Leptobrachella rubromammata Poyarkov, Nguyen, Duong, Le, and Orlov, 2025

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

Leptobrachella rubromammata Poyarkov, Nguyen, Duong, Le, and Orlov, 2025, Russ. J. Herpetol., 32: 297. Holotype: ZMMU A-8300, by original designation. Type locality: "northern slopes of Chu Yang Sin Mt., Chu Yang Sin National Park, Bong Krang Commune, Lak District, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam (12.4186° N 108.364° E; elevation 1800 m a.s.l.)". ZooBank Publication registration: 4A851915-2E30-4486-B50E-954C76CFD4DA

Common Names

Red-nippled Litter Toad (original publication). 

Cóc lá tý hon tuyêìn ngýc cam (Vietnamese: original publication). 

Krasnogrudaya malaya chesnochnitsa (Russian: original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from a small montane area within Chu Yang Sin NP, Dak Lak Province, southern Vietnam, at elevations of ca. 1800 m. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

Comparaitve morphology and molecular markers (16S rRNA) detailed in the original paper, where the species was assigned to the Leptobrachella applebyi species group, considered to be conservation-vulnerable, and noted to have been previously confused with Leptobrachella bidoupensis

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