''Ophryophryne synoria'' is a species of

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in the family

Megophryidae Megophryidae, commonly known as goose frogs, is a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to th ...

. It is only known from its type locality in eastern

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

(

Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary ( Khmer: ដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃកែវសីមា) is a protected area of mixed seasonal tropical forest in eastern Cambodia, located in Mondulkiri and Kratié provinces. The area was f ...

, Mondulkiri Province) and from southern

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

( Bình Phước and Đồng Nai Provinces). Common names O'Reang horned frog and O'Reang mountain toad have been proposed for it. ''Ophryophryne synoria'' occurs in hilly mixed and evergreen forests at elevations of

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. It is present in several protected areas: its type locality, Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia, and Bù Gia Mập and

Cát Tiên National Park Cát Tiên National Park ( vi, Vườn quốc gia Cát Tiên) is a national park located in the south of Vietnam, belonging to the area of 3 provinces Đồng Nai province, Đồng Nai, Bình Phước province, Bình Phước and Lâm Đồ ...

s in Vietnam.

References

synoria Amphibians of Cambodia Amphibians of Vietnam Amphibians described in 2006 Taxa named by Bryan Lynn Stuart Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Megophryidae-stub