Genus of frogs
Vietnamophryne (common name: Indochinese dwarf frogs; Vietnamese: nhái lùn; Thai: ueng tham khrae, อึ่งถ้ำแคระ) is a divergent genus of Asterophryinae frogs found in Indochina. Its closest relative is the genus Siamophryne. The genus Vietnamophryne was first described by Poyarkov, et al. (2018).[1]
Species
There are three species, described in 2018:[2]
- Vietnamophryne inexpectata Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost, and Che, 2018
- Vietnamophryne orlovi Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost, and Che, 2018
- Vietnamophryne occidentalis Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost, and Che, 2018
In 2021 the descriptions of two species were added:
- Vietnamophryne cuongi Nguyen, Hoang, Jiang, Orlov, Ninh, Nguyen, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2021
- Vietnamophryne vuquangensis Hoang, Jiang, Nguyen, Orlov, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2021
Type localities
Type localities of each species:
- Vietnamophryne cuongi in Ba Vi National Park, Hanoi, northern Vietnam,
- Vietnamophryne inexpectata in Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, Gia Lai Province, central Vietnam.
- Vietnamophryne orlovi in Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park, Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam.
- Vietnamophryne occidentalis in Doi Tung Mountain, Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand.
- Vietnamophryne vuquangensis in Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam near to the Laos border.