Hoang Lien Horned Frog

description

Figs. 3 D and 7 Molecular data: A 16 S sequence was generated from tissue samples collected from one tadpole (VNMN 010903) and uncorrected p - distance between this sequence and that of the holotype of M. hoanglienensis also collected on Mount Fansipan, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam (Genbank accession number MH 514889) was 0.0 %. Collection site: The following tadpole description is based on a single specimen (VNMN 010903) at Stage 26. The specimen was found feeding in a 5 m wide stream in disturbed evergreen forest on Mount Fansipan, Hoang Lien National Park, Tam Duong District, Lai Chau Province, Vietnam (22.3483 ° N 103.7700 ° E, 1901 m asl; Figs. 1 and 2 B), on 10 September 2018 by Luan Nguyen, Chung Nguyen and Luong Hoang. Morphology: The body is longitudinally oval shaped and dorsally compressed; the nares are oval and are closer to the eyes than to the snout, the rims of the nares are serrated and raised from the body wall, the internarial distance is less than the interorbital distance; the eyes are positioned dorsolaterally, the pupils are round; the spiracle is sinistral and the spiracular tube protrudes from midway along the body wall and anterior to maximal

The tadpoles of five Megophrys Horned frogs (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from the Hoang Lien Range, Vietnam