Leptobrachella ardens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Leptobrachiinae
Genus: Leptobrachella
Species: Leptobrachella ardens

Name

Leptobrachella ardens (Rowley, Tran, Le, Dau, Peloso, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2016)

• Holotype: VNMN 04707/AMS R 176454, adult ♂, collected by Jodi J. L. Rowley, Vinh Quang Dau, Huy Duc Hoang, Luong Thi Nguyen, Tan Thanh Le, Dinh Djung, and Y H'Jun on 21 August 2011.
• Type locality: “clay bank 1.5 m from headwaters of 1–2m wide rocky, medium gradient, high–flow stream in evergreen forest in Kon Ka Kinh National Park, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam (14.2258° N, 108.3230° E; 1162 m elevation)”.

Combinations

• Leptolalax ardens Rowley, Tran, Le, Dau, Peloso, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2016: 75 [original combination]
• Leptobrachella ardens — Chen, Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Lathrop, Wu, Zhou, Yuan, Jin, Chen, Liu, Nguyen, Nguyen, Duong, Eto, Nishikawa, Matsui, Orlov, Stuart, Brown, Rowley, Murphy, Wang & Che, 2018: 162 [subsequent combination, by implication]

References

Primary references

• Rowley, J.J.L., Tran, D.T.A., Le, D.T.T., Dau, V.Q., Peloso, P.L.V., Nguyen, T.Q., Hoang, D.H., Nguyen, T.T. & Ziegler, T. 2016. Five new, microendemic Asian Leaf-litter Frogs (Leptolalax) from the southern Annamite mountains, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4085(1): 63–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.3 Reference page. 
• Chen, J., Poyarkov Jr., N.A., Suwannapoom, C., Lathrop, A., Wu, Y.-H., Zhou, W.-W., Yuan, Z.-Y., Jin, J.-Q., Chen, H.-M., Liu, H.-Q., Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, S.N., Duong, T.V., Eto, K., Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M., Orlov, N.L., Stuart, B.L., Brown, R.M., Rowley, J.J.L., Murphy, R.W., Wang, Y.-Y. & Che, J. 2018. Large-scale phylogenetic analyses provide insights into unrecognized diversity and historical biogeography of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124: 162–171. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.020 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2021. IUCN: Leptobrachella ardens  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T91947985A91947988. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T91947985A91947988.en. Accessed on 05 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Kon Ka Kinh Litter Toad