bang Province (
Nguyen et al. 2013
). Elsewhere, this species has been recorded from China (
Frost 2021
).
Ecology
Specimen was found at 20:00 h on a tree, about 0.5 m above the ground. The surrounding habitat was mixed secondary forest of hardwoods and shrubs.
Notes
The specimens of
G. nonggangensis
from Bac Kan only differ slightly from those in the description of
Mo et al. (2013)
in having a rostral length shorter than eye diameter (vs. rostral length longer than eye diameter).