Leptobrachium ailaonicum

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: Leptobrachium
Species: Leptobrachium ailaonicum

Name

Leptobrachium ailaonicum Yang, Chen & Ma in Yang, Ma, Chen & Li, 1983

Type locality: "Xujiaba, Mt. Ailao, Jingdong County, Yunnan, altitude 2400 m", China.

Holotype: KIZ 8200490.

Synonyms

• Vibrissaphora ailaonica Yang, Chen & Ma in Yang, Ma, Chen & Li, 1983
• Leptobrachium (Leptobrachium) ailaonicum — Dubois, 1983
• Vibrissaphora ailaonica — Zhao & Adler, 1993
• Leptobrachium (Vibrissaphora) ailaonicum — Dubois & Ohler, 1998
• Vibrissaphora echinata — Frost, 2004
• Leptobrachium (Vibrissaphora) echinatum — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean & Ohler, 2006
• Leptobrachium ailaonicum — Rao & Wilkinson, 2008
• Leptobrachium echinatum — Rao & Wilkinson, 2008

References

• Yang, Chen, and Ma in Yang, Ma, Chen, and Li, 1983, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 8: 325.
• Zhao and Adler, 1993, Herpetol. China: 125.
• Rao and Wilkinson, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 46: 69.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Leptobrachium ailaonicum
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Leptobrachium ailaonicum  (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 11 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ailao Spiny Toad
中文: 哀牢髭蟾