Leptobrachella aurantirosea Ninh, Nguyen, Le, Nguyen, Quoc, Orlov, Bezman-Moseyko, Le, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2024

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Leptobrachiinae > Genus: Leptobrachella > Species: Leptobrachella aurantirosea

Leptobrachella aurantirosea Ninh, Nguyen, Le, Nguyen, Quoc, Orlov, Bezman-Moseyko, Le, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2024, Russ. J. Herpetol., 31: 211–212. Holotype: IEBR A.6284, by original designation. Type locality: "Vietnam: Ha Giang Province, Cao Bo District, Lung Tao Commune 22.79815° N 104.80859° E, 2300 m a.s.l., in the evergreen forest". Zoobank Publication registration: https: E0D6074D-0D69-4BBE-BA39-1076B2DD59AA

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from Tay Con Linh Moutain, Lung Tao Hamlet, Cao Bo Commune; Vi Xuyen District; Ha Giang Province, Vietnam, ca. 2300 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

Comparative adult morphology and mt- and nu-DNA molecular markers detailed in the original publication. 

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