Leptobrachella kajangensis

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 kajangensis

Name

Leptobrachella kajangensis (Grismer, Grismer & Youmans, 2004)

• Holotype: ZRC 1.7714.
• Type locality: “inside Gua [Cave] Tengkuk Air, Gunung Kajang, Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia at 1000 m in elevation”.

Combinations

• Leptolalax kajangensis Grismer, Grismer & Youmans, 2004: 8 [original combination]
• Leptolalax (Leptolalax) kajangensis — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean & Ohler, 2006: 15 [subsequent combination]
• Leptobrachella kajangensis — Chen, Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Lathrop, Wu, Zhou, Yuan, Jin, Chen, Liu, Nguyen, Nguyen, Duong, Eto, Nishikawa, Matsui, Orlov, Stuart, Brown, Rowley, Murphy, Wang & Che, 2018: 162 [subsequent combination by implication]

References

Primary references

• Grismer, L.L., Grismer, J.L. & Youmans, T.M. 2004. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia. Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 8–11.
• Delorme, M., Dubois, A., Grosjean, S. & Ohler, A. 2006. Une nouvelle ergotaxinomie des Megophryidae (Amphibia, Anura). Alytes 24(1-4): 6–21. Reference page. 
• Chen, J., Poyarkov Jr., N.A., Suwannapoom, C., Lathrop, A., Wu, Y.-H., Zhou, W.-W., Yuan, Z.-Y., Jin, J.-Q., Chen, H.-M., Liu, H.-Q., Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, S.N., Duong, T.V., Eto, K., Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M., Orlov, N.L., Stuart, B.L., Brown, R.M., Rowley, J.J.L., Murphy, R.W., Wang, Y.-Y. & Che, J. 2018. Large-scale phylogenetic analyses provide insights into unrecognized diversity and historical biogeography of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124: 162–171. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.020 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. IUCN: Leptobrachella kajangensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T61840A90985016. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61840A90985016.en. Accessed on 21 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Kajang Asian Toad