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Issue: Vol. 5796 No. 2: 21 Apr. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.11
Page range: 381-392
Abstract views: 57
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Taxonomic reassessment of Rana (Hylorana) sinica Ahl, 1927 “1925” (Anura: Ranidae), with its synonymy with Amolops mantzorum (David, 1872)

The School of Medicine & Pharmacy; Duy Tan University; Da Nang 550000; Vietnam; Department of Biological Sciences; Graduate School of Science; Tokyo Metropolitan University; Hachioji; Tokyo; 192-0397; Japan
Mountain Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province; Chengdu Institute of Biology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chengdu 610213; Sichuan; China; China-Croatia Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; Chengdu Institute of Biology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chengdu 610213; Sichuan; China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049; China; Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yezin 05282; Nay Pyi Taw; Myanmar
Vietnam National Museum of Nature; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet; Nghia Do; Hanoi; Vietnam; Graduate University of Science and Technology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet; Nghia Do; Hanoi; Vietnam
Zoological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; Universitetskaya nab.; 1; St. Petersburg 199034; Russia
Department of Vertebrate Zoology; Biological Faculty; Lomonosov Moscow State University; Moscow 119234; Russia
Institut de Systématique; Évolution; Biodiversité; MNHN-CNRS-SU-EPHE-UA; Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; Sorbonne Universités; 57 rue Cuvier; CP 51; 75005 Paris; France
Amphibia Amolops mantzorum Rana sinica

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How to Cite

Nguyen, T.V., Ren, J.-L., Duong, T.V., Orlov, N.L., Poyarkov, N.A. & Ohler, A. (2026) Taxonomic reassessment of Rana (Hylorana) sinica Ahl, 1927 “1925” (Anura: Ranidae), with its synonymy with Amolops mantzorum (David, 1872). Zootaxa, 5796 (2), 381–392. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.11