Leptobrachium lunatum Stuart, Som, Neang, Hoang, Le, Dau, Potter, and Rowley, 2020

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Leptobrachiinae > Genus: Leptobrachium > Species: Leptobrachium lunatum

Leptobrachium lunatum Stuart, Som, Neang, Hoang, Le, Dau, Potter, and Rowley, 2020, J. Nat. Hist., London, 54: 235. Holotype: MVZ 258179, by original designation. Type locality: "Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Veunsai District, Virachey National Park, 14.19287°N, 106.99612°E, 650 m elev." Zoobank publication registration: CE6650AF-D9FB-40F4-8A2E-9B4E23AAC205 

English Names

Tay Nguyen Spadefoot Toad (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 33). 

Distribution

Central Highlands (= Kon Tum Plateau) of north-eastern Cambodia (Veunsai and Ta Veng Districts, Ratanakiri Province) and central Vietnam (Dak Glei and Kon Plong Districts, Kon Tum Province, and Mang Yang District, Gia Lai Province, and Tra My District, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam) 600 to 2105 m elevation; presumably to be found in adjacent Laos. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cambodia, Vietnam

Comment

The sister taxon of Leptobrachium mouhoti, and previously confused with that species and Leptobrachium pullum, according to the original publication. 

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