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Issue: Vol. 5760 No. 2: 23 Feb. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5760.2.4
Page range: 225-247
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A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Vu Quang National Park—an ASEAN Heritage Park of Vietnam

Faculty of Environmental Sciences; University of Science; Vietnam National University; Hanoi 334 Nguyen Trai Road; Hanoi; Vietnam;
Institute of Biology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam;
Institute of Biology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam;; Graduate University of Science and Technology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet; Cau Giay; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam.
Faculty of Biology; University of Science; Vietnam National University; Hanoi 334 Nguyen Trai Road; Hanoi; Vietnam;
Faculty of Biology; University of Science; Vietnam National University; Hanoi 334 Nguyen Trai Road; Hanoi; Vietnam;
Vu Quang National Park; 6; Alley 120 Ho Chi Minh Road; Vu Quang Commune; Ha Tinh Province; Vietnam.
Vu Quang National Park; 6; Alley 120 Ho Chi Minh Road; Vu Quang Commune; Ha Tinh Province; Vietnam.
Thai Nguyen University of Education; Luong Ngoc Quyen Road; Thai Nguyen Province; Vietnam.
Institute of Biology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam;; Graduate University of Science and Technology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet; Cau Giay; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam.
Amphibia 16S rRNA Amolops monticola group Ha Tinh Province molecular phylogeny ND2 taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Amolops is described from Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, North-central Vietnam based on morphological and molecular differences. Morphologically, Amolops minhlei sp. nov. is distinguishable from its congeners by a combination of the following morphological characteristics: SVL 31.8–35.8 mm in males, 36.7–45.8 mm in females; head longer than wide; vomerine teeth absent; snout long (SE/SVL 0.16–0.17 in males, 0.16 in females); tympanum distinct, round (TD/ED 0.41–0.42 in males, 0.40–0.43 in females); skin smooth; supratympanic fold indistinct; dorsolateral fold present; webbing formula I0–0II0–1/2III0–1/2IV1/2–0V; dorsum olive green or reddish brown with a few dark spots; a brown dorsolateral stripe extending from behind eye to above vent; dorsal surface of fore- and hind-limbs light grey with brown crossbars, throat, chest and belly white; males with external vocal sac and nuptial pad on finger I; and flanks grey brown with small white glandular spot. In phylogenetic analyses, the new species is strongly supported as a member of the A. monticola group. However, the new species differs from other members of the A. monticola group by 10.00–19.66% pairwise genetic divergence in the mitochondrial ND2 gene fragment and 1.56–6.67% in the mitochondrial 16S gene fragment.

 

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How to Cite

Pham, A.V., Hoang, C.V., Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, van T.H., Nguyen, T.T.T., Nguyen, K.D., Thai, T.C., Hoang, N.V. & Pham, C.T. (2026) A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Vu Quang National Park—an ASEAN Heritage Park of Vietnam. Zootaxa, 5760 (2), 225–247. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.2.4