Leptobrachium leishanense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Leptobrachiinae
Genus: Leptobrachium
Species: Leptobrachium leishanense

Name

Leptobrachium leishanense Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao & Liu, 1973

Type locality: "Ge-tou of Fang-xiang, Leishan hsien, Kweichow [= Guizhou], altitude 1,100 m", China.

Holotype: CIB 639000.

Synonyms

• Vibrissaphora leishanensis Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao & Liu, 1973
• Leptobrachium (Leptobrachium) leishanense — Dubois, 1980
• Leptobrachium (Vibrissaphora) leishanensis — Dubois & Ohler, 1998
• Leptobrachium leishanense — Rao & Wilkinson, 2008

References

• Liu and Hu in Hu, Zhao, and Liu, 1973, Acta Zool. Sinica, 19: 165.
• Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 19.
• Rao and Wilkinson, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 46: 69.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Leptobrachium leishanense
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Leptobrachium leishanense  (Endangered) Downloaded on 11 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Leishan Spiny Toad