Two ranid species, Babina lini and Hylarana menglaensis, are recorded for the first time from Vietnam on the basis of a new amphibian collection from Dien Bien and Son La provinces. In addition, acoustic analyses of these species are also provided based on the advertisement calls recorded in Muong Nhe Nature Reserve of Dien Bien Province. | Russian Journal of Herpetology Vol. 21 No. 4 2014 pp. 315 321 Babina lini CHOU 1999 AND Hylarana menglaensis FEI YE ET XIE 2008 TWO ADDITIONAL ANURAN SPECIES FOR THE HERPETOFAUNA OF VIETNAM Dzung Trung Le 1 Anh Van Pham 1 2 Son Hung Lan Nguyen 1 Thomas Ziegler 3 and Truong Quang Nguyen4 Submitted October 10 2014. Two ranid species Babina lini and Hylarana menglaensis are recorded for the first time from Vietnam on the ba- sis of a new amphibian collection from Dien Bien and Son La provinces. In addition acoustic analyses of these species are also provided based on the advertisement calls recorded in Muong Nhe Nature Reserve of Dien Bien Province. Keywords Babina lini Hylarana menglaensis new records advertisement calls Dien Bien Province Son La Province INTRODUCTION and Copia Nature Reserves Son La Province Vietnam in November 2012 June 2013 July 2013 October 2013 Rana lini Chou 1999 and Hylarana menglaensis Fei February 2014 June 2014 and September 2014 Fig. 1 . Ye et Xie 2008 were originally described from Yunnan Specimens were collected from 19 00 to 24 00. After tak- Province China Chou 1999 Fei et al. 2008 . Rana lini ing photographs specimens were anaesthetized in a was transferred to the genus Nidirana by Chen et al. closed vessel with a piece of cotton wool containing ethyl 2005 and subsequently placed in the genus Babina by acetate fixed in 85 ethanol and subsequently stored in Frost et al. 2006 . Both species were found at high eleva- 70 ethanol. Specimens were deposited in the Museum tions from 1000 to 1400 m above sea level and presum- of Biology Hanoi National University of Education ably to be found in upland areas of northwestern Vietnam HNUE Hanoi and Tay Bac University TBU Son La Chou 1999 Fei et al. 2008 Frost 2014 . Province Vietnam. We herein report two new records of Babina lini and Morphological examinations. Measurements were H. menglaensis from montane evergreen forests of Dien taken with a digital caliper to the nearest mm. Abbre- Bien
