The following is a ''list of'amphibians found in Hoàng Liên National Park in northern

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. The list is based on Tapley, et al. (2017). The park is located within the districts of Sa Pa and Than Uyên of Lào Cai Province, and part of Phong Thổ District in

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. Hoàng Liên National Park has 81

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

species and 2

salamander Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...

species, namely ''

Paramesotriton deloustali The Tam Dao salamander, Vietnamese salamander, or Vietnam warty newt (''Paramesotriton deloustali'') is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Vietnam and Yunnan, China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropica ...

'' and '' Tylototriton asperrimus''. Anuran (frog) families represented are

Bombinatoridae Bombinatoridae is a family (biology), family of toads found in Eurasia. Species of the family have flattened bodies and some are highly toxic. Taxonomy and systematics Fossil specimens of the genus ''Bombina'' are known from the Pliocene to the ...

(1 species: ''

Bombina maxima ''Bombina maxima'', commonly known as the Yunnan firebelly toad or large-webbed bell toad, is a species of toad in the family Bombinatoridae found in Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The pro ...

''),

Bufonidae {{Cat main, Toad This category Category, plural categories, may refer to: General uses *Classification, the general act of allocating things to classes/categories Philosophy * Category of being * ''Categories'' (Aristotle) * Category (Kant) * C ...

, Dicroglossidae,

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as " tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and ...

(1 species: ''

Hyla annectans ''Hyla annectans'' is a species of tree frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Asia south of the Himalayas in northeast India (Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, and Meghalaya), northern Myanmar, and northern montane Vietnam and southwestern and cent ...

''),

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 t ...

Microhylidae The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family (biology), family of frogs. The 683 species are in 57 genera and 11 subfamilies. Evolution A molecular phylogenetic study by van der Meijden, et al. ...

, Ranidae, and

Rhacophoridae The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi. They are commonly known as ...

List of species

References

{{reflist *Bain, R.H., Nguyen, Q.T. & Doan, V.K. (2007). New herpetofaunal records from Vietnam. Herpetological Review 38:107–117. *Nguyen, V.S., Ho, T.C. & Nguyen, Q.T. (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Ed. Chimaira. *Ohler, A., Marquis, O., Swan, S., & Grosjean, S. (2000). Amphibian biodiversity of Hoang Lien Nature Reserve (Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam) with description of two new species. Herpetozoa 13: 71–87. *Orlov, N. L., Khalikov, R., Murphy, R. W., & Lathrop, A. (2000). Atlas of Megophryids (Megophryidae: Anura: Amphibia) of Vietnam. *Tapley, B., Rowley, J.J.L., Nguyen, T.C. & Luong. V.H. (2017).
An action plan for amphibians of the Hoang Lien Range 2017-21
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List of species

See also

References