Leptobrachella cathaya

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Leptobrachiinae
Genus: Leptobrachella
Species: Leptobrachella cathaya

Name

Leptobrachella cathaya Huang, Zeng, Wang, Lyu, Huang, Liu, Wang & Mo, 2026: 485

• Holotype: NHMG 250615, adult ♂, collected by Jian Wang and Zhao-Chi Zeng on 23 June 2025.
• Type locality: “Huaping National Nature Reserve (25.562769°N, 109.936686°E; ca. 1340 m a.s.l.), Longsheng County, Guilin City, Guangxi, China”.

References

Primary references

• Huang, Z., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, H.-T., Lyu, Z.-T., Huang, H.-H., Liu, H., Wang, J. & Mo, Y.-M. 2026. A new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guangxi Huaping National Nature Reserve, South China. Zootaxa 5752(4): 474–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Huaping Leaf Litter Toad