Pelophylax terentievi (Mezhzherin, 1992)

Jablonski, Daniel, Khalili, Faizurrahman & Masroor, Rafaqat, 2023, The herpetofaunal diversity of Takhar Province, Afghanistan, Herpetozoa 36, pp. 73-90 : 73

Pelophylax terentievi (Mezhzherin, 1992)

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Takhar records.

Taleqan (Gulayi Bagh), 36.4433°N, 69.3058°E; 792 m a.s.l., 31 January 2020, found dead in grassy habitat near stream, one individual of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 198); Bay Yawa (Baghi Mullah Gulmad), 37.4379°N, 69.7121°E, 670 m a.s.l., 31 March 2020, irrigation channels and pools, one adult female (CUHC-PA 186); Bya Yawa, 37.4311°N, 69.7185°E, 666 m a.s.l., 27 April 2020, rice field, one adult female (CUHC-PA 166); Taleqan (Khitayan), 36.6590°N, 69.6565°E, 927 m a.s.l., 10 May 2020, rice field, three adult males (CUHC-PA 169); Taleqan (Gulayi Bagh), 36.7426°N, 69.5162°E, 794 m a.s.l., 12 May 2020, during the middle of the night in the garden, one adult female (CUHC-PA 170); Takatuymaz (Tangi Farkhar), 36.6326°N, 69.6969°E, 982 m a.s.l., 13 May 2020, irrigation channels and pools, one adult and three juveniles of both sexes (CUHC-PA 11); Bay Yawa (Parchaw Khana), 37.4272°N, 69.7209°E, 680 m a.s.l., 29 May 2020, Prut River vicinity; one subadult of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 187); Bay Yawa (Parchaw Khana), 37.4287°N, 69.7199°E, 675 m a.s.l., 4 September 2021, canal, one subadult of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 204); Bay Yawa (Parchaw Khana), 37.4254°N, 69.7215°E, 688 m a.s.l., 14 September 2021, canal, one subadult of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 215).

Distribution in Afghanistan.

Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Kunduz, Nangarhar and Takhar Provinces ( Wagner et al. 2016; Jablonski et al. 2021c, e), representing 26% of all provinces.

Chorotype.

Turanian.

Remarks.

Pelophylax terentievi is one of the ranid frogs that was originally reported from Takhar Province under the name Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771 ( Clark 1990). It was mentioned as an extremely abundant species living in streams, ponds and irrigation ditches ( Clark 1990) which corresponds to our observations. The distribution of this species follows the Panj River, a tributary of the Amu Darya River. However, this species has also been reported from other parts of Afghanistan, even south of the Hindu Kush range [for review, see Jablonski et al. (2021c)].

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Figure 3. Herpetofaunistic records of Bufonidae, Ranidae, Testudinidae and Agamidae from Takhar Province in the context of updated records from Afghanistan (white dots or squares: published data (except for the data on Bufotes oblongus and B. zugmayeri, which are distributed in SW Afghanistan); red dots: new data).

Figure 4. A. Adult individual of the Bufotes viridis complex from Taleqan (CUHC-PA 167); B. Adult female of the B. viridis complex from Taleqan (CUHC-PA 168); C. Adult female of the B. viridis complex from Taleqan (Gulayi Bagh) (CUHC-PA 173); D. Adult female of Pelophylax terentievi from Taleqan (Gulayi Bagh) (CUHC-PA 170); E. Adult male of P. terentievi from Takatuymaz (Tangi Farkhar) (CUHC-PA 171); F. Subadult individual of P. terentievi from Bay Yawa (Parchaw Khana) (CUHC-PA 215).