Leptobrachella dayaoshanensis Chen, Yu, Meng, and Qin, 2024

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

Leptobrachella dayaoshanensis Chen, Yu, Meng, and Qin in Yu, Qin, Meng, Li, Peng, and Chen, 2024, ZooKeys, 1219: 113. Holotype: NNU 20210318, by original designation. Type locality: "Dayaoshan National Nature Reserve (DYS), Jinxiu County, Guangxi, China (24.153°N, 110.213°E; elevation 1132 m)". Zoobank Publication registration: BC0D5160-30A3-4F4F-8C2A-467690E85E3C

Common Names

大瑶山掌突蟾 (Dayaoshan Leaf Litter Frog) (original publication). 

Distribution

Evergreen forest at Mount Dayaoshan, at elevations between 1000 and 1600 m, Dayaoshan National Nature Reserve, Jinxiu County, Guangxi, China. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Comparative morphology, call, and molecular markers detailed in the original publication, where this species was suggested on the basis of mtDNA (16S) to be the sister taxon of Leptobrachella verrucosa

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