Somphouthone Phimmachak, Niane Sivongxay, Sengvilay Seateun, Siriporn Yodthong, Attapol Rujirawan, Thy Neang, Anchalee Aowphol, Bryan L Stuart
A new species of "fanged frog" in the genus Limnonectes resembling L. kohchangae (Smith, 1922) from southeastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia is described from upper elevations of the Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos. However, the new species, L. coffeatus sp. nov., is not resolved to be the closest relative of L. kohchangae, and is further distinguished from this taxon by differences in skin texture and coloration. The new species is potentially threatened by the extensive conversion of forests into coffee plantations on the Bolaven Plateau.
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published in 2018, language
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- A new Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from southern Laos
- FIGURE 3. Paratype female of Limnonectes coffeatus sp. nov. (NCSM 77787, field tag BLS 13934) in lateral (A) and dorsal (B) views in life, and in ventral (C) and lateral (D) views immediately prior to preservation.
- FIGURE 9. Dorsal views in preservative of males (A) of L. kohchangae (left, NCSM 79541) and L. coffeatus sp. nov. (right, holotype NCSM 77788) and females (B) of L. kohchangae (left, NCSM 79542) and L. coffeatus sp. nov. (right, paratype NCSM 77787).
- Phimmachak, Somphouthone, Sivongxay, Niane, Seateun, Sengvilay, Yodthong, Siriporn, Rujirawan, Attapol, Neang, Thy, Aowphol, Anc, 2018, A new Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from southern Laos, Zootaxa 4375 (3), pp. 325-340: 329-336
