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Leptobrachium gunungense Malkmus, 1996
Leptobrachium gunungensis Malkmus, 1996, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 72: 297. Holotype: ZMB 53628, by original designation. Type locality: "Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo . . . . Sungei Carson, 1850 m".
Leptobrachium (Leptobrachium) gunungense — Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 16–23. Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 12; agreement in gender.
Common Names
None noted.
Distribution
Montane tropical wet forest on the southern slopes of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, northern Borneo (Malaysia), 1750-2200 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)
Endemic: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)
Comment
Most closely related to Leptobrachium montanum according to the original publication. Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann, and Kosuch, 2002, Amph. Rept. Mount Kinabalu: 93–94, provided an account. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 435. In the Leptobrachium montanum complex of Al-Razi, Maria, and Poyarkov, 2021, J. Nat. Hist., London, 55: 85–114, who reported on molecular systematics.
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