Ansonia inthanon
Matsui, Nabhitabhata and Panha, 1998
photo from: http://siamensis.org/content/3590
Abstract
We describe a new species of torrent-dwelling bufonid frog of the genus Ansonia from northern Thailand. Ansonia inthanon is morphologically similar to Indian members of the genus but differs from them in ventral coloration and skin texture. Occurrence of this species in this region connects disjunctly distributed congeners from southern India and the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.
Key words: Ansonia new species; Ansonia ornata; Zoogeography; Thailand; India
Holotype: THNHM 51-001.
Type locality: "Siriphum waterfall, Doi Inthanon National Park (98° 32´ E, 18° 33´ N, altitude 1350 m) in Thailand".
FIG. 3.- Map of south and southeast Asia showing the distribution of the genus Ansonia (stippled) and the type locality of A. inthanon (star). Data for the distribution of the genus from Berry (1975), Dring (1983), Gunther (1875), Inger (1966), Inger and Dring (1988), Kiew (1984), and Pillai and Pattabiraman (1981).
Matsui, M., Nabhitabhata, J. and Panha, S. 1998. A new Ansonia from northern Thailand (Anura: Bufonidae). Herpetologica: 448-454. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3893438
