Leptobrachella minima

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 minima

Name

Leptobrachella minima (Taylor, 1962)

• Holotype: FMNH 178228 (formerly EHT-HMS 34020), adult ♂, collected by E.H. Taylor on 21 December 1957.
• Type locality: “Doi Suthep, circa 1000 m elevation[,] Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai province, Thailand”.
• Paratypes: FMNH 178229 (formerly EHT-HMS 22), ♂, and 178230 (formerly EHT-HMS 35980), ♂, same data as for the holotype.

Combinations

• Leptobrachium minimum Taylor, 1962: 320 [original combination]
• Leptobrachella minima — 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

• Taylor, E.H. 1962. The Amphibian Fauna of Thailand. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 43(8): 265–599. BHL Reference page. 
• Ohler A., Wollenberg K.C., Grosjean S., Hendrix R., Vences M., Ziegler T., Dubois A. 2011. Sorting out Lalos: description of new species and additional taxonomic data on megophryid frogs from northern Indochina (genus Leptolax, Megophryidae, Anura). Zootaxa 3147: 1–83. Abstract.
• 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. 2017. IUCN: Leptobrachella minima  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48101848A48101855. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48101848A48101855.en. Accessed on 05 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Small Litter Toad