Leptobrachium smithi

Leptobrachium smithi

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 smithi

Name

Leptobrachium smithi Matsui, Nabhitabhata & Panha, 1999

Type locality: "Ton Nam Plu Waterfall, Khao Chong, Trang Province, Thailand (7° 34´ N, 99° 49´ E, alt. 260 m)".

Holotype: NHMT A 001.

Etymology: Species is named in appreciation after Malcolm Arthur Smith, one of the early herpetologists to study the amphibians of Thailand.

Synonyms

• Leptobrachium smithi Matsui, Nabhitabhata & Panha, 1999
• Leptobrachium (Leptobrachium) smithi — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean & Ohler, 2006

References

• Matsui, Nabhitabhata, and Panha, 1999, Japan. J. Herpetol., 18: 19–29.
• Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 12.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Leptobrachium smithi . Accessed on 08 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Leptobrachium smithi  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 08 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Smith's Spadefoot Toad
ไทย: อึ่งผี, อึ่งกรายหมอสมิธ, อึ่งกรายลายเลอะ

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