Vietnamophryne occidentalis

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Vietnamophryne occidentalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Vietnamophryne
Species:
V. occidentalis
Binomial name
Vietnamophryne occidentalis
Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost and Che, 2018 [1]

Vietnamophryne occidentalis is a species of microhylid frog endemic to northern Thailand. [2] Its type locality is Doi Tung Mountain, Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Poyarkov NA, Suwannapoom C, Pawangkhanant P, Aksornneam A, Duong TV, Korost DV, Che J (May 2018). "A new genus and three new species of miniaturized microhylid frogs from Indochina (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae: Asterophryinae)". Zool Res. 39 (3): 130–157. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.019. PMC   5968859 . PMID   29683109.
  2. "Vietnamophryne occidentalis". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.