| 2025-07-09 |
Paratelmatobius (sp. nov.) |
Leptodactylidae (Paratelmatobiinae) |
A New Species of the Atlantic Forest Endemic Genus Paratelmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae) with a Reappraisal of the Advertisement Calls in the Genus
[Marcus Thadeu T. Santos, Lucas Vilela, Brenda S. Carvalho, Igor E.C. Silva, Miguel T. Rodrigues, Paulo C.A. Garcia, Thiago R. Carvalho, Célio F.B. Haddad] |
| 2025-07-03 |
Boulenophrys daxuemontis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Southwest China
[Jing Liu, Shize Li, Yanlin Cheng, Gang Wei, Bin Wang, Gang Cheng] |
| 2025-06-27 |
Ingerophrynus wangyingyongi (sp. nov) |
Bufonidae |
A New Species of Ingerophrynus (Anura, Bufonidae) from Guangdong, China
[Shuo Liu, Liang Zhang, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Zhifa Liu, Mian Hou, Nikolai L. Orlov] |
| 2025-06-23 |
Limnonectes gyrinophorus (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes gunungensis (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes kinabaluensis (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes nephophilus (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes oreibates (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes phylax (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes sarawakensis (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes suboliferus (sp. nov.)
|
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
Cryptic radiation within the tadpole-carrying Guardian Frogs from Borneo, Limnonectes palavanensis and L. finchi (Anura: Dicroglossidae), with the description of eight new species
[J. Maximilian Dehling, Dario N. Neokleous, Indraneil Das, T. Ulmar Grafe, Pui Yong Min, Stefan T. Hertwig] |
| 2025-06-20 |
Pristimantis chinguelas (sp. nov.),
Pristimantis nunezcortezi (sp. nov.),
Pristimantis yonke (sp. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
Over the top: Three new species of terrestrial breeding frogs (Anura, Terrarana, Pristimantis) from the highlands of the Cordillera de Huancabamba, northwestern
[Germán Chávez, Wilmar Aznaran, Ivan Wong, Karen Y. Victoriano-Cigüeñas, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Juan D. Valencia-Málaga, Jesús R. Ormeño, Michael Gulman, Ronal Sumiano-Mejía, Michelle E. Thompson, Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2025-06-16 |
Guibemantis sioka (sp. nov.) |
Mantellidae (Mantellinae) |
A new species of mantellid frog of the genus Guibemantis from south-eastern Madagascar
[Carl R. Hutter, Zo F. Andriampenomanana, Edmund W. Basham, Frank Glaw, Matteo D. Masotti, Shea M. Lambert, Miguel Vences] |
| 2025-06-14 |
Neurergus barani (placed into the synonymy of Neurergus strauchii),
Neurergus munzurensis (placed into the synonymy of Neurergus strauchii) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
Discordance between phylogenomic methods in Near Eastern mountain newts (Neurergus, Salamandridae)
[Stephanie Koster, Robin Polanen, Aziz Avcı, Sergé Bogaerts, Emin Bozkurt, Forough Goudarzi, Mahmoud-Reza Hemami, Kurtuluş Olgun, Frank Pasmans, Sebastian Steinfartz, Nazan Üzüm, Manon de Visser, James France, Anagnostis Theodoropoulos, Ben Wielstra] |
| 2025-06-13 |
Boulenophrys yezhongensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou, China
[Jing Liu, Chao-Bo Feng, Tuo Shen, Shi-Ze Li, Yanlin Cheng, Gang Wei, Bin Wang, Haijun Su] |
| 2025-06-13 |
Philautus namdaphaensis (syn. nov.),
Raorchestes manipurensis (syn. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A Bush Frog with multiple names: New populations of Raorchestes kempiae (Boulenger, 1919) and reassessment of the taxonomic status of Philautus namdaphaensis (Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985) and Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
[Ravi Shanthy Naveen, Kirty Prosad Nath, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Kaushik Deuti, Ht. Decemson, Lal Muansanga, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Holiness Warjri, Jayaditya Purkayastha] |
| 2025-06-11 |
Kalophrynus misbahulmuniri (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Kalophryninae) |
Taxonomic assessment of Javanese Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838, with a description of a new species (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae)
[Ade Damara Gonggoli, Muhammad Fakhri Fauzan, Fajar Kaprawi, Alamsyah Elang Nusa Herlambang, Sasi Kirono, Huda Wiradarma, Haegal Alif, Amir Ha Midy] |
| 2025-06-06 |
Nymphargus viglei (sp. nov.) |
Centrolenidae (Centroleninae) |
A biogeographic oddity in a disappearing ecosystem: A new Glassfrog (Centrolenidae: Nymphargus) from the Ecuadorian Chocó
[Juan M. Guayasamin, Daniela Franco-Mena & Mateo A. Vega-Yánez] |
| 2025-06-05 |
Quasipaa binhi (sp. nov.),
Quasipaa ohlerae (sp. nov.) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
Taxonomic revision of the Quasipaa verrucospinosa complex (Amphibia, Dicroglossidae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species
[Cuong The Pham, Chung Van Hoang, Tien Quang Phan, Anh Van Pham, An Vinh Ong, Vien Hong Thi Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler, Truong Quang Nguyen] |
| 2025-06-03 |
Bolitoglossa chirripoensis (sp. nov.) |
Plethodontidae (Hemidactyliinae) |
A new species of salamander of the genus Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the highest massif of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
[Jeremy Klank, Gerardo Chaves, Kimberly Castro, Erick Arias] |
| 2025-05-30 |
Amolops shillong (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
Concealed in the urban landscape: discovery and description of a novel shallow divergent lineage of Amolops Cope (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Meghalaya, North-East India
Bhaskar Saikia, Bikramjit Sinha, A. Shabnamm, Eugene Lyngkhoi, Damepaia S. M. Pdah, K. P. Dinesh] |
| 2025-05-27 |
Alcalus tongbiguanensis (sp. nov.) |
Ceratobatrachidae (Alcalinae) |
First Record of the Genus Alcalus (Anura, Ceratobatrachidae) in China, and the description of a new species from China and Myanmar
[Zhongbin Yu, Kai Wang, Tian-En Chen, Ling Li, Kasyoka Kilunda Felista, Haipeng Zhao, Yayong Wu, Shenpin Yang, Zheng-Pan Duan, An-Ru Zuo, Ding-Can Zhang, Robert Murphy, Yunhe Wu, Jing Che] |
| 2025-05-22 |
Hyla dabieshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
A new species of the genus Hyla (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, China
[Cai-Wen Zhang, Yong Zhang, Yin-Fan Cai, Lei Yu, Da-Peng Pang, Qing-Yue Jiang, Jun Ding, Da-Jie Gong, Bao-Wei Zhang] |
| 2025-05-19 |
Breviceps batrachophiliorum (sp. nov.) |
Brevicipitidae |
A new Rain Frog (Anura: Brevicipitidae; Breviceps) from the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa
[Louis du Preez, EC Netherlands, LR Minter] |
| 2025-05-15 |
Rhacophorus pardalis rhyssocephalus (elevated to species status) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
Taxonomic Reassessment of an Enigmatic Flying Frog (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Sangihe Island, Indonesia
[Alamsyah Elang Nusa Herlambang, Efendi Sabinhaliduna, Wahyu Trilaksono, Syahfitri Anita, Awal Riyanto, Amir Hamidy, Isaac Krone, Sina Amini, María José Navarrete Méndez, Mark Herr, Jimmy A. Mcguire] |
| 2025-05-14 |
Ranitomeya aetherea (sp. nov.) |
Dendrobatidae (Dendrobatinae) |
A remarkable new blue Ranitomeya species (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with copper metallic legs from open forests of Juruá River Basin, Amazonia
[Esteban Diego Koch, Alexander Tamanini Mônico , Jussara Santos Dayrell, Anthony Santana Ferreira, Silionamã Pereira Dantas, Jiří Moravec, Albertina Pimentel Lima] |
| 2025-05-07 |
Odorrana calciphila (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
Definition and taxonomic revision of the karst-associated Odorrana lipuensis group (Anura, Ranidae), with a new species from Guangdong, China
[Han-Ming Song, Shuo Qi, Hao-Tian Wang, Yue-Ning Gong, Yang Liu, Ying-Yong Wang ] |
| 2025-05-06 |
Dryadobates (gen. nov.)
Dryadobates bokermanni (sp. nov.)
Dryadobates lutzi (sp. nov.)
Dryadobates olfersioides (comb. nov.)
Dryadobates alagoanus , D. capixaba , D. carioca (removed from the synonymy of Dryadobates olfersioides) |
Aromobatidae (Allobatinae) |
Museomics and the systematics of the Atlantic Forest Nurse Frogs (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae: Allobatinae)
[Grant, T., M. L. Lyra, M. Hofreiter, M. Preick, A. Barlow, V. K. Verdade, and M. T. Rodrigues] |
| 2025-05-05 |
Lithobates chichicuahutla (is treated as a subspecies of Lithobates spectabilis),
Lithobates tlaloci (placed in the synonymy of Lithobates berlandieri),
Lithobates adleri (placed in the synonymy of Lithobates forreri),
Lithobates cora (placed in the synonymy of Lithobates forreri),
Lithobates brownorum (placed in the synonymy of Lithobates macroglossa),
Lithobates taylori (placed in the synonymy of Lithobates macroglossa),
Lithobates floresi, Lithobates hillisi, and Lithobates miadis (are considered subspecies of Lithobates forreri) |
Ranidae |
Distinguishing species boundaries from geographic variation
[E. Anne Chambers, José Daniel Lara-Tufiño, Gustavo Campillo-García, and David M. Hillis] |
| 2025-04-25 |
Ranitomeya aquamarina (sp. nov.) |
Dendrobatidae (Dendrobatinae) |
An Amazonian hidden gem: a new metallic-colored species of Ranitomeya (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from Juruá River basin forests, Amazonas state, Brazil
[Alexander Tamanini Mônico, Esteban Diego Koch, Jussara Santos Dayrell, Jiří Moravec, Albertina Pimentel Lima] |
| 2025-04-24 |
Scutiger khumbu (sp. nov.),
Scutiger khumbu makalu (ssp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Resolving taxonomic ambiguities in extant Himalayan lazy toads: A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern Nepal
[Sylvia Hofmann, Annemarie Ohler, Chitra B. Baniya, Alain Dubois, Morris Flecks, Daniel Jablonski, Joachim Schmidt & Christophe Dufresnes] |
| 2025-04-14 |
Leptobrachium aryatium (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A new species of Leptobrachium Tschudi, 1838 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Northeast India
[Jayaditya Purkayastha, Dipankar Dutta, Jayanta Gogoi, Saibal Sengupta] |
| 2025-04-10 |
Tylototriton ngarsuensis (junior synonym of Tylototriton shanorum) |
Salamandridae |
Taxonomic relationships between two species of Tylototriton in Shan State, central Myanmar (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)
[YASUHO ONISHI, PE THAN KYAW, KANTO NISHIKAWA, KO MYINT, THIDA LAY THWE] |
| 2025-04-09 |
Nidirana cangshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
A new species of the genus Nidirana Dubois, 1992 (Anura: Ranidae) from Yunnan Province, China
[Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Dingqi Rao] |
| 2025-03-26 |
Raorchestes leiktho (sp. nov.),
Raorchestes mindat (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A taxonomic revision of the genus Raorchestes in Myanmar and Thailand with the description of two new species from Myanmar (Amphibia, Anura, Rhacophoridae)
[GUNTHER KÖHLER, OLE DOST, NI LAR THAN, ANNEMARIE OHLER, PANUPONG THAMMACHOTI CHARUNROCHANA, YODCHAIY CHUAYNKERN, CHANTIP CHUAYNKERN, KATHARINA GEISS] |
| 2025-03-21 |
Allobates liniaureum (sp. nov.) |
Aromobatidae (Allobatinae) |
Genetic and Phenotypic Evidence Reveals a Complex Evolutionary History within the Amazonian Allobates juami/insperatus Clade (Anura, Aromobatidae), with the Description of a New Species
[Andres F. Jaramillo-Martinez, Carles Vilà, Juan M. Guayasamin, Giussepe Gagliardi-Urrutia, Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic, Pedro I. Simões, Juan C. Chaparro, Ramón Aguilar-Manihuari, Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher] |
| 2025-03-14 |
Rupirana kaatinga (sp. nov.) |
Leptodactylidae (Paratelmatobiinae) |
New species of Rupirana (Heyer, 1999) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Serra do Assuruá, center-north of Bahia state, Brazil
[Sarah Mângia, Guilherme do Amaral, Márcia Müller, Diego J. Santana] |
| 2025-03-14 |
Cophixalus flavopunctatus (sp. nov.),
Oreophryne purari (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Asterophryinae) |
Two new species of microhylid frogs (Cophixalus, Oreophryne) from the Purari River Basin, Papua New Guinea
[RAINER GÜNTHER, ELIZAH NAGOMBI, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2025-03-13 |
Hyloscirtus dispersus (sp. nov.),
Hyloscirtus elbakyanae (sp. nov.),
Hyloscirtus maycu (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Three new species of torrent treefrogs (Anura, Hylidae) of the Hyloscirtus bogotensis group from the eastern Andean slopes and the biogeographic history of the genus
[Andrea Varela-Jaramillo, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Pablo J. Venegas, Santiago R. Ron] |
| 2025-03-06 |
Leptobrachella batxatensis (sp. nov.),
Leptobrachella duyenae (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Hidden biodiversity in the tropical rain forests: Two new species of Leptobrachella Smith 1925 (Anura: Megophryidae) from Vietnam
[Van Chung Hoang, Cuong T. Pham, Quang Tien Phan, Trong Dang Do, Bin Wang, Jian-Ping Jiang, Truong Nguyen] |
| 2025-03-03 |
Amolops spicalinea (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
A new species of Amolops monticola group (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Hoang Lien Range, northwest Vietnam
[LUAN THANH NGUYEN, BENJAMIN TAPLEY, TOI VAN LA, JODI J. L. ROWLEY] |
| 2025-02-28 |
Litoria larisonans (sp. nov.),
Litoria pyrina (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
Systematics of the Little Red Tree Frog, Litoria rubella (Anura: Pelodryadidae), with the description of two new species from eastern Australia and arid Western Australia
WILLIAM A. PURSER, PAUL DOUGHTY, JODI L. ROWLEY, WOLFGANG BÖHME, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN, MARION ANSTIS, NICOLA MITCHELL, GLENN M. SHEA, ANDREW AMEY, BRITTANY A. MITCHELL, RENEE A. CATULLO] |
| 2025-02-27 |
Nidirana shyhhuangi (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
Description of a new music frog (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) critically endangered in Taiwan
[Chun-Fu Lin, Chunwen Chang, Masafumi Matsui, Chin-Chia Shen, Atsushi Tominaga, Si-Min Lin] |
| 2025-02-27 |
Minervarya ghatiborealis (sp. nov.) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
Discovery and description of a deeply divergent frog lineage of the genus Minervarya Dubois, Ohler & Biju, 2001 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the basaltic plateau of the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
[OMKAR YADAV, AMRUT BHOSALE, PRIYANKA PATIL, AKSHAY KHANDEKAR, K.P. DINESH] |
| 2025-02-26 |
Leptobrachella albomarginata (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from Gaoligong Mountain Range, Yunnan, China
[Yun-He Wu, Zhong-Bin Yu, Shen-Pin Yang, Zheng-Pan Duan, An-Ru Zuo, Ding-Can Zhang, Felista Kasyoka Kilunda, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che] |
| 2025-02-26 |
Zhangixalus daweishanensis (sp. nov.),
Zhangixalus nanshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
Underestimated species diversity in Zhangixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) with a description of two cryptic species from southern China
[Yuanqiang Pan, Shuo Liu, Ju Chen, Guohua Yu] |
| 2025-02-25 |
Rhacophorus medogensis (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Xizang, China, with a revision of the distribution of R. bipunctatus
[Shiyang Weng, Xiaolong Liu, Jianchuan Li, Guohua Yu, Junkai Huang] |
| 2025-02-21 |
Gracixalus weii (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of Gracixalus (Amphibia, Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Guizhou Province, China
[Jing Liu, Cai-Chun Peng, Bin Wang, Chao-Bo Feng, Tuo Shen, Shi-Ze Li, Ji-Jun Chen, Hai-Jun Su, Xiu-Jun Tang] |
| 2025-02-21 |
Gracixalus huaping (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Guangxi, China, with comments on the taxonomy of Orixalus
[Jiaqi Luo, Ben’an Zhang, Yuanqiang Pan, Guohua Yu] |
| 2025-02-21 |
Dendropsophus cannatellai (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Systematics of the Dendropsophus leucophyllatus species group (Anura, Hylidae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador, with description of a new species
[P. Doménica Aguirre, Katherine Apunte, Santiago R. Ron] |
| 2025-02-20 |
Dryophytes leopardus (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Genetic and morphological variation analyses of Dryophytes japonicus (Anura, Hylidae) with description of a new species from northeastern Japan
[TOMOHIKO SHIMADA, MASAFUMI MATSUI, KEITO TANAKA] |
| 2025-02-15 |
Anilany karsticola (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Cophylinae) |
A preliminary assessment of the diversity in the frog genus Anilany (Microhylidae: Cophylinae) with description of a new species from western Madagascar
[Alice Petzold, Frank Glaw, Katherine E. Mullin, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Achille P. Raselimanana, Angelica Crottini, Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Jörn Köhler, David Prötzel, Miguel Vences, Michael Hofreiter & Mark D. Scherz] |
| 2025-02-15 |
Ichthyosaura (named again Mesotriton) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
Ichthyosaura as a generic nomen for the Alpine Newt (Caudata: Salamandridae): a doubtful case of literarian archeology
[Thomas Mutz & Wolfgang Böhme] |
| 2024-12-31 |
Lissotriton vulgaris lantzi and Lissotriton vulgaris schmidtleri (now subspecies) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
Phylogenomics yields new systematic and taxonomical insights for Lissotriton newts, a genus with a strong legacy of introgressive hybridization
[J. Mars, Stephanie Koster, W. Babik, J. France, K. Kalaentzis, C. Kazilas, I. Martínez-Solano, M.C. de Visser, B. Wielstra] |
| 2025-02-11 |
Amolops gudao (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, China
[Yun-He Wu, Zhong-Bin Yu, Felista Kasyoka Kilunda, Chen-Qi Lu, Jia-Hua Li, Yun-Peng Li, Yi-Juan Shi, Jing Che] |
| 2025-02-10 |
Litoria eungellensis (sp. nov.),
Litoria corbeni (resurrected) |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
Systematic evaluation of molecular genetic, morphological and acoustic variation reveals three species in the Litoria revelata complex (Anura: Pelodryadidae)
[LUKE C. PRICE, CONRAD J. HOSKIN, MICHAEL J. MAHONY, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN] |
| 2025-02-06 |
Epipedobates currulao (sp. nov.) |
Dendrobatidae (Colostethinae) |
Honoring the Afro-Colombian musical culture with the naming of Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. (Anura, Dendrobatidae), a frog from the Pacific rainforests
[Mileidy Betancourth-Cundar, Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela, Andrew J. Crawford, David C. Cannatella, Rebecca D. Tarvin] |
| 2025-02-05 |
Boulenophrys dupanglingensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A New Species of the Genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Southern Hunan Province, Central China
[Bei Xiao, Jiayan Xi, Shengchao Shi, Hui Li, Leqiang Zhu, Ayinuer Maimaiti, Yalan Xu, Shunhua Liao, Bin Wang and Xiaoyang Mo] |
| 2025-02-05 |
Tomopterna banhinensis (sp. nov.) |
Pyxicephalidae (Cacosterninae) |
Digging out another cryptic species: A new sand frog (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna) from Mozambique
[ALAN CHANNING, DARREN W. PIETERSEN, ABEDA DAWOOD] |
| 2025-02-04 |
Leptobrachella xishuiensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Diversification outbreaks and dynamics of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae), with the description of a new species from Guizhou Province, China
[Tao Luo, Zi-Fa Zhao, Zhong-Lian Wang, Chang-Ting Lan, Ming-Yuan Xiao, Huai-Qing Deng, Ning Xiao, Jiang Zhou] |
| 2025-01-29 |
Pristimantis broaddus (sp. nov.),
Pristimantis praemortuus (sp. nov.),
Pristimantis robayoi (sp. nov.),
Pristimantis satheri (sp. nov.) and seven candidate species |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
High speciation in the cryptic Pristimantis celator clade (Anura: Strabomantidae) of the Mira river basin, Ecuador-Colombia
[Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Juan P. Reyes-Puig, Carolina Reyes-Puig, Gabriela Lagla-Chimba, Christian Paucar-Veintimilla, Miguel A. Urgiles-Merchán, Julio C. Carrión-Olmedo] |
| 2025-01-25 |
Werneria preussi submontana (comb. nov) |
Bufonidae |
Phylogenetic relationships within western African Torrent Toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Werneria) with focus on the taxonomic status of Werneria preussi and Atelopus africanus
[ALICE PETZOLD, VANESSA NORDEN, NONO L. GONWOUO, GABRIEL H. SEGNIAGBETO, ANNEMARIE OHLER, MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL] |
| 2025-01-25 |
Limnonectes maanyanorum (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes nusantara (sp. nov.) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
Two new species of fanged frog from Southeastern Borneo, Indonesia (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae)
[ADE DAMARA GONGGOLI, TOMOHIKO SHIMADA, MASAFUMI MATSUI, KANTO NISHIKAWA, IRVAN SIDIK, AHMAD MUAMMAR KADAFI, ACHMAD FARAJALLAH, AMIR HAMIDY] |
| 2025-01-23 |
Bombina variegata rhodopensis (ssp. nov.) |
Bombinatoridae |
Historical biogeography and systematics of yellow-bellied toads (Bombina variegata), with the description of a new subspecies from the Balkans
[Christophe Dufresnes, Simeon Lukanov, Sven Gippner, Johanna Ambu, Ilias Strachinis, Dragan Arsovski, Benjamin Monod-Broca, Hugo Cayuela, Petros Lymberakis, Daniele Canestrelli, Dan Cogălniceanu, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Tomasz Suchan, Mathieu Denoël, Daniel Jablonski] |
| 2025-01-21 |
Harlequin frog systematics
Atelopus harlequin (sp. nov.),
Atelopus histrionicus (sp. nov.) |
Bufonidae |
A roadmap for harlequin frog systematics, with a partial revision of Amazonian species related to Atelopus spumarius
[STEFAN LÖTTERS, PHILIPP BÖNING, SALVADOR BAILON, JOSE DANIEL BARROS CASTAÑEDA, RENAUD BOISTEL, ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI, JUAN C. CHAPARRO, GERMÁN CHÁVEZ, ANGEL CHUJUTALLI, LAURENT COEN, LUIS A. COLOMA, ANDREW J. CRAWFORD, JAIME CULEBRAS, JUAN CARLOS CUSI MARTÍNEZ, JUAN MANUEL DAZA, IGNACIO DE LA RIVA, DENISE J. ELLWEIN, RAFFAEL ERNST, SANDRA V. FLECHAS, ANTOINE FOUQUET, JUAN MANUEL GUAYASAMIN, CHRISTOPHER HEINE, RAFAEL F. JORGE, ALISHA JUNG, KARL-HEINZ JUNGFER, NATHALIE KAFFENBERGER, HENRIK KREHENWINKEL, ENRIQUE LA MARCA, MARGARITA LAMPO, GUIDO F. MEDINA RANGEL, LUDVIG ORSEN, DANIEL J. PALUH, JOSÉ LUIS PÉREZ GONZALEZ, JONATHAN PERRIN, AMANDA B. QUEZADA RIERA, JUAN PABLO REYES-PUIG, BERNARDO ROCA-REY ROSS, DANIELA C. RÖSSLER, LUIS ALBERTO RUEDA SOLANO, DAVID SALAZAR-VALENZUELA, JOSEFA CELSA SEÑARIS VAZQUEZ, MORGANE SOWINSKI, ANDREA TERÁN-VALDEZ, ANGIE TOVAR-ORTIZ, MICHAEL VEITH, PABLO VENEGAS, RUDOLF VON MAY, TIMM WEITKAMP, AMADEUS PLEWNIA] |
| 2025-01-17 |
Craugastor podiciferus Species Group:
12 unconfirmed candidate species,
Craugastor polyptychus (placed into the synonymy of Craugastor bransfordii),
Craugastor rearki (revalidated),
Craugastor lauraster (placed into the synonymy of Craugastor rearki) |
Craugastoridae |
Deep cryptic diversity in the Craugastor podiciferus Species Group (Anura: Craugastoridae) of Isthmian Central America revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear data
[Erick Arias, Andrew J. Crawford, Andreas Hertz, Gabriela Parra Olea] |
| 2025-01-16 |
Leptobrachella yongshunensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Description of a new leaf litter toad of Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from Hunan, China
[Jie Huang, Fang-Peng Zhang, Wan-Sheng Jiang, Yong-Xiang Tian, Xing-Long Huang, Ya-Lan Xu, Jing Liu, Xin-Yu Li, You-Xiang Zhang, Tao Wu] |
| 2025-01-16 |
Limnonectes splendissimus (sp. nov.) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
A new fanged frog of the genus Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam
[MANH VAN LE, LUAN THANH NGUYEN, ROBERT W. MURPHY, TUYET-DZUNG THI TRAN, SANG NGOC NGUYEN, JING CHE] |
| 2025-01-14 |
Rhacophorus boeadii (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
Morphological and genetic analysis of Sulawesi Rhacophorus and description of a fourth species endemic to the island
[AMIR HAMIDY, AWAL RIYANTO, MISBAHUL MUNIR, ADE DAMARA GONGGOLI, WAHYU TRILAKSONO, JIMMY A. MCGUIRE] |
| 2025-01-13 |
Urkuphryne (gen. nov.),
Urkuphryne merinoi (sp. nov.),
Phyllonastes cerrogolondrina (sp. nov.),
Phyllonastes dicaprioi (sp. nov.),
Phyllonastes ecuadoriensis (sp. nov.),
Phyllonastes macuma (sp. nov.),
Phyllonastes plateadensis (sp. nov.),
Phyllonastes sardinayacu (sp. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Holoadeninae) |
Systematics of minute strabomantid frogs allocated to the genus Noblella (Amphibia: Anura) with description of a new genus, seven new species, and insights into historical biogeography
[Jhael A Ortega, Diego F Cisneros-Heredia, Jeffrey D Camper, Andrés Romero-Carvajal, Leonardo Negrete, Santiago R Ron] |
| 2025-01-08 |
Microhyla roedderi (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Microhylinae) |
A new species of Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae), with an extended description of Microhyla nanapollexa from Vietnam
[CHUNG VAN HOANG, CUONG THE PHAM, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, TIEN QUANG PHAN, THOMAS ZIEGLER, NIKOLAI ORLOV, JIANPING JIANG, DANG TRONG DO] |
| 2025-01-07 |
Duttaphrynus bengalensis (placed into the synonymy of Duttaphrynus melanostictus) |
Bufonidae |
Speciation and historical invasions of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
[Christophe Dufresnes, Daniel Jablonski, Johanna Ambu, Vishal Kumar Prasad, Kumudani Bala Gautam, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Stephen Mahony, Sylvia Hofmann, Rafaqat Masroor, Bérénice Alard, Angelica Crottini, Devin Edmonds, Annemarie Ohler, Jianping Jiang, Janak R. Khatiwada, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Amaël Borzée, Leo J. Borkin, Dmitriy V. Skorinov, Daniel A. Melnikov, Konstantin D. Milto, Evgeny L. Konstantinov, Sven Künzel, Tomasz Suchan, Dmitriy V. Arkhipov, Alexei V. Trofimets, Tan Van Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Spartak N. Litvinchuk & Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2024-12-31 |
Lissotriton vulgaris lantzi and Lissotriton vulgaris schmidtleri (now subspecies) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
Phylogenomics yields new systematic and taxonomical insights for Lissotriton newts, a genus with a strong legacy of introgressive hybridization
[J. Mars, Stephanie Koster, W. Babik, J. France, K. Kalaentzis, C. Kazilas, I. Martínez-Solano, M.C. de Visser, B. Wielstra] |
| 2024-12-31 |
Boana itajahy (sp. nov.),
Boana quiriri (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Two New Species of the Boana semiguttata Clade (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae) from the Atlantic Forest of Southern Brazil
[Paulo Durães Pereira Pinheiro, Fabiana Dallacorte, Julia Thompson, Estevão Jasper Comitti, Daniel Yudi Miyahara Nakamura, Paulo Christiano de Anchietta Garcia] |
| 2024-12-16 |
Pseudopaludicola chimaera (sp. nov.) |
Leptodactylidae (Leiuperinae) |
Description of a Puzzling New Long-Legged Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro 1926 Species (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the Araguaia River Floodplain, Brazil
[Leandro Alves Silva, Isabelle Aquemi Haga, Ennio Painkow Neto, Silionamã Pereira Dantas, Amanda Varago, Adrian Antonio Garda, Tiana Kohlsdorf, Felipe Silva de Andrade] |
| 2024-12-13 |
Scutiger wolong (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A new species of Scutiger from Sichuan, China, previously misreported as S. chintingensis (Anura: Megophryidae)
[Zhi-Tong Lyu, Zong-Yuan Gao, Jun-Jie Huang, Di-Hao Wu, Dechun Jiang, Ke Jiang, Jia-tang Li] |
| 2024-12-12 |
Kaloula discordia (sp. nov.),
Kaloula laosensis (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Microhylinae) |
Phylogeographic pattern and taxonomic revision of the Kaloula baleata species complex (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) with description of two new species from Indochina
[Vladislav A. Gorin, Nikolai L. Orlov, Andrey M. Bragin, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Konstantin D. Milto, Dac Xuan Le, Tan Van Nguyen, Christophe Dufresnes, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom and Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2024-12-09 |
Ichthyophis yangi (sp. nov.) |
Ichthyophiidae |
The second species of Caecilian in China
[Dingqi Rao, Hongxin Zhou, Mingzhong Mo, Zhiyong Yv, Xiuyan Li, Shuo Liu] |
| 2024-12-07 |
Rana qui (sp. nov) |
Ranidae |
A New Brown Frog of Rana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Central China, Henan Province
[Shuxuan Gao, Hui Jun Shen, Xin Yue Yang, Zhuo Chen, Hou Yin Meng, Xiao Hong Chen] |
| 2024-12-05 |
Boulenophrys gaolanensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae) from Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
[Han-Ming Song, Hao-Tian Wang, Shuo Qi, Ning Wang, Yingyong Wang] |
| 2024-12-02 |
Lysapsus (synonymized with Pseudis) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
New insights on the molecular phylogenetic relationships of paradoxical frogs of the genus Pseudis with emphasis on the systematics of P. platensis (Anura: Hylidae)
[Andrea Caballero-Gini, Francisco Brusquetti, Diego Bueno-Villafañe, Oliver Quinteros-Muñóz, Rawien Jairam, Miguel Trefaut Rodrígues, Célio F B Haddad, Danilo Férnandez Ríos, Diego Baldo] |
| 2024-11-29 |
Rana minuscula (sp. nov) |
Ranidae |
Description of a new species of Rana (Anura: Ranidae) from Zhejiang, China based on morphological and molecular data
[Baoquan Liu, Yufan Wang, Junkai Huang, Xiaolong Liu, Jing Che, Zhiyong Yuan] |
| 2024-11-28 |
Pristimantis vrazi (sp. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
A new species of Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from a montane forest of the Pui Pui Protected Forest in central Peru
[Edgar Lehr, Jiří Moravec, Yingtong Wang, Marek Uvizl] |
| 2024-11-27 |
Leptobrachella dayaoshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from Dayaoshan National Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China
[Gui-Dong Yu, Kun Qin, Tao Meng, Peng Li, Wan-Xiao Peng, Wei-Cai Chen] |
| 2024-11-20 |
Hylarana chozhai (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
A new species of Hylarana Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from the Nicobar Islands, India
[Ravi Shanthy Naveen, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Chandramouli, Jayasimhan Praveenraj, Santhankrishnan Babu] |
| 2024-11-18 |
Raorchestes asakgrensis (sp. nov.),
Raorchestes garo (comb. nov.),
Raorchestes kempiae (comb. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
Rediscovery and redescription of Ixalus garo Boulenger, 1919, and Ixalus kempiae Boulenger, 1919, with a reassessment of the taxonomic status of Raorchestes cangyuanensis Wu, Suwannapoom, Xu, Murphy & Che, 2019 and the description of a new species from the Garo Hills of Meghalaya
[R. S. Naveen, S. R. Chandramouli, S. Babu, A. M. Ryndongsngi, P. V. Karunakaran, Honnavalli N. Kumara] |
| 2024-11-15 |
Caecilia tesoro (sp. nov.),
Caecilia truncata (sp. nov.) |
Caeciliidae |
Two new species of Caecilia (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Ecuadorian humid Chocó
[Sarah Bock, Thalia E. Arroba-López, Holger L. Velez-Giler, Vanessa Moreira, Moira L. M. Wiedebusch, Karla Neira-Salamea, Mark Wilkinson, Niklas Fuchs, Markus Schönleitner, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Santiago R. Ron] |
| 2024-11-15 |
Atelopus colomai (sp. nov.) |
Bufonidae |
A new species of harlequin toad (Bufonidae: Atelopus) from Amazonian Ecuador
[Amadeus Plewnia, Andrea Terán-Valdez, Jaime Culebras, Renaud Boistel, Daniel J. Paluh, Amanda B. Quezada Riera, Christopher H. Heine, Juan P. Reyes-Puig, David Salazar-Valenzuela, Juan Manuel Guayasamin & Stefan Lötters] |
| 2024-11-15 |
Gastrotheca monticola (junior synonym of Hyla splendens),
Gastrotheca lauzuricae (removed from the synonymy of Hyla splendens)
Gastrotheca piperata (removed from the synonymy of Hyla splendens, now a junior synonym of Gastrotheca lauzuricae)
Leptodactylus andicola (removed from the synonymy of Gastrotheca marsupiata, now nomen dubium) |
Hemiphractidae (Hemiphractinae) |
Getting back to name-bearing types: archival DNA and morphology clarify the identity of Hyla splendens Schmidt, 1857 and challenge the taxonomy of Bolivian populations of Gastrotheca (Anura: Hemiphractidae
[Jörn Köhler, Claudia Koch, Rafał Garlacz, Michaela Preick, Ignacio De la Riva & Miguel Vences] |
| 2024-11-12 |
Tylototriton koliaensis (sp. nov.) |
Salamandridae |
Multiple lines of evidence for a new cryptic species of Tylototriton (Amphibia, Salamandridae) from northern Vietnam
Nikolay A. POYARKOV, Tan Van NGUYEN, Son Xuan LE, Dac Xuan LE, Dmitriy V. ARKHIPOV, Vladislav A. GORIN, Axel HERNANDEZ and Christophe DUFRESNES] |
| 2024-11-08 |
Bolitoglossa chiquitica (sp. nov.),
Bolitoglossa silentium (sp. nov.) |
Plethodontidae (Hemidactyliinae) |
Taxonomic assessment of the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) subgenus (Caudata: Plethodontidae) with the description of two new species from the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
[Erick Arias, Gerardo Chaves, Brian Kubicki and Gabriela Parra-Olea] |
| 2024-11-04 |
Leptobrachella huynhi (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A new species of Leptobrachella Smith 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Lai Chau Province, Vietnam
[Chung Van Hoang, Anh Mai Luong, Truong Quang Nguyen, Tao Thien Nguyen, Hoa Thi Ninh, Linh Hoang Tu Le, Thomas Ziegler, Cuong The Pham] |
| 2024-10-30 |
Tylototriton gaowangjienensis (sp. nov.) |
Salamandridae |
Description of a new species of the Asian newt genus Tylototriton (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae) from Hunan Province, China
[Jie Huang, Ying Xiang, Tao Wu, You-Xiang Zhang, Zi-Liang Zhang, Ben-Zhong Wang, Xiang-Ying Lan, Yu-Ping Huang, Hui-Juan Jiang, Wan-Sheng Jiang] |
| 2024-10-29 |
Leptodactylus sertanejo (placed into the synonymy of Leptodactylus jolyi) |
Leptodactylidae (Leptodactylinae) |
Leptodactylus sertanejo Giaretta & Costa, 2007, a junior synonym of Leptodactylus jolyi Sazima & Bokermann, 1978 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)
[ULISSES CARAMASCHI JONAS PEDERASSI MAURO SÉRGIO CRUZ SOUZA LIMA] |
| 2024-10-25 |
Brachycephalus dacnis (sp. nov.) |
Brachycephalidae |
Among the world’s smallest vertebrates: a new miniaturized flea-toad (Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic rainforest
[Luís Felipe Toledo, Lucas Machado Botelho, Andres Santiago Carrasco-Medina, Jaimi A. Gray, Julia R. Ernetti, Joana Moura Gama, Mariana Lucio Lyra, David C. Blackburn, Ivan Nunes, Edelcio Muscat] |
| 2024-10-18 |
Boulenophrys lichun (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A new Boulenophrys species (Anura, Megophryidae) from the coastal hills of eastern Fujian Province, China
[Shi-Shi Lin, Hong-Hui Chen, Yuan-Hang Li, Zhao-Ning Peng, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Jian Wang] |
| 2024-10-17 |
Nyctimantis diadorim (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
A New Species of the Scinax granulatus Group (Hylinae: Scinaxini) from Northeastern Brazil
[Reuber Albuquerque Brandão, Pedro Paulo de Queiroz, Paula Leão Ferreira, Guilherme Fajardo, Roldão Álvares, Boris L. Blotto, Adrian Antonio Garda, Leonardo dos Santos Gedraite, Guilherme Ramalho Chagas Cataldi Santoro, Julián Faivovich] |
| 2024-10-15 |
Tylototriton soimalai (sp. nov.) |
Salamandridae |
The seventh species of the newt genus Tylototriton in Thailand: a new species (Urodela, Salamandridae) from Tak Province, northwestern Thailand
[Porrawee Pomchote, Parada Peerachidacho, Wichase Khonsue, Pitak Sapewisut, Axel Hernandez, Chitchol Phalaraksh, Parunchai Siriput, Kanto Nishikawa] |
| 2024-10-14 |
Boophis archeri (sp. nov.),
Boophis burnhamae (sp. nov.),
Boophis janewayae (sp. nov.),
Boophis kirki (sp. nov.),
Boophis picardi (sp. nov.),
Boophis pikei (sp. nov.),
Boophis siskoi (sp. nov.), |
Mantellidae (Boophinae) |
Communicator whistles: A Trek through the taxonomy of the Boophis marojezensis complex reveals seven new, morphologically cryptic treefrogs from Madagascar (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae)
[Miguel Vences, Jörn Köhler, Carl R. Hutter, Michaela Preick, Alice Petzold, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Frank Glaw, Mark D. Scherz] |
| 2024-10-10 |
Lyciasalamandra finikensis (elevated from subspecies) |
Salamandridae |
Phylogenomics reveal species limits and inter-relationships in the narrow-range endemic lycian salamanders
[Peter A. Scott, Elnaz Najafi-Majd, Elif Yıldırım Caynak, Müge Gidiş, Uğur Kaya, H. Bradley Shaffer] |
| 2024-10-10 |
Micryletta thongphaphumensis (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Microhylinae) |
Taxonomic revision of the genus Micryletta (Amphibia, Microhylidae), with description of a new species from Thailand
[Yu-Yang Cao, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Felista Kasyoka Kilunda, Wei Gao, Chun-Lian Wu, Yun-He Wu, Jing Che] |
| 2024-10-08 |
Scinax ritaleeae (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
A New Species of the Scinax granulatus Group (Hylinae: Scinaxini) from Northeastern Brazil
[Pedro Marinho, Julián Faivovich, Célio F. B. Haddad, Katyuscia Araujo-Vieira] |
| 2024-10-04 |
Microhyla peninsularis (sp. nov.),
Microhyla sundaica (sp. nov.),
Callula natatrix (placed into the synonymy of Microhyla berdmorei),
Microhyla fowleri (placed into the synonymy of Microhyla malcolmi) |
Microhylidae (Microhylinae) |
Four in one: An integrative taxonomic revision of the Microhyla berdmorei complex (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) illustrates the tremendous amphibian diversity of Southeast Asia
[Alexei V. Trofimets, Christophe Dufresnes, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Andrey M. Bragin, Vladislav A. Gorin, Mahmudul Hasan, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Mohd Abdul Muin, Dac Xuan Le, Tan Van Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2024-10-02 |
Noblella arutam (sp. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Holoadeninae) |
A new species of frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador
[David Brito-Zapata, Juan D. Chávez-Reyes, Matheo David Pallo-Robles, Julio C. Carrión-Olmedo, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Carolina Reyes-Puig] |
| 2024-10-02 |
Litoria skeliphros (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
A new species of treefrog (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) from the karstic South-fold Mountains of New Guinea
[PAUL M. OLIVER, PETER J. MCDONALD, GEORGE DAHL, ELIZAH NAGOMBI, STEPHEN J. RICHARDS] |
| 2024-10-02 |
Oreolalax adelphos (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A new Oreolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the Hoang Lien Range, northwest Vietnam
[LUAN THANH NGUYEN, BENJAMIN TAPLEY, DANIEL KANE, TUYET-DZUNG THI TRAN, JIAXIN CUI, JODI J. L. ROWLEY] |
| 2024-10-01 |
Noblella (partitioned into Noblella and Phyllonastes),
Psychrophrynella (transferred into the synonymy of Noblella) |
Strabomantidae (Holoadeninae) |
The Rediscovery of Noblella peruviana after More than 115 Years Helps Resolve the Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Noblella (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae)
[Rudolf von May, M. Isabel Diaz, Alex Ttito, Roy Santa-Cruz, Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2024-10-01 |
Boulenophrys pepe (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A new species of the genus Boulenophrys from South China (Anura, Megophryidae)
[JIAN WANG, SHI-SHI LIN, JUN-SHEN GAN, HONG-HUI CHEN, LING-MIN YU, ZHONG PAN, JIA-JIE XIAO, ZHAO-CHI ZENG] |
| 2024-09-30 |
Adhaerobufo (gen. nov.),
Adhaerobufo ceratophrys (comb. nov.),
Adhaerobufo nasicus (comb. nov.) |
Bufonidae |
The remarkable larval morphology of Rhaebo nasicus (Werner, 1903) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) with the erection of a new bufonid genus and insights into the evolution of suctorial tadpoles
[Pedro Henrique dos Santos Dias, Jackson R. Phillips, Martín O. Pereyra, D. Bruce Means, Alexander Haas & Philippe J. R. Kok] |
| 2024-09-26 |
Amolops ottorum (placed into the synonymy of Amolops minutus) |
Ranidae |
Taxonomic relationship between Amolops minutus Orlov & Ho, 2007 and A. ottorum Pham, Sung, Pham, Le, Zieger & Nguyen, 2019, with first record of A. minutus from China (Anura, Ranidae)
[Shuo Liu, Truong Quang Nguyen, Minh Duc Le, Cuong The Pham, Anh Van Pham, Mian Hou, Hongxin Zhou, Mingzhong Mo, Mei Li, Biao Li, Xiong Luo, Dingqi Rao, Song Li] |
| 2024-09-25 |
Neblinaphryne imeri (sp. nov.) |
Neblinaphrynidae |
A new species of Neblinaphryne (Anura: Brachycephaloidea: Neblinaphrynidae) from Serra do Imeri, Amazonas state, Brazil
[ANTOINE FOUQUET, LEANDRO J.C.L. MORAES, TARAN GRANT, RENATO RECODER, AGUSTÍN CAMACHO, JOSÉ MÁRIO GHELLERE, ALEXANDRE BARUTEL, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES ] |
| 2024-09-18 |
Cacosternum cederbergense (sp. nov.) |
Pyxicephalidae (Cacosterninae) |
A new species of Dainty Frog (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Cacosternum) and the first endemic anuran to the Cederberg region of South Africa
[OLIVER ANGUS, NICOLAS TELFORD, TYRONE PING, WERNER CONRADIE] |
| 2024-09-16 |
Phyllobates bezosi (sp. nov.),
Phyllobates samperi (sp. nov.) |
Dendrobatidae (Dendrobatinae) |
Molecular phylogenetics uncovers two new species in the genus Phyllobates (Anura, Dendrobatidae): the terrible frog gets two new sisters
[Adolfo Amézquita, Fernando Vargas-Salinas, Iván Ramos, Pablo Palacios-Rodríguez, Erika Nathalia Salazar, Michelle Quiroz, Wilmar Bolívar, Diana M. Galindo-Uribe, Luis A. Mazariegos-H] |
| 2024-09-16 |
Oreolalax yanyuanensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A new toad of Oreolalax Myers & Leviton, 1962 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, southwest China
[Yin Meng Hou, Pu Yang Zheng, Hao Qi Yu, Bin Wang, Xiao Hong Chen, Feng Xie] |
| 2024-08-30 |
Amolops huanglianshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
A new species of the Amolops monticola group (Anura, Ranidae) from southern Yunnan, China
[Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Mingzhong Mo, Yi Lu, Jimin Guo, Wen Wang, Wenxiang Zhang, Dingqi Rao, Song Li] |
| 2024-08-29 |
Platypelis saikamavo (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Cophylinae) |
A new species of colorful Platypelis (Amphibia: Microhylidae) from the Tsaratanàna and Bemanevika massifs in northern Madagascar
[ANDOLALAO RAKOTOARISON, MIGUEL VENCES, FRANCO ANDREONE, ANGELICA CROTTINI, FRANK GLAW, MARK D. SCHERZ, ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA] |
| 2024-08-28 |
Limnonectes abanghamidi (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes barioensis (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes batulawensis (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes lambirensis (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes lanjakensis (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes paginatanensis (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes paulyambuni (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes penerisanensis (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes separatus (sp. nov.),
Limnonectes tawauensis (sp. nov.) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
Revision of the Limnonectes kuhlii-Like Fanged Frogs from Malaysian Borneo (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae)
[Masafumi Matsui, Kanto Nishikawa, Tomohiko Shimada, Koshiro Eto, Amir Hamidy, Ahmad Sudin, Mohamad Yazid Hossman, Melvin Gumal, Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan] |
| 2024-08-26 |
Scutiger kanjiroba (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Morphological and molecular data warrant the description of a new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura, Megophryidae) from the Central Himalaya
[Sylvia Hofmann, Daniel Jablonski, Joachim Schmidt] |
| 2024-08-23 |
Leptobrachella aurantirosea (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A New Leaf-Litter Frog of Leptobrachella (Anura: Megophryidae) from Tay Con Linh Mountain, Northern Vietnam
[Hoa Thi Ninh, Tao Thien Nguyen, Linh Tu Hoang Le, Thanh Vinh Nguyen, Huy Nguyen Quoc, Nikolai L. Orlov, Olga Bezman-Moseyko, Manh Van Le, Sang Ngoc Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler] |
| 2024-08-20 |
Centrolene elisae (sp. nov.),
Centrolene marcoreyesi (sp. nov.) |
Centrolenidae (Centroleninae) |
Simplifying the Centrolene buckleyi complex (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae): a taxonomic review and description of two new species
[Daniela Franco-Mena, Ignacio De la Riva, Mateo A. Vega-Yánez, Paul Székely, Luis Amador, Diego Batallas, Juan P. Reyes-Puig, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Khristian Venegas-Valencia, Sandra P. Galeano, Jaime Culebras and Juan M. Guayasamin] |
| 2024-08-19 |
Nyctimystes hanwara (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
A new species of torrent-breeding treefrog (Pelodryadidae, Nyctimystes Stejneger) from the mountains of New Guinea with comments on the distribution of the genus
[Stephen J. Richards] |
| 2024-08-19 |
Theloderma woltersi (sp. nov) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of bug-eyed tree frog, genus Theloderma (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam
[Hoa Thi Ninh, Tao Thien Nguyen, Hoang Huy Nguyen, Nikolai Orlov, Manh Van Le & Thomas Ziegler] |
| 2024-08-15 |
Choerophryne frieda (sp. nov.),
Choerophryne hageni (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Asterophryinae) |
Two new Choerophryne species from western Papua New Guinea (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae)
[Rainer Günther, Stephen J. Richards] |
| 2024-08-14 |
Liurana namchabarwa (sp. nov) |
Ceratobatrachidae (Liuraninae) |
A new species of the genus Liurana (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from Mêdog, China
[Haoqi YU, Yiheng Lin, Yuxi Wang, Puyang Zheng, Shengchao Shi, Bin Wang, Jian-Ping Jiang, Zhaobin Song, Feng XIE] |
| 2024-08-14 |
Hypselotriton oolong (sp. nov),
Hypselotriton glaucus (placed into the synonymy of Hypselotriton orphicus) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
Taxonomic determination of Hypselotriton populations distributed in eastern Guangdong, China (Caudata, Salamandridae), with description of a new species and a new subgenus
[Jian Wang, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Tian-Li Wei, Zhi-Tong Lyu] |
| 2024-08-08 |
Zhangixalus faritsalhadii (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of tree frog (Amphibia, Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Central Java, Indonesia
[Ade Damara Gonggoli, Misbahul Munir, Fajar Kaprawi, Tom Kirschey & Amir Hamidy] |
| 2024-08-05 |
Hylarana nigroverrucosa (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
Two Distinct Ranid Frog Lineages (Anura: Hylarana) from Halmahera, Northern Moluccas, with the Description of a New Species
[Huda Wiradarma, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, Achmad Farajallah, Kanthi A. Widayati, Antoine Fouquet, Awal Riyanto, M. Mulyadi, Wahyu Trilaksono, Evy A. Arida, Amir Hamidy] |
| 2024-08-05 |
Hypselotriton huanggangensis (sp. nov) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
A new species of the newt genus Hypselotriton (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae) from Jiangxi Province, southeastern China
[Zhihao Jiang, Song Huang, Qiangyong Fan, Lin Cheng, Yanan Gong, Zhangbo Cui, Tierui Zhang, Wenjun Lan, Zhian Zou, Xuanzhi Huang, Jean Raffaëlli, Jinmin Chen] |
| 2024-08-03 |
Nanorana laojunshanensis (placed into the synonymy of Nanorana huangi) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
Over-splitting and inconsistently applied criteria: a response to recent changes on the taxonomy of mountain spiny frogs (Dicroglossidae, Nanorana)
[Daniel Jablonski, Sylvia Hofmann] |
| 2024-08-01 |
Stefania imawari (sp. nov.),
Stefania upuigmae (sp. nov.) |
Hemiphractidae (Hemiphractinae) |
Head in the clouds: two new microendemic tepui-summit species of Stefania (Anura: Hemiphractidae)
[Philippe J. R. Kok] |
| 2024-07-29 |
Adenomera cantitata (sp. nov.) |
Leptodactylidae (Leptodactylinae) |
Unexplored Urban Diversity: A New Species of Adenomera (Anura, Leptodactylidae) Related to Adenomera ajurauna from the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern and Southern Brazil
[Carla S. Cassini, Thiago R. Carvalho, Pedro P. G. Taucce, Célio F. B. Haddad, Mirco Soléo] |
| 2024-07-25 |
Xenophrys yingjiangensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A field survey on the genus Xenophrys (Amphibia, Megophryidae) confirms underestimated diversity in the Gaoligong Mountains, with the description of a new species
[Yun-He Wu, Zhong-Bin Yu, Jin-Min Chen, Felista Kasyoka Kilunda, Ding-Can Zhang, Chang-Sheng Zuo, An-Ru Zuo, Zheng-Pan Duan, Jing Che] |
| 2024-07-23 |
Limnonectes cassiopeia (sp. nov.) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
A Long Overlooked New Species of Fanged Frog, Genus Limnonectes (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae), from Luzon Island, Northern Philippines
[Mark W. Herr, Hannah E. Som, Rafe M. Brown] |
| 2024-07-08 |
Centrolene kutuku (sp. nov.) |
Centrolenidae (Centroleninae) |
A new glassfrog of the genus Centrolene (Amphibia, Centrolenidae) from the Subandean Kutukú Cordillera, eastern Ecuador
[Santiago R. Ron, Dominike García, David Brito-Zapata, Carolina Reyes-Puig, Elías Figueroa-Coronel, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia] |
| 2024-06-30 |
Xenophrys apatani (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
On a new species of Xenophrys (Anura: Megophryidae) from Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with comments on the earlier erroneous report as X. maosonensis (Bourret, 1937).
[Bhaskar Saikia, Bikramjit Sinha, A. Shabnam, Ilona, J. Kharkongor, K. P. Dinesh] |
| 2024-06-28 |
Litoria grinpela (sp. nov.),
Litoria kikori (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
Two new species of torrent-breeding treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from hill forests on the southern edge of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera
[Stephen J. Richards, Paul M. Oliver] |
| 2024-06-26 |
Hyloscirtus arcanus (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Forty years later: a new Andean stream treefrog of the genus Hyloscirtus (Anura: Hylidae) from Ecuador, with comments on arm hypertrophy in the H. larinopygion group
[MAURICIO RIVERA-CORREA, SANTIAGO RON, IVAN NUNES, KATYUSCIA ARAUJO-VIEIRA, PAULO D. P. PINHEIRO, TARAN GRANT] |
| 2024-06-24 |
Bufo rubroventromaculatus (sp. nov.) |
Bufonidae |
A New Record of Bufo gargarizans Complex (Bufonidae, Anura) from Truong Son Mounts, Ha Tinh and Ha Giang Provinces, Vietnam Based on Molecular Evidence with a Description of a New Species
[Nikolai L. Orlov, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Oleg A. Ermakov, Svetlana A. Lukonina, Hoa Thi Ninh, and Tao Thien Nguyen] |
| 2024-06-21 |
Rhacophorus dulongensis (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
Hidden in the bamboo: A new parachuting frog (Rhacophoridae, Rhacophorus) from the borderlands of western China, with comments on the taxonomy of R. rhodopus
[Ping-Shin Lee, Ben Liu, Meng Ouyang, Ren-Da Ai, Xiao-Long Liu, Yan-Hong He, Ping-Qian Huang, Ying-Chun Li, R. S. Naveen, Zhi-Yong Yuan, Jin-Min Chen] |
| 2024-06-20 |
Euphlyctis (Phrynoderma) konkani (sp. nov.) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
A new species of pond frog Phrynoderma (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the coastal plains of Maharashtra, Western India
[Omkar Yadav, Amrut Bhosale, Yogesh Koli, Sujith V. Gopalan, Gurunath Kadam, Akshay Khandekar, K.P. Dinesh] |
| 2024-06-20 |
Eleutherodactylus coelum (sp. nov.) |
Eleutherodactylidae (Eleutherodactylinae) |
A new species of direct-developing frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Tamaulipas, Mexico
[RAQUEL HERNÁNDEZ-AUSTRIA, MIRNA G. GARCÍA-CASTILLO, GABRIELA PARRA-OLEA] |
| 2024-06-13 |
Calotriton arnoldi laietanus (ssp. nov) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
Integrative systematic revision of the Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi), with the description of a new subspecies
[Adrián Talavera, Emilio Valbuena-Ureña, Bernat Burriel-Carranza, Gabriel Mochales-Riaño, Dean C. Adams, Fèlix Amat, Francesc Carbonell, Salvador Carranza] |
| 2024-05-31 |
Plectrohyla catrach (comb. nov.),
Plectrohyla insolita (comb. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Phylogenetic Relationships of Two Poorly Known Honduran Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hylinae: Hylini)
[Wagner Chaves-Acuña, Eduardo Boza-Oviedo, Javier Zúniga, Gerardo Chaves, Federico Bolaños, James R. McCranie, Carlos R. Vásquez-Almazán, Julián Faivovich] |
| 2024-05-28 |
Pristimantis normaewingae (sp. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
Phylogenetic diversity of the Pristimantis anaiae species group, with a description of a new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) from Cerro Candelaria, Tungurahua, Ecuador
[Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Zane Libke, Patricio Vinueza, Julio C. Carrión-Olmedo] |
| 2024-05-21 |
Rhacophorus qiongica (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
Underestimated species diversity within the Rhacophorus rhodopus and Rhacophorus bipunctatus complexes (Anura, Rhacophoridae), with a description of a new species from Hainan, China
[Shangjing Tang, Fanrong Xiao,Shuo Liu, Lijun Wang, Guohua Yu, Lina Du] |
| 2024-05-16 |
Pristimantis asimus (sp. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
Similar looking sisters: A new sibling species in the Pristimantis danae group from the southwestern Amazon basin (Anura, Strabomantidae)
[Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, César Aguilar-Puntriano, Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher, Juan C. Chaparro, Ignacio De la Riva, Giussepe Gagliardi-Urrutia, Roberto Gutiérrez, Miguel Vences, José M. Padial] |
| 2024-05-16 |
Hyperolius guttatus (elevated from subspecies),
Hyperolius ibadanensis (elevated from subspecies) |
Hyperoliidae (Hyperoliinae) |
The phylogenetic position of Hyperolius sankuruensis (Anura: Hyperoliidae) reveals biogeographical affinity between the central Congo and West Africa, and illuminates the taxonomy of Hyperolius concolor
[Tadeáš Nečas, Jos Kielgast, Ikechukwu G Chinemerem, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Matej Dolinay, Václav Gvoždík] |
| 2024-05-13 |
Alytes obstetricans lusitanicus (ssp. nov.) |
Alytidae |
A new subspecies of midwife toad (Anura, Alytidae, Alytes Wagler, 1829) supported by genomic taxonomy
[Johanna Ambu, ĺñigo Martínez-Solano, Christophe Dufresnes] |
| 2024-05-02 |
Pristimantis rameshpateli (sp. nov.),
Pristimantis yanahampatu (sp. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
Description of two new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from northern Peru, previously confused with P. phoxocephalus Lynch 1979
[Pablo J. Venegas, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Andy C. Barboza and Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2024-04-30 |
Gephyromantis ampondo (sp. nov.),
Gephyromantis bemiray (sp. nov.),
Gephyromantis fuscus (sp. nov.),
Gephyromantis makira (sp. nov.) |
Mantellidae (Mantellinae) |
Four new species of forest-dwelling mantellid frogs from Madagascar allied to Gephyromantis moseri (Amphibia, Anura)
[Miguel Vences, Jörn Köhler, Mark D. Scherz, Carl R. Hutter, Hasina M. Rabe Maheritafika, James M. Rafanoharana, Henri Raherinjatovo, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Franco Andreone, Achille P. Raselimanana & Frank Glaw] |
| 2024-04-30 |
Gephyromantis corvus bakilana (ssp. nov.) |
Mantellidae (Mantellinae) |
Molecular systematics of the subgenus Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis) with description of a new subspecies
[MARK D. SCHERZ, JANINA RUDOLPH, MARIUS RAKOTONDRATSIMA, FANOMEZANA M. RATSOAVINA, ANGELICA CROTTINI, FRANCO ANDREONE, FRANK GLAW, MIGUEL VENCES] |
| 2024-04-08 |
Epipedobates darwinwallacei (placed into the synonymy of Epipedobates espinosai) |
Dendrobatidae (Colostethinae) |
Deep divergences among inconspicuously colored clades of Epipedobates poison frogs
[Karem López-Hervas, Juan C. Santos, Santiago R. Ron, Mileidy Betancourth-Cundar, David C. Cannatella, Rebecca D. Tarvin] |
| 2024-04-08 |
Zhangixalus thaoae (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
Zhangixalus thaoae sp. nov., a new green treefrog species from Vietnam (Anura, Rhacophoridae)
[Tao Thien Nguyen, Huy Hoang Nguyen, Hoa Thi Ninh, Linh Tu Hoang Le, Hai Tuan Bui, Nikolai Orlov, Chung Van Hoang, Thomas Ziegler] |
| 2024-04-04 |
Amolops yangi (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first national record of Amolops vitreus from China
[Yun-He Wu, Zhong-Bin Yu, Chen-Qi Lu, Yin-Peng Zhang, Wen-Jie Dong, Xiao-Long Liu, Felista Kasyoka Kilunda, Yun Xiong, Yun-Fang Jiang, Hong Ouyang, Zhong-Xiong Fu, Yun-Biao He, Zhi-Yong Yuan, Jing Che] |
| 2024-04-01 |
Triturus marmoratus harmannis (ssp. nov) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
A subspecies of marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus) in the Iberian Peninsula newly resolved from congruent nuclear and mitochondrial dna data
[Jan W. Arntzen] |
| 2024-03-26 |
Hylarana khare (comb. nov.) |
Ranidae |
Unnecessary splitting of genus-level clades reduces taxonomic stability in amphibians
[Stephen Mahony, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Rafe M. Brown, Kin Onn Chan] |
| 2024-03-25 |
Rhinella kumanday (sp. nov.) |
Bufonidae |
A new species of terrestrial toad of the Rhinella festae group (Anura, Bufonidae) from the highlands of the Central Cordillera of the Andes of Colombia
[Luis Santiago Caicedo-Martínez, Jose J. Henao-Osorio, Héctor Fabio Arias-Monsalve, Julián Andrés Rojas-Morales, Paula A. Ossa-López, Fredy A. Rivera-Páez, Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves] |
| 2024-03-22 |
Limnodynastes grayi (comb. nov.),
Limnodynastes superciliaris (comb. nov.) |
Limnodynastidae |
Systematics and Taxonomy of the Northern Banjo Frog (Anura: Limnodynastidae: Limnodynastes terraereginae) and Allied Taxa
[Tom Parkin, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Grace L. Gillard, Jarrod Sopniewski, Glenn M. Shea, Stephen C. Donnellan] |
| 2024-03-15 |
Aplastodiscus aulophonus (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
A New Species of the Aplastodiscus albosignatus Group (Hylinae: Cophomantini) from the Northern Mantiqueira Mountain Range
[Pedro Marinho, Marcus Thadeu T. Santos, Julian Faivovich, Mariana L. Lyra, Ariovaldo A. Giaretta, Célio F.B. Haddad, Thiago R. Carvalho] |
| 2024-03-15 |
Boulenophrys elongata (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A New Species of the Genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Eastern Guangdong, China
[Zhaochi Zeng, Jian Wang, Honghui Chen, Weiwen Xiao, Binbin Zhan, Yuanhang Li, Shishi Lin] |
| 2024-03-12 |
Pyxicephalus beytelli (sp. nov.) |
Pyxicephalidae (Pyxicephalinae) |
A new bullfrog from southern Africa (Pyxicephalidae, Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838)
[Louis H du Preez, Edward C. Netherlands, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Alan Channing] |
| 2024-03-11 |
Brachytarsophrys wenshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
Morphological and Molecular Data Revealed One New Species of the Short-legged Toads Brachytarsophrys Tian and Hu, 1983 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Yunnan, China
[Yanhong HE, Renda AI, Junkai HUANG, Xianqi LI, Xiaolong LIU, Junlin LAN, Jinmin CHEN, Zhiyong YUAN] |
| 2024-03-08 |
Triturus rudolfi (sp. nov) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
Morphological and genetic diversification of pygmy and marbled newts, with the description of a new species from the wider Lisbon Peninsula (Triturus, Salamandridae)
[Jan W. Arntzen] |
| 2024-03-07 |
Adenomera albarena (sp. nov.) |
Leptodactylidae (Leptodactylinae) |
A new species of terrestrial foam-nesting frog of the Adenomera simonstuarti complex (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from white-sand forests of central Amazonia, Brazil
[Bryan da Cunha Martins, Alexander Tamanini Mônico, Cianir Mendonça, Silionamã P. Dantas, Jesus R. D. Souza, James Hanken, Albertina Pimentel Lima, Miquéias Ferrão] |
| 2024-02-22 |
Raorchestes hekouensis (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of Raorchestes (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Yunnan Province, China
[Lingyun Du, Yuhan Xu, Shuo Liu, Guohua Yu] |
| 2024-02-22 |
Leptobrachella guinanensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
The fourth species of Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) found at Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China
[Wei-Cai Chen, Peng Li, Wan-Xiao Peng, You-Jun Liu, Yong Huang] |
| 2024-02-22 |
Vitreorana uranoscopa (junior synonym of Vitreorana parvula) |
Centrolenidae (Centroleninae) |
Lost in time: Unraveling the identity of Vitreorana parvula (Boulenger, 1895) (Anura: Centrolenidae)
[VICTOR M. ZUCCHETTI, SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER] |
| 2024-02-20 |
Rhinella bella (sp. nov.) |
Bufonidae |
Cryptic diversity in toads of the Rhinella marina species group (Anura, Bufonidae) with a subjectively beautiful new species from Western Ecuador
[Pablo A Menéndez-Guerrero, Sueny P Lima dos Santos, María-José Salazar-Nicholls, David M Green, Santiago R Ron] |
| 2024-02-20 |
Zhangixalus yunnanensis (sp. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of Zhangixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Yunnan, China
[Yuanqiang Pan, Mian Hou, Guohua Yu, Shuo Liu] |
| 2024-02-19 |
Odorrana leishanensis (sp. nov.)
|
Ranidae |
A new odorous frog species of Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China
[Shi-Ze Li, Ji-Jun Chen, Hai-Jun Su, Jing Liu, Xiu-Jun Tang, Bin Wang] |
| 2024-02-15 |
Atelopus calima (sp. nov.) |
Bufonidae |
A new species of harlequin toad from the Western Cordillera of Colombia (Bufonidae: Atelopus), with comments on other forms
[David Andrés Velásquez-Trujillo, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Stefan Lötters & Amadeus Plewnia] |
| 2024-02-07 |
Pristimantis paulogabrieli (sp. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the state of Acre, Brazil
[Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio] |
| 2024-02-07 |
Scinax ushiniauae (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
A new species of the Scinax cruentomma group (Anura: Hylidae) from the Ucayali River basin of Loreto, Peru
[GIUSSEPE GAGLIARDI-URRUTIA, KATYUSCIA ARAUJO-VIEIRA, JOSÉ M. PADIAL, PEDRO IVO SIMÕES, JULIÁN FAIVOVICH, SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER] |
| 2024-02-02 |
Litoria sibilus (sp. nov.),
Litoria calliscelis (resurrected) |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
Systematic assessment of the brown tree frog (Anura: Pelodryadidae: Litoria ewingii) reveals two endemic species in South Australia
[TOM PARKIN, JODI J. L. ROWLEY, JESSICA ELLIOTT-TATE, MICHAEL J. MAHONY, JOANNA SUMNER, JANE MELVILLE, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN] |
| 2024-02-02 |
Rhinella scitula (placed into the synonymy of Rhinella stanlaii) |
Bufonidae |
Integrative species delimitation and biogeography of the Rhinella margaritifera species group (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) suggest an intense diversification throughout Amazonia during the last 10 million years
[Antoine Fouquet, Miqueias Ferrão, Miguel T. Rodrigues, Fernanda P. Werneck, Ivan Prates, Leandro J.C.L. Moraes, Tomas Hrbek, Juan C. Chaparro, Albertina P. Lima, Renata Perez, Andre Pansonato, Vinicius T. Carvalho, Alexandre P. Almeida, Marcelo Gordo, Izeni P. Farias, Konstantin D. Milto, Igor J. Roberto, Rommel R. Rojas, Santiago R. Ron, Vinicius Guerra, Renato Recoder, Agustin Camacho, Luis Mamani, Raissa N. Rainha, Robson W. Avilal] |
| 2024-01-31 |
Scinax juruena (sp. nov.) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
A new snouted treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from fluvial islands of the Juruena River, southern Brazilian Amazonia
[Miquéias Ferrão, James Hanken, Fabrício H. Oda, Karla M. Campião, Marcos Penhacek, Samuel Anjos, Domingo J. Rodrigues] |
| 2024-01-31 |
Sphaerotheca varshaabhu (sp. nov.) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
Discovery and description of a new species of burrowing frog Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the suburban landscapes of Bengaluru, India
[P. DEEPAK, K.P. DINESH, K.S. CHETAN NAG, ANNEMARIE OHLER, KARTIK SHANKER, PRINCIA D SOUZA, VISHAL KUMAR PRASAD, J.S. ASHADEVI] |
| 2024-01-25 |
Odorrana damingshanensis (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
A new species of Odorrana Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from central Guangxi, China with a discussion of the taxonomy of Odorrana (Bamburana)
[Wei-Cai Chen, Yun-Ming Mo, Li Lin, Kun Qin] |
| 2024-01-16 |
Brachycephalus herculeus (sp. nov.) |
Brachycephalidae |
A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the northern portion of the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil
[Manuella Folly, Thais H. Condez, Davor Vrcibradic, Carlos F. D. Rocha, Alessandra S. Machado, Ricardo T. Lopes, José P. Pombal Jr.] |
| 2024-01-12 |
Amolops dafangensis (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
A new species of Amolops (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China
[Shi-Ze Li, Jing Liu, Xiao-Cong Ke, Gang Cheng, Bin Wang] |
| 2024-01-11 |
Hylarana bannanica (sp. nov.) |
Ranidae |
Hylarana (Rana) bannanica removed from the synonymy of Hylarana milleti
The validity of Rana bannanica Rao & Yang, 1997 (Anura, Ranidae)
[Shuo Liu, Tan Van Nguyen, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Qiaoyan Wang, Dingqi Rao, Song Li] |
| 2024-01-09 |
Leptobrachella dushanensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Description of a new Asian Leaf Litter Toad of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from southern Guizhou Province, China
[Shize Li, Wei Li, Yanlin Cheng, Jing Liu, Gang Wei, Bin Wang] |
| 2024-01-08 |
Guibemantis ambakoana (sp. nov.),
Guibemantis rianasoa (sp. nov.), Guibemantis vakoa (sp. nov.) |
Mantellidae (Mantellinae) |
Unexpected diversity and co-occurrence of phytotelmic frogs (Guibemantis) around Andasibe, one of the most intensively surveyed amphibian hotspots of Madagascar, and descriptions of three new species
[HUGH GABRIEL, LAILA-DENISE ROTHE, JÖRN KÖHLER, SANDRATRA RAKOTOMANGA, DEVIN EDMONDS, PEDRO GALÁN, FRANK GLAW, RICHARD M. LEHTINEN, ANDOLALAO RAKOTOARISON, MIGUEL VENCES] |
| 2023-12-31 |
Craugastor nefrens & C. cyabnochthebius placed into the synonymy of Craugastor campbelli,
Craugastor glaucus & C. stuarti placed into the synonymy of Craugastor xucanebi |
Craugastoridae |
Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal both underestimation and overestimation of species diversity in northern rain frogs (Craugastor)
[Jeffrey W. Streicher, John J. Wiens, Merlijn Jocqué, Uri O. García-Vázquez, Eric N. Smith] |
| 2023-12-28 |
Boulengerula endauensis (sp. nov.) |
Herpelidae |
A New Species of Caecilian in the Genus Boulengerula from Endau Hill in South-Eastern Kenya
[Patrick K. Malonza, Victor D. Wasonga] |
| 2023-12-24 |
Bolitoglossa bolanosi (sp. nov.) |
Plethodontidae (Hemidactyliinae) |
A new species of salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) from the subalpine rain páramo of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica [Erick Arias, Gerardo Chaves, and Gabriela Parra-Olea] |
| 2023-12-24 |
Mannophryne philidros (sp. nov.) |
Aromobatidae (Aromobatinae) |
Some new species can be foretold: An endemic collared frog (Aromobatidae: Mannophryne La Marca, 1992) is discovered in a still herpetologically unexplored mountain range in northern Venezuela [Enrique La Marca, Abraham Mijares-Urrutia, Luis A. Saavedra & Carlos Gottberg] |
| 2023-12-22 |
Rhacophorus verrucopus (syn. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
Redescription of Rhacophorus tuberculatus (Anderson, 1871) and the validity of Rhacophorus verrucopus Huang, 1983 [R. S. Naveen, Shuo Liu, S. R. Chandramouli, S. Babu, P. V. Karunakaran, Honnavalli N. Kumara] |
| 2023-12-20 |
Scutiger luozhaensis (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A new Asian lazy toad of the genus Scutiger Theobald, 1868 (Anura, Megophryidae) from southern Tibet, China [Sheng-Chao Shi, Lu-Lu Sui, Shun Ma, Fei-Rong Ji, A-Yi Bu-Dian, Jian-Ping Jiang] |
| 2023-12-20 |
Pristimantis similaris (sp. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
A new cryptic species of terrestrial breeding frog of the Pristimantis danae Group (Anura, Strabomantidae) from montane forests in Ayacucho, Peru [Valia Herrera-Alva, Alessandro Catenazzi, César Aguilar-Puntriano] |
| 2023-12-20 |
Limnonectes phyllofolia (sp. nov.) |
Dicroglossidae (Dicroglossinae) |
A new species of terrestrially-nesting fanged frog (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Sulawesi Island, Indonesia [Jeffrey H. Frederick, Djoko T. Iskandar, Awal Riyanto, Amir Hamidy, Sean B. Reilly, Alexander L. Stubbs, Luke M. Bloch, Bryan Bach, Jimmy A. McGuire] |
| 2023-12-20 |
Physalaemus cristinae (sp. nov.) |
Leptodactylidae |
The taxonomic status of Physalaemus cuqui Lobo, 1993, with the description of a new species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Argentina and Paraguay [Dario Cardozo, Cristian Tomatis, Ana S. Duport Bru, Francisco Kolenc, Claudio Borteiro, André Pansonato, Viviana Confalonieri, Luciana Bolsoni Lourenço, Célio F.B. Haddad, Diego Baldo] |
| 2023-12-12 |
Crossodactylodes teixeirai (sp. nov.) |
Leptodactylidae (Paratelmatobiinae) |
A New Species of the Bromeligenous Genus Crossodactylodes (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae) from Southeastern Brazil [Rodrigo B. Ferreira, Cássio Zocca, Suzana Ellen C. Carvalho, Célio F. B. Haddad, Marcus Thadeu T. Santos] |
| 2023-12-08 |
Hylophorbus lengguru (sp. nov.),
Hylophorbus maculatus (sp. nov.),
Hylophorbus monophonus (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Asterophryinae) |
Species delimitation and phylogenetic analyses of a New Guinean frog genus (Microhylidae: Hylophorbus) reveal many undescribed species and a complex diversification history driven by late Miocene events [Flavien Ferreira, Fred Kraus, Stephen Richards, Paul Oliver, Rainer Günther, Wahyu Trilaksono, Evy Ayu Arida, Amir Hamidy, Awal Riyanto, Burhan Tjaturadi, Christophe Thébaud, Philippe Gaucher, and Antoine Fouquet] |
| 2023-12-05 |
Caligophrynidae (fam. nov.),
Caligophryne (gen. nov.),
Caligophryne doylei (sp. nov.) |
Caligophrynidae |
Relicts in the mist: Two new frog families, genera and species highlight the role of Pantepui as a biodiversity museum throughout the Cenozoic [LAISA S. SANTOS, RAFAELLA S. ROSENO, MIRCO SOLÉ, IURI RIBEIRO DIAS] |
| 2023-12-05 |
Neblinaphrynidae (fam. nov.),
Neblinaphryne (gen. nov.),
Neblinaphryne mayeri (sp. nov.) |
Neblinaphrynidae |
Relicts in the mist: Two new frog families, genera and species highlight the role of Pantepui as a biodiversity museum throughout the Cenozoic [LAISA S. SANTOS, RAFAELLA S. ROSENO, MIRCO SOLÉ, IURI RIBEIRO DIAS] |
| 2023-12-02 |
Rana parvipalmata asturiensis (ssp. nov) |
Ranidae |
Delimiting phylogeographic diversity in the genomic era: application to an Iberian endemic frog [Christophe Dufresnes, Johanna Ambu, Pedro Galán, Fernando Sequeira, Leticia Viesca, Magdalena Choda, David Álvarez, Bérénice Alard, Tomasz Suchan, Sven Künzel, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Miguel Vences, Alfredo Nicieza] |
| 2023-11-20 |
Phyllodytes iuna (sp. nov.)
|
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Another new species (and it’s not over yet) of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1930 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, northeastern Brazil [LAISA S. SANTOS, RAFAELLA S. ROSENO, MIRCO SOLÉ, IURI RIBEIRO DIAS] |
| 2023-11-20 |
Vietnamophryne aurantifusca (sp. nov.) |
Microhylidae (Asterophryinae) |
A new species of Vietnamophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from Northeastern Vietnam [HOA THI NINH, LINH TU HOANG LE, HAI TUAN BUI, HUY QUOC NGUYEN, NIKOLAI ORLOV, OLGA BEZMAN MOSEYKO, MANH VAN LE, SANG NGOC NGUYEN, CHUNG VAN HOANG, THOMAS ZIEGLER, TAO THIEN NGUYEN] |
| 2023-11-20 |
Triturus pygmaeus lusitanicus (ssp. nov) |
Salamandridae (Pleurodelinae) |
Morphological and genetic diversification of Old-World marbled newts, with the description of a new and ‘not-at-all-cryptic’ subspecies from the Iberian Peninsula (Triturus, Salamandridae) [Jan W. Arntzen] |
| 2023-11-18 |
Rohanixalus wuguanfui |
Rhacophoridae
(Rhacophorinae) |
Taxonomic revision of genus Rohanixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in China with description of one new species [Xiao-Long Liu, Jun-Kai Huang, Bryan L. Stuart, Ren-Da Ai, Justin M. Bernstein, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Siriwadee Chomdej, Jing Che, Zhi-Yong Yuan] |
| 2023-11-17 |
Tomopterna pulchra |
Pyxicephalidae (Cacosterninae) |
Tomopterna pulchra removed from the synonymy of Tomopterna tuberculosa
The status of Tomopterna pulchra Boulenger, 1896 (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) [FRANK WILLEMS, ALAN CHANNING] |
| 2023-11-15 |
Nidirana noadihing |
Ranidae |
Musicians in the marsh: a new species of music frog (Anura: Ranidae: Nidirana) from Arunachal Pradesh, India [BITUPAN BORUAH, V. DEEPAK, ABHIJIT DAS] |
| 2023-11-14 |
Pristimantis loeslein |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
Contributing to the taxonomic inventory of green-colored rain frogs: A new species of the Pristimantis lacrimosus group (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the southern Cordillera Azul, central Peru [Ernesto Castillo-Urbina, Miguel Vences, César Aguilar-Puntriano, Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler] |
| 2023-11-10 |
Poyntonophrynus fernandae
Poyntonophrynus nambensis |
Bufonidae |
Two new Poyntonophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae) highlight the importance of Angolan centers of endemism [Ninda L. Baptista, Pedro Vaz Pinto, Chad Keates, Javier Lobón-Rovira, Shelley Edwards, Mark-Oliver Rödel] |
| 2023-11-10 |
Leptobrachella phiadenensis,
Leptobrachella phiaoacensis |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Two new species of Leptobrachella Smith 1925 (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Cao Bang Province, Vietnam [ANH MAI LUONG, CHUNG VAN HOANG, CUONG THE PHAM, THOMAS ZIEGLER, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN] |
| 2023-11-07 |
Kenyaphrynoides vulcani (gen. & sp. nov.) |
Bufonidae |
A new genus and species of toad from Mount Kenya illuminates East African montane biogeography [H. Christoph Liedtke, Patrick K. Malonza, Domnick V. Wasonga, Hendrik Müller and Simon P. Loader] |
| 2023-11-06 |
Nanorana laojunshanensis |
Dicroglossidae |
A New Species of Nanorana (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Northwestern Yunnan, China, with Comments on the Taxonomy of Nanorana arunachalensis and Allopaa [Shangjing Tang, Shuo Liu and Guohua Yu] |
| 2023-10-30 |
Pseudopaludicola javae |
Leptodactylidae |
A New Species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Tocantins State, Brazil [Leandro Alves Silva, Felipe Silva de Andrade, Ennio Painkow Neto, Silionamã Pereira Dantas, Isabelle Aquemi Haga, Adrian Antonio Garda] |
| 2023-10-30 |
Rhinella kuka |
Bufonidae |
Misjudged for long: a new toad of the Rhinella veraguensis species group (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Yungas forests of Bolivia [Jörn Köhler, Miguel Vences, José M. Padial, Amadeus Plewnia & Stefan Lötters] |
| 2023-10-23 |
Arthroleptis nyungwensis |
Arthroleptidae (Arthroleptinae) |
A New Miniature Species of Arthroleptis (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda [J. Maximilian Dehling] |
| 2023-10-23 |
Alcalus fontinalis |
Ceratobatrachidae (Alcalinae) |
Discovery of a new species of dwarf frog (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae: Alcalus) extends the northwestern distributional limits of the genus to Northeast India [Bitupan Boruah, Surya Narayanan, Jason D. Gerard, Abhijit Das and V. Deepak] |
| 2023-10-20 |
Xenophrys pangdaensis |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A new species of Xenophrys (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from southern Tibet, China [Guocheng Shu, Ke Li, Yayong Wu, Qin Liu, Zhongping He, Ling Li, He Zhang, Peng Guo] |
| 2023-10-12 |
Oreophryne riyantoi |
Microhylidae (Asterophryinae) |
A new high elevation species of Oreophryne Boettger (Anura: Microhylidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia [AUNI ADE PUTRI, WAHYU TRILAKSONO, HELLEN KURNIATI, ALAN THOMAS HITCH, ANDREW ENGILIS JR, KANTHI ARUM WIDAYATI, ACHMAD FARAJALLAH, AMIR HAMIDY] |
| 2023-10-08 |
Odorrana confusa (sp. nov.),
Odorrana trankieni (junior synonym of O. nasuta) |
Ranidae |
Redefinition of the Odorrana versabilis group, with a new species from China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana) [Hanming SONG, Siyu ZHANG, Shuo QI, Zhitong LYU, Zhaochi ZENG, Yongheng ZHU, Minghai HUANG, Fuchen LUAN, Zufei SHU, Yuening GONG, Zhifa LIU, Yingyong WANG] |
| 2023-10-04 |
Amolops attiguus,
Amolops kottelati,
Amolops sengae,
Amolops tanfuilianae |
Ranidae |
Systematics of the Lao torrent frog, Amolops cremnobatus Inger & Kottelat, 1998 (Anura: Ranidae), with descriptions of four new species [Jennifer A Sheridan, Somphouthone Phimmachak, Niane Sivongxay, Bryan L. Stuart] |
| 2023-10-03 |
Boulenophrys hengshanensis |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
A new species of Boulenophrys from central Hunan Province, China (Anura: Megophryidae) [Tianyu Qian, Ke Hu, Xiaoyang Mo, Zhiwei Gao, Na Zhang, Daode Yang] |
| 2023-10-02 |
Litoria ridibunda |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
Revision of Litoria rothii (Anura: Pelodryadidae) from northern Australia [S.C. DONNELLAN, R.A. CATULLO, J.J.L. ROWLEY, P. DOUGHTY, L. PRICE, H.B. HINES, S.J. RICHARDS] |
| 2023-09-28 |
Nanorana huangi |
Dicroglossidae |
A New Species of the Genus Nanorana Günther, 1896 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Hengduan Mountains of China [Feirong JI, Shengchao SHI, Shun MA, Cheng SHEN, Liming CHANG, Jianping JIANG] |
| 2023-09-26 |
Geocrinia sparsiflora |
Myobatrachidae |
Phylogeography, hybrid zones and contemporary species boundaries in the south-eastern Australian smooth frogs (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Geocrinia) [Thomas Parkin, Stephen C. Donnellan, Benjamin Parkin, Glenn M. Shea and Jodi J.L. Rowley] |
| 2023-09-26 |
Pristimantis donnelsoni,
Pristimantis kayi |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
Two new species of terrestrial frogs of the Pristimantis gladiator complex (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Ecuadorian Andes, with insights on their biogeography and skull morphology [Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig, Miguel Urgilés-Merchán, Daniela Franco-Mena, Juan M. Guayasamin, Diego Batallas, Carolina Reyes-Puig] |
| 2023-09-13 |
Dendropsophus luddecki (synonym of Dendropsophus molitor) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Taxonomic inflation and a reconsideration of speciation in the Andes: the case of the high-elevation tree frog Dendropsophus molitor (Anura: Hylidae) [Alexandra Arias-Cárdenas, Lucas S. Barrientos, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Andrea Paz, Andrew J. Crawford, Camilo Salazar] |
| 2023-09-09 |
Bufoides bhupathyi |
Bufonidae |
A new species of Bufoides Pillai and Yazdani 1973 (Amphibia: Bufonidae) from Mizoram (India) and the delimitation of the distribution range of Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda 1971) to the Khasi hills, Meghalaya (India) [Shuo Qi, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Han-Ming Song, Shi-Chao Wei, Qi-Feng Zhong, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2023-09-01 |
Leptobrachella wumingensis |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A new species of the genus Leptobrachella Smith 1925 (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from Guangxi, China [Wei-Cai Chen, Wan-Xiao Peng, Peng Li, Gui-Dong Yu] |
| 2023-08-30 |
Hynobius tagoi (resurrected) |
Hynobiidae (Hynobiinae) |
Taxonomic reassessment of salamanders (genus Hynobius) from Tsushima Islands, Japan, with a resurrection of Hynobius tagoi Dunn, 1923 (Amphibia: Caudata) [KEITA NIWA, KANTO NISHIKAWA, MASAFUMI MATSUI, SALLY KANAMORI, MASAKI KURO-O] |
| 2023-08-25 |
Rana matsuoi (sp. nov),
Rana okiensis (elevated from subspecies)
Rana yakushimensi (elevated from subspecies)
|
Ranidae |
A New Brown Frog from the Goto Islands, Japan with Taxonomic Revision on the Subspecific Relationships of Rana tagoi (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) [Koshiro Eto, Masafumi Matsui] |
| 2023-08-14 |
Niceforonia philippi (comb. nov.) |
Strabomantidae (Hypodactylinae) |
Taxonomic reassessment and nomenclatural status of Niceforonia dolops and Hylodes philippi (Amphibia: Anura: Strabomantidae) [ALBERTO SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS, MARTA MIÑARRO, JOSÉ M. PADIAL, IGNACIO DE LA RIVA] |
| 2023-08-14 |
Tylototriton zaimeng |
Salamandridae |
A new cryptic species of Tylototriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from mysterious mountain lakes in Manipur, north-eastern India [Ht. Decemson, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Premjit Singh Elangbam, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Parag Shinde, Jayaditya Purkayastha, Dmitriy V. Arkhipov, Andrey M. Bragin, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2023-08-07 |
Adenomera guarani |
Leptodactylidae (Leptodactylinae) |
Redescription of Adenomera diptyx (Boettger, 1885) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) and description of a closely related new species [Víctor H. Zaracho, Esteban O. Lavilla, Thiago R. Carvalho, Martha Motte, Néstor G. Basso] |
| 2023-08-03 |
Andrias cheni |
Cryptobranchidae |
Chinese Journal of Zoology: A New Species of the Giant Salamander of the Genus Andrias from Qimeng, Anhui, China (Amphibia: Cryptobranchidae) [Gong YA, Xu JC, Huang S, Huang RY, Li JQ, Jiang YQ, Yang DC, Yu J, Zhang Y, Li WJ.] |
| 2023-08-03 |
Scutiger feiliangi |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Chinese Journal of Zoology: A new species of the genus Scutiger from Eastern Qinling Mountains (Anura: Megophryidae). (Amphibia: Cryptobranchidae) [Zhou SB, Guan P, Shi JS] |
| 2023-07-31 |
Scinax partitioned in Julianus, Ololygon and remaining Scinax |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Treefrog Diversity in the Neotropics: Phylogenetic Relationships of Scinaxini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae) [Katyuscia Araujo-Vieira, Ana Carolina C. Lourenço, João Victor A. Lacerda, Mariana L. Lyra, Boris L. Blotto, Santiago R. Ron, Diego Baldo, Martín O. Pereyra, Ángela M. Suárez-Mayorga, Délio Baêta, Rodrigo Barbosa Ferreira, César L. Barrio-Amorós, Claudio Borteiro, Reuber A. Brandão, Cinthia A. Brasileiro, Maureen A. Donnelly, Marcos J. M. Dubeux, Jörn Köhler, Francisco Kolenc, Felipe Sá Fortes Leite, Natan M. Maciel, Ivan Nunes, Victor G. D. Orrico, Pedro Peloso, Tiago L. Pezzuti, Steffen Reichle, Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic, Helio R. Da Silva, Marcelo J. Sturaro, José A. Langone, Paulo C. A. Garcia, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Darrel R. Frost, Ward C. Wheeler, Taran Grant, José P. Pombal Jr, Célio F. B. Haddad, Julián Faivovich] |
| 2023-07-25 |
Blommersia bara |
Mantellidae (Mantellinae) |
Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar [MIGUEL VENCES, MALTE MULTZSCH, JÖRN KÖHLER, ANGELICA CROTTINI, FRANCO ANDREONE, ANDOLALAO RAKOTOARISON, MARK D. SCHERZ, FRANK GLAW] |
| 2023-07-21 |
Allobates albiventris |
Aromobatidae (Allobatinae) |
A new pale-ventered nurse frog (Aromobatidae: Allobates) from southwestern Brazilian Amazonia [Jesus R. D. Souza, Miquéias Ferrão, Igor Luis Kaefer, Antonio Saulo Cunha-Machado, Paulo Roberto Melo-Sampaio, James Hanken, Albertina Pimentel Lima] |
| 2023-07-21 |
Bufo exiguus |
Bufonidae |
A new species of stream-living toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Bufo) from Guangdong, China [Shuo Qi, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Han-Ming Song, Shi-Chao Wei, Qi-Feng Zhong, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2023-07-19 |
Odorrana heatwolei (resurrected)
|
Ranidae |
Resurrection and distribution extension of Odorrana heatwolei (Stuart & Bain, 2005) (Anura, Ranidae) [Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Qiaoyan Wang, Dingqi Rao, Song Li] |
| 2023-07-17 |
Amolops ailao |
Ranidae |
A new species of cascade frog (Anura: Ranidae: Amolops) from central Yunnan, China [Shangjing Tang, Tao Sun, Shuo Liu, Sangdi Luo, Guohua Yu & Lina Du] |
| 2023-07-14 |
Brachycephalus tabuleiro |
Brachycephalidae |
A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from Serra do Tabuleiro, Southern Brazil [Sarah Mângia, Diego José Santana, Leandro de Oliveira Drummond, Leandro Talione Sabagh, Luiz Ugioni, Paulo Nogueira Costa, Milena Wachlevski] |
| 2023-07-13 |
Litoria azuroscelis |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
A new large green treefrog (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) from western New Guinea, with the description of a new diagnostic character for the Litoria graminea group [Rainer Günther, Stephen J. Richards, Amir Hamidy, Wahyu Trilaksono, Taufan N. Sulaeman & Paul M. Oliver] |
| 2023-07-07 |
Dendropsophus koechlini (synonym of Dendropsophus pauiniensis) |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
On the taxonomic status of Dendropsophus koechlini (Duellman & Trueb, 1989) [Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio] |
| 2023-07-06 |
Osteocephalus vasquezi |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
A new species of spiny-backed tree frog, genus Osteocephalus (Anura, Hylidae), from the Yanachaga Chemillén National Park in central Peru [Pablo J. Venegas, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Eduardo Toral, José Malqui, Santiago R. Ron] |
| 2023-07-03 |
Tylototriton ngoclinhensis |
Salamandridae |
Southbound – the southernmost record of Tylototriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam represents a new species [Trung My Phung, Cuong The Pham, Truong Quang Nguyen, Hoa Thi Ninh, Huy Quoc Nguyen, Marta Bernardes, Son Thanh Le, Thomas Ziegler, Tao Thien Nguyen] |
| 2023-07-03 |
Desmognathus anicetus,
Desmognathus bairdi,
Desmognathus campi,
Desmognathus catahoula,
Desmognathus lycos,
Desmognathus tilleyi |
Plethodontidae (Plethodontinae) |
Systematic revision of the Spotted and Northern Dusky Salamanders (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus conanti and D. fuscus), with six new species from the eastern United States [R. ALEXANDER PYRON, DAVID A. BEAMER] |
| 2023-06-28 |
Pristimantis kalamandeenae,
Pristimantis koki,
Pristimantis kopinangae |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
Exceptional diversity of Pristimantis Landfrogs (Anura: Terraranae) on the Wokomung Massif, Guyana, with descriptions of three new species [D. Bruce Means, Matthew P. Heinicke, S. Blair Hedges, Ross D. Macculloch, Amy Lathrop] |
| 2023-06-28 |
Crossodactylodes serranegra |
Leptodactylidae (Paratelmatobiinae) |
A New Species of Crossodactylodes from the Espinhaço Mountain Range, Southeastern Brazil (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae) [Marcus Thadeu T. Santos, Paulo D.P. Pinheiro, Paulo C.A. Garcia, Richard A. Griffiths, Célio F.B. Haddad, Izabela M. Barata] |
| 2023-06-20 |
Pristimantis clarae |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
A New Species of Terrestrial-Breeding Frog, Genus Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae), from the Peruvian Yungas of Central Peru [Pablo J. Venegas, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Axel Marchelie, Jesús R. Ormeño and Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2023-06-19 |
Guibemantis pulcherrimus |
Mantellidae (Mantellinae) |
A new species of Pandanus-dwelling frog from northern Madagascar related to Guibemantis pulcher [MIGUEL VENCES, CARL R. HUTTER, FRANK GLAW, ANDOLALAO RAKOTOARISON, ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA, MARK D. SCHERZ] |
| 2023-06-16 |
Stefania lathropae(sp. nov.) |
Hemiphractidae (Hemiphractinae) |
Out of Sight, but Not Out of Mind: A Name for the Stefania (Anura: Hemiphractidae) from the Summit of Murisipán-tepui (Bolívar State, Venezuela)[Philippe J. R. Kok] |
| 2023-06-06 |
Allobates ripicolus,
Allobates vicinus |
Aromobatidae (Allobatinae) |
Two new species of Allobates of the trilineatus clade (Anura: Aromobatidae) from the Eastern Guiana Shield [ANTOINE FOUQUET, MIQUÉIAS FERRÃO, RAWIEN JAIRAM] |
| 2023-06-06 |
Pristimantis campinarana |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
A new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from white-sand forests of central Amazonia, Brazil [Alexander Tamanini Mônico, Miquéias Ferrão, Jiří Moravec, Antoine Fouquet and Albertina P. Lima] |
| 2023-06-03 |
Nanohyla albopunctata |
Microhylidae (Microhylinae) |
A new species of Nanohyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from the lowland forests of southern Vietnam [Vladislav A. Gorin, Alexey V. Trofimets, Svetlana S. Gogoleva, Le Xuan Dac and Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2023-06-02 |
Mixophyes australis |
Myobatrachidae |
A new species of barred frog, Mixophyes (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from south-eastern Australia identified by molecular genetic analyses [MICHAEL J MAHONY, TERRY BERTOZZI, JARO GUZINSKI, HARRY B HINES, STEPHEN C DONNELLAN] |
| 2023-05-26 |
Gracixalus patkaiensis |
Rhacophoridae
(Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of green tree frog of the genus Gracixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the evergreen forest of Northeast India [Bitupan Boruah, V. Deepak, Naitik G. Patel, Vijayan Jithin, Tajum Yomcha, Abhijit Das] |
| 2023-05-25 |
Stefania maccullochi |
Hemiphractidae (Hemiphractinae) |
Bones and all: a new critically endangered Pantepui species of Stefania (Anura: Hemiphractidae) and a new osteological synapomorphy for the genus [Philippe J. R. Kok] |
| 2023-05-22 |
Phrynopus sancristobali |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
A new species of Andean frog of the genus Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) from southeastern Peru [VLADIMIR DÍAZ, LUIS MAMANI, ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI ] |
| 2023-05-17 |
Hynobius bambusicolus |
Hynobiidae (Hynobiinae) |
An Isolated and Deeply Divergent Hynobius Species from Fujian, China [Zhenqi Wang, Siti N. Othman, Zhixin Qiu, Yiqiu Lu, Vishal Kumar Prasad, Yuran Dong, Chang-Hu Lu and Amaël Borzée] |
| 2023-05-16 |
Chimerella mira |
Centrolenidae (Centroleninae) |
A third species of glassfrog in the genus Chimerella (Anura, Centrolenidae) from central Peru, discovered by an integrative taxonomic approach [Jörn Köhler, Pablo J. Venegas, Ernesto Castillo-Urbina, Frank Glaw, César Aguilar-Puntriano, Miguel Vences] |
| 2023-05-15 |
Poyntonophrynus grindleyi (comb. nov.)
Poyntonophrynus jordani (comb. nov.) |
Bufonidae |
Re-evaluation of the status of Bufo vertebralis grindleyi and Bufo jordani (Anura: Bufonidae) [Mark-Oliver Rödel, François S. Becker, Bertha Buiswalelo, Werner Conradie & Alan Channing] |
| 2023-05-10 |
Nidirana chongqingensis |
Ranidae |
A new species of Nidirana Dubois, 1992 (Anura, Ranidae) from Chongqing Municipality, China [Qi Ma, Zhijian Wang] |
| 2023-05-09 |
Scinax pyroinguinis |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru [Germán Chávez, Wilmar Aznaran, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2023-05-09 |
Centrolene camposi,
Centrolene ericsmithi |
Centrolenidae (Centroleninae) |
Two new syntopic species of glassfrogs (Amphibia, Centrolenidae, Centrolene) from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador [Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, Santiago R. Ron] |
| 2023-05-09 |
Pelophylax persicus (comb. nov.) |
Ranidae |
A synoptic review of the Amphibians of Iran: bibliography, taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, conservation status, and identification key to the eggs, larvae, and adults [BARBOD SAFAEI-MAHROO, HANYEH GHAFFARI, AIDIN NIAMIR] |
| 2023-04-28 |
Guibemantis fotsitenda,
Guibemantis razandry,
Guibemantis razoky |
Mantellidae (Mantellinae) |
An initial molecular resolution of the mantellid frogs of the Guibemantis liber complex reveals three new species from northern Madagascar [Thore Koppetsch, Maciej Pabijan, Carl R. Hutter, Jörn Köhler, Philip-Sebastian Gehring, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Mark D. Scherz, David R. Vieites, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences] |
| 2023-04-27 |
Litoria beryllinus,
Litoria spectabilis |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
Two new species of green treefrogs (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the northern slopes of Papua New Guinea’s Central Cordillera [STEPHEN J. RICHARDS, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN] |
| 2023-04-24 |
Eleutherodactylus franzi |
Eleutherodactylidae (Eleutherodactylinae) |
A novel species of piping frog Eleutherodactylus (Anura, Eleutherodactylidae) from southern Mexico [Christoph I. Grünwald, Carlos Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Jason M. Jones, Iván Ahumada-Carrillo, André J. Grünwald, Jiacheng Zheng, Jason L. Strickland, Jacobo Reyes-Velasco] |
| 2023-04-24 |
Nymphargus pijao |
Centrolenidae |
A multidisciplinary approach reveals a new species of glassfrog from Colombia (Anura: Centrolenidae: Nymphargus) [SEBASTIÁN O. MONTILLA, LUISA F. ARCILA-PÉREZ, MARÍA PAULA TORO-GÓMEZ, FERNANDO VARGAS-SALINAS, MARCO RADA] |
| 2023-04-20 |
Caecilia wilkinsoni |
Caeciliidae |
A new species of Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia, with comments on the status of C. tenuissima Taylor, 1973 [JUAN DAVID FERNÁNDEZ-ROLDÁN, JOHN D. LYNCH] |
| 2023-04-19 |
Caecilia yaigoje |
Caeciliidae |
A New Caecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Colombian Amazon [Juan David Fernández-Roldán, Guido Fabian Medina-Rangel, John D. Lynch] |
| 2023-04-19 |
Bolitoglossa muisca |
Plethodontidae (Hemidactyliinae) |
A new Bolitoglossa (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae) from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia [Yeny Rocio López-Perilla, Juan David Fernández-Roldán, Fabio Leonardo Meza-Joya, Guido Fabian Medina-Rangel] |
| 2023-04-10 |
Phrynobatrachus rillingi |
Phrynobatrachidae |
Phrynobatrachus rillingi (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae), a New Large Puddle Frog from Nyambene Hills, Kenya [Patrick K. Malonza] |
| 2023-04-10 |
Pristimantis numbala,
Pristimantis paladines,
Pristimantis sagedunneae
|
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
Molecular and Morphological Assessment of Rain Frogs in the Pristimantis orestes Species Group (Amphibia: Anura: Strabomantidae) with the Description of Three New Cryptic Species from Southern Ecuador [Paul Székely, Diana Székely, Diego Armijos-Ojeda, Santiago Hualpa-Vega, Judit Vörös] |
| 2023-04-05 |
Litoria daraiensis,
Litoria gracilis,
Litoria haematogaste,
Litoria lisae,
Litoria naispela |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
Five new species of the pelodryadid genus Litoria Tschudi from the southern versant of Papua New Guinea’s Central Cordillera, with observations on the diversification of reproductive strategies in Melanesian treefrogs [STEPHEN J. RICHARDS, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN, PAUL M. OLIVER] |
| 2023-03-31 |
Amolops siju |
Ranidae |
Description of a new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from a cave ecosystem in Meghalaya, Northeast India [Bhaskar Saikia, Bikramjit Sinha , A. Shabnam , K. P. Dinesh] |
| 2023-03-30 |
Siren sphagnicola (sp. nov.),
Siren nettingi (comb. nov.) |
Sirenidae |
Unraveling Siren (Caudata: Sirenidae) systematics and description of a small, seepage specialist [MATTHEW T. FEDLER, KEVIN M. ENGE, PAUL E. MOLER] |
| 2023-03-28 |
Synapturanus artifex,
Synapturanus latebrosus,
Synapturanus sacratus |
Microhylidae (Otophryninae) |
Three new species of the Synapturanus rabus complex (Microhylidae: Otophryninae) in Colombia with a review of the genus Synapturanus [MARIELA OSORNO-MUÑOZ, DORIS L. GUTIÉRREZ-LAMUS, JOHN LYNCH, RACHEL KEEFFE, JOSÉ RANCÉS CAICEDO-PORTILLA, KIN NOK CHAN, JOÃO F. R. TONINI, RAFAEL O. DE SÁ ] |
| 2023-03-27 |
Theloderma pseudohorridum |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A New Species of Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Rhacoporidae) from Central Java Allied to T. horridum (Boulenger, 1903) [Nia KURNIAWAN, Luhur SEPTIADI, Ahmad Muammar KADAFI, Muhammad FATHONI, Kartika PRABASARI and Panupong THAMMACHOTI] |
| 2023-03-27 |
Cynops jiaoren (sp. nov.),
Cynops maguae (sp. nov.),
Cynops yunnanensis (comb. nov.) |
Salamandridae |
Two New Species of Fire-Bellied Newts (Caudata, Salamandridae, Cynops) from Southeastern Chinay [Zhitong LYU, Shuo QI, Siyu ZHANG, Keyuan DAI and Yingyong WANG] |
| 2023-03-27 |
Amolops sangzhiensis |
Ranidae |
A New Species of the Amolops mantzorum Group (Anura: Ranidae: Amolops) from Northwestern Hunan Province, China [Tianyu QIAN, Jianjun XIANG, Jianping JIANG, Daode YANG and Jian GUI] |
| 2023-03-27 |
Leptobrachella jinyunensis |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Multiple Data Sources Reveal a New Asian Leaf Litter Toad of Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Southwestern China [Shengchao SHI, Tuo SHEN, Xin WANG, Jianping JIANG and Bin WANG] |
| 2023-03-27 |
Pseudophilautus conniffae (syn. nov.) |
Rhacophoridae
(Rhacophorinae) |
Pseudophilautus conniffae is a junior synonym of Pseudophilautus limbus
Taxonomic status of Pseudophilautus conniffae (Anura: Rhacophoridae) an endemic shrub frog restricted to South–Western wet zone of Sri Lanka [SHASHIKA ABEYSEKARA, HELANI SAMARASINGHE, KELUM MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI, HIMASH ADHIKARI, SONALI PREMARATHNE, CHAMPIKA BANDARA, USHANI PERERA, NAYANA WIJAYATHILAKA ] |
| 2023-03-18 |
Jingophrys (gen. nov.),
Sarawakiphrys (gen. nov.),
Xenophrys dehongensis (sp. nov.),
Xenophrys lancangica (sp. nov.) |
Megophryidae (Megophryinae) |
Generic classification of Asian horned toads (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae) and monograph of Chinese species [Zhi-Tong Lyu, Shuo Qi, Jian Wang, Si-Yu Zhang, Jian Zhao, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Han Wan, Jian-Huan Yang, Yun-Ming Mo, Ying-Yong Wang] |
| 2023-03-16 |
Phrynopus apumantarum |
Strabomantidae (Pristimantinae) |
A new species of frog (Terrarana, Strabomantidae, Phrynopus) from the Peruvian Andean Grasslands [Germán Chávez, Luis A. García-Ayachi, Alessandro Catenazzi] |
| 2023-03-14 |
Zhangixalus melanoleucus |
Rhacophoridae
(Rhacophorinae) |
Mountain jade: A new high-elevation microendemic species of the genus Zhangixalus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Laos [Peter Brakels, Tan Van Nguyen, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Sabira S. Idiiatullina, Sengvilay Lorphengsy, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolay A. Poyarkov] |
| 2023-03-13 |
Blommersia dupreezi |
Mantellidae (Mantellinae) |
Genetic diversity of the mantellid frog Blommersia blommersae, and description of a new anuran species from south-eastern Madagascar [Miguel Vences, Moritz Armerding, Jörn Köhler & Frank Glaw] |
| 2023-03-13 |
Amnirana parva |
Ranidae |
The smallest of its kind: Description of a new cryptic Amnirana species (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from West African rainforests [FREDERIC GRIESBAUM, GREGORY F.M. JONGSMA, JOHANNES PENNER, N’GORAN GERMAIN KOUAMÉ, JOSEPH DOUMBIA, NONO L. GONWOUO, ANNIKA HILLERS, JULIAN GLOS, DAVID C. BLACKBURN, MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL] |
| 2023-03-10 |
Gracixalus truongi |
Rhacophoridae
(Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from northwestern Vietnam [Tung Thanh Tran, Anh Van Pham, Minh Duc Le, Nam Hai Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler, Cuong The Pham] |
| 2023-03-08 |
Dendrophryniscus cuca |
Bufonidae |
A New Species of Dendrophryniscus Jiménez de la Espada 1871 (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) from Mantiqueira Mountain Range, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil [Matheus Oliveira Neves; Lucio Moreira Campos Lima; Ricardo Koroiva; Renato Christensen Nali; Diego José Santana] |
| 2023-03-08 |
Eleutherodactylus humboldti,
Eleutherodactylus jamesdixoni |
Eleutherodactylidae (Eleutherodactylinae) |
Two new species of Eleutherodactylus from western and central Mexico (Eleutherodactylus jamesdixoni sp. nov., Eleutherodactylus humboldti sp. nov.) [Thomas J. Devitt, Karen Tseng, Marlena Taylor-Adair, Sannidhi Koganti, Alice Timugura, David C. Cannatella] |
| 2023-03-07 |
Amolops terraorchis |
Ranidae |
A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) representing the morphological Marmoratus species group from Sessa Orchid Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India [Bhaskar Saikia, Bikramjit Sinha, Mostaque A. Laskar, A. Shabnam, K. P. Dinesh] |
| 2023-03-07 |
Amolops chanakya,
Amolops tawang |
Ranidae |
Description of two new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India under the morphological Viridimaculatus species group [Bhaskar Saikia, Mostaque A. Laskar, K. P. Dinesh, A. Shabnam and Bikramjit Sinha] |
| 2023-03-04 |
Desmognathus cheahai |
Plethodontidae (Plethodontinae) |
Speciation Hypotheses from Phylogeographic Delimitation Yield an Integrative Taxonomy for Seal Salamanders (Desmognathus monticola) [R Alexander Pyron, Kyle A O’Connell, Sophie C Duncan, Frank T Burbrink, David A Beamer] |
| 2023-03-02 |
Vitreorana assuh |
Centrolenidae |
An elusive giant: A new species of Vitreorana Guayasamin et al., 2009 (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the northern Atlantic Forest with an osteological description and comments on integumentary spicules [VICTOR M. ZUCCHETTI, OMAR ROJAS-PADILLA, IURI R. DIAS, MIRCO SOLÉ, VICTOR G. D. ORRICO, SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER] |
| 2023-03-01 |
Cophixalus gigiraensis |
Microhylidae (Asterophryinae) |
Another giant species of the microhylid frog genus Cophixalus Boettger, 1892 from the mountains of Papua New Guinea and first records of procoracoids in the genus [Rainer Günther, Chris Dahl, Stephen J. Richards] |
| 2023-03-01 |
Lithobates (Rana) adleri,
Lithobates (Rana) hillisi |
Ranidae |
Two other new species of Rana (ANURA: RANIDAE) in the Mexican Pacific coasts of Guerrero and Sinaloa [Edmundo Pérez-Ramos] |
| 2023-02-28 |
Raorchestes malipoensis |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
A new species of Bush frog (Anura, Rhacophoridae, Raorchestes) from southeastern Yunnan, China [Junkai Huang, Xiao Long Liu, Lingyun Du, Justin M. Bernstein, Shuo Liu, Yun Yang, Guohua Yu, Zhengjun Wu] |
| 2023-02-23 |
Leptobrachella korifi,
Leptobrachella sinorensis |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
Two New Species of Leptobrachella from Northern Thailand (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) [Masafumi Matsui, Somsak Panha, Koshiro Eto] |
| 2023-02-23 |
Litoria lakekamu |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
A New Species of Small Green Treefrog (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the Lakekamu Basin in Southern Papua New Guinea [Stephen J. Richards, David Bickford] |
| 2023-02-22 |
Leptobrachella dong |
Megophryidae (Leptobrachiinae) |
A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China [Jing Liu, Shengchao Shi, Shize Li, Mengfei Zhang, Sunjun Xiang, Gang Wei, Bin Wang] |
| 2023-02-22 |
Centrolene zarza |
Centrolenidae |
A new glassfrog species of the genus Centrolene (Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae) from Cordillera del Cóndor, southern Ecuador [Paul Székely, María Córdova-Díaz, Daniel Hualpa-Vega, Santiago Hualpa-Vega, Diana Székely] |
| 2023-02-15 |
Gephyromantis cornucopia,
Gephyromantis feomborona,
Gephyromantis kremenae,
Gephyromantis mafifeo,
Gephyromantis mitsinjo,
Gephyromantis sergei |
Mantellidae (Mantellinae) |
An endless harvest: integrative revision of the Gephyromantis boulengeri and G. blanci complexes reveals six new species of mantellid frogs from Madagascar [Aurélien Miralles, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero, Angelica Crottini, Goncalo M. Rosa, Louis du Preez, Philip-Sebastian Gehring, David R. Vieites, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina & Miguel Vences] |
| 2023-02-07 |
Oreophryne chlorops |
Microhylidae (Asterophryinae) |
A new large Oreophryne species from the mountains of Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) [Rainer Günther, Djoko T. Iskandar, Stephen J. Richards] |
| 2023-02-03 |
Amolops truongi |
Ranidae |
A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam [Anh Van Pham, Cuong The Pham, Hanh Ngo, Sung Ba Nenh, Thomas Ziegler, Minh Le] |
| 2023-02-02 |
Hyperolius ukaguruensis |
Hyperoliidae (Hyperoliinae) |
Diversification of spiny-throated reed frogs (Anura: Hyperoliidae) with the description of a new, range-restricted species from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania [Lucinda P. Lawson, Simon P. Loader, John V. Lyakurwa, H. Christoph Liedtke] |
| 2023-01-26 |
Litoria hastula |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
A new species of torrent-breeding treefrog (Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from the mountains of Papua, Indonesia, with new records and observations of Litoria dorsivena (Tyler, 1968) [Paul M. Oliver, Djoko T. Iskandar, Stephen J. Richards] |
| 2023-01-19 |
Hyloscirtus tolkieni |
Hylidae
(Hylinae) |
A new stream treefrog of the genus Hyloscirtus (Amphibia, Hylidae) from the Río Negro-Sopladora National Park, Ecuador [Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, José M. Falcón-Reibán, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia] |
| 2023-01-11 |
Litoria raniformis major (ssp. nov.),
Litoria raniformis raniformis (ssp. nov.) |
Hylidae (Pelodryadinae) |
Molecular systematic analysis demonstrates that the threatened southern bell frog, Litoria raniformis (Anura: Pelodryadidae) of eastern Australia, comprises two sub-species [JUDIT VÖRÖS, SKYE WASSENS, LUKE PRICE, DAVID HUNTER, STEVEN MYERS, KYLE ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL J. MAHONY, STEPHEN DONNELLAN] |
| 2023-01-09 |
Pseudophilautus pardus/ Pseudophilautus viridis |
Rhacophoridae (Rhacophorinae) |
Pseudophilautus pardus, a junior synonym of P. viridis (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) [NAYANA WIJAYATHILAKA, USHANI PERERA, KELUM MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI, GAJABA ELLEPOLA, HIMASH ADHIKARI, SANOJ WIJAYASEKARA, MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE, VIMUKTHI PRATHAP, MADHAVA MEEGASKUMBURA] |
| 2023-01-05 |
Caecilia atelolepis,
Caecilia epicrionopsoides,
Caecilia macrodonta |
Caeciliidae |
On the identities of Caecilia degenerata Dunn, 1942 and of C. corpulenta Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) with descriptions of three new species of Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia, [JUAN DAVID FERNÁNDEZ-ROLDÁN, JOHN D. LYNCH, GUIDO FABIAN MEDINA-RANGEL] |
