Record of the little-known 'Rana nigrotympanica' Dubois, 1992 (Amphibia: Ranidae) from northern Laos

'Rana nigrotympanica' is a poorly known species that was originally named based on a literature review rather than on specimen examination. Here we refer to this species 12 male specimens from northern Laos, near the type locality in Yunnan, China, and supplement the original description using the Laos specimens. This is the first report of 'R. nigrotympanica' outside of China.