Kalophrynus honbaensis Vassilieva, Galoyan, Gogoleva, and Poyarkov, 2014 Hon Bao Sticky Frog

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Kalophrynus honbaensis Vassilieva, Galoyan, Gogoleva, and Poyarkov, 2014 Hon Bao Sticky Frog

Kalophrynus honbaensis Vassilieva, Galoyan, Gogoleva, and Poyarkov, 2014, Zootaxa 3769(3):422 [type locality: “vicinity of the Yersin station on Hon Ba Mountain, Hon Ba Nature Reserve, Cam Lam District, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam (coordinates 12°07´16˝N, 108°56´55˝E, elevation 1500 m a.s.l.)”] .

TYPE MATERIAL.— HOLOTYPE: Zoological Museum of the Lomonosov Moscow University ( ZMMU) A-4941 . PARATYPE: ZMMU A-4943 .

DEFINITION.— Small to medium size, adult males 26.7– 36. 8 mm SVL (n = 2); head moderately long 30–32 % HeadL/ SVL; head wider than long 122–129 % HeadW/HeadL; naris closer to snout than to eye 62–71 % NarEye/SnEye; eye moderately large 34–37 % EyeD/HeadL; tympanum visible and smaller than eye 76–78 % Tymp/EyeD; slender moderately long forelimb NA % Forarm/ SVL and forearm to crus length NA % Forarm/CrusL; hindlimb slender, moderately long 129–135 % HndlL/ SVL, 39 % CrusL/ SVL, and 95–97 % CrusL/ThghL; hindfoot well developed 86–99 % HndfL/CrusL.

Vomerine teeth absence; three palatal folds, vomerine one indistinct, postorbital small and smooth, buccal continuous and crenulated; tongue with rounded free end. Skin on margin of mandible smooth in males.

Fingers basal webbing; lengths 3>2>4>1; tips rounded and not dilated; subarticular tubercles prominent, round, and one on digits 1, 2, 4, and two on 3; one small oval palmar tubercle on outer half of palm, bordered distally by four small, round tubercles; smooth nuptial excrescences on base of fingers 2 and 3; no nuptial pad on dorsal surface of hand. Toes modestly webbed not extending beyond proximal subarticular tubercles of toe 4, lengths 4>3>5>2>1; tips rounded, slightly dilated; subarticular tubercles moderate, oval and one on digits 1, 2, two on 3, three on 4, two on 5 (only distal one prominent); moderate oval inner and small, round outer metatarsal tubercles.

In life, dorsum orangish yellow and immaculate, except for inguinal spot; body; dark brown laterally from snout through loris above tympanum onto trunk narrowing at midtrunk and ending before inguina; ventrolaterally fading to yellowish pink of venter; small round, black inguinal spot with faint light border; venter pale yellowish-pink, chin to mid chest dusky, belly largely immaculate.

ETYMOLOGY.— The specific name derives from its presence in the Hon Ba Mountains.

DISTRIBUTION.— Vietnam. Known only from the type locality .

NATURAL HISTORY.— Kalophrynus honbaensis was found on the ground in a small patch of montane evergreen forest.

COMMENTS.— Preceding information extracted from Vassilieva et al. (2014).