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Leptobrachella tengchongensis (Yang, Wang, Chen, and Rao, 2016)
Leptolalax tengchongensis Yang, Wang, Chen, and Rao, 2016, Zootaxa, 4088: 384. Holotype: SYS a004600, by original designation. Type locality: "3 m away from a rocky stream. The stream was 3–4 m wide, flowing through a montane evergreen broadleaf forest at Linjiapu substation of the Tengchong Section of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, China (25°17′51.26″ N, 98°42′03.93″ E, 2100 m above sea level)". Zoobank publication registration: DBAAB499-4DD9-47B2-A5BE-DD726EEF0877
Leptobrachella tengchongensis — Chen, Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Lathrop, Wu, Zhou, Yuan, Jin, Chen, Liu, Nguyen, Nguyen, Duong, Eto, Nishikawa, Matsui, Orlov, Stuart, Brown, Rowley, Murphy, Wang, and Che, 2018, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 124: 162, by implication.
Common Names
Tengchong Leaf Litter Toad (original publication).
Distribution
Known from its type locality, near Linjiapu substation (a ranger station) of the Tengchong Section of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Tengchong County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, China, 2000–2100 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of
Endemic: China, People's Republic of
Comment
The sister taxon of Leptolalax bourreti + (Leptolalax eos + Leptolalax oshanensis) according to the original publication. Yeung, Huang, Yang, and Yang, 2021, Asian Herpetol. Res., 12: 221–227, reported on the advertisement call.
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