Odorrana jingdongensis Fei, Ye, & Li, 2001

Kilunda, Felista Kasyoka, Yang, Shen-Pin, Nguyen, Luan Thanh, Le, Manh Van, Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon, Stuart, Bryan L., Nguyen, Sang Ngoc, Zuo, An-Ru, Zhang, Ding-Can, Duan, Zheng-Pan, Duan, Pei-Wen, Yu, Zhong-Bin, Wu, Yun-He & Che, Jing, 2025, Unveiling hidden diversity in Odorrana (Anura, Ranidae) with description of a new species from Yingjiang, China and the first national records of Odorrana heatwolei in Thailand and Vietnam, Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4), pp. 2337-2356 : 2337-2356

Odorrana jingdongensis Fei, Ye, & Li, 2001

Chresonymy.

Odorrana jingdongensis Fei, Ye & Li, 2001 .

Rana ( Odorrana) hmongorum Bain et al. 2003 .

Huia jingdongensis — Frost et al. 2006.

Huia hmongorum — Frost et al. 2006.

Odorrana hmongorum — Chen et al. 2005; Che et al. 2007; Stuart 2008.

Odorrana jingdongensis Chen et al., 2005 ; Che et al. 2007; Poyarkov et al. 2021; Stuart, Seateun, Sivongxay & Phimmachak, 2024.

Common name.

Jingdong Odorous Frog ( Stuart et al. 2024).

Remarks.

This species is known by original designation from its type locality in Xinminxiang, Jingdong County, Yunnan Province, China. However, its current distribution is recognised to extend to Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Son La and Lao Cai Provinces in northern Vietnam owing to the synonymisation of O. hmongorum originally described from Sa Pa Village, near O Qui Ho Pass, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam by Ohler (2007). Moreover, this proposed synonymy with O. jingdongensis requires further evidence ( Poyarkov et al. 2021; Stuart et al. 2024). Based on our phylogenetic analyses, the subclade comprising O. jingdongensis , O. junlianensis , O. yunnanensis , O. kuangwuensis , O. margaritae , O. hmongorum and O. grahami is weakly supported ( BPP <0.98; BS = 88) (see clade E). This result does not support the synonymy of O. jingdongensis and O. hmongorum ; thus, a detailed study is needed to properly delimit species boundaries within it. Moreover, Yuan et al. (2023) demonstrated instances of rampant mitochondrial genome introgression and reported an unidentified lineage believed to be O. hmongorum within the O. grahami complex. The study revealed cases of mitonuclear discordance that mask the distinctiveness of closely-related taxa, therefore highlighting the need for integrative taxonomic approaches to properly clarify the taxonomic position of species within this challenging group.