Leptobrachella yongshunensis Huang, Wu, Jiang, and Zhang, 2025

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

Leptobrachella yongshunensis Huang, Wu, Jiang, and Zhang in Huang, Zhang, Jiang, Tian, Huang, Xu, Liu, Li, Zhang, and Wu, 2025, Zoosyst. Evol., 101: 110. Holotype: JSUHJ2024005, by original designation. Type locality: "China·♂; Hunan Province, Yongshun County, Hunan Xiaoxi National Nature Reserve; 28.809°N, 110.261°E, ca. 500 m a.s.l.". Zoobank Publication registration: 20764ABF-6164-4195-9F49-3F42D019EDD8

Common Names

顺掌突蟾 (original publication).

Yongshun Leaf-litter Toad (original publication). 

Distribution

 Known only from the Hunan Xiaoxi National Nature Reserve, Yongshun County, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Comparative morphology, advertisement call, and molecular markers (538 bp of 16S mtDNA) detailed in the original publication, where this species was considered to be the sister taxon of Leptobrachella wulingensis

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