Leptobrachella aerea

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 aerea

Name

Leptobrachella aerea (Rowley, Stuart, Richards, Phimmachak & Sivongxay, 2010)

• Holotype: SAMA R64236, adult ♂, collected by B.L. Stuart, S.J. Richards, S. Phimmachak and N. Sivongxay on 23 November 2008.
• Type locality: “mid-stream rock pile in 6 m wide, swift rocky stream in semi-evergreen forest in the Sepon Mining Tenement, Vilabouli District, Savannakhet Province, Laos (16.96317° N, 106.0466° E, 326 m)”.

Combinations

• Leptolalax aereus Rowley, Stuart, Richards, Phimmachak & Sivongxay, 2010: 36 [original combination]
• Leptobrachella aerea — 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., Stuart, B.L., Richards, S.J., Phimmachak, S. & Sivongxay, N. 2010. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Laos. Zootaxa 2681(1): 35–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2681.1.3 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. 2015. IUCN: Leptobrachella aerea  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T47152093A47152098. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T47152093A47152098.en. Accessed on 05 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Copper Litter Toad