Leptobrachella firthi

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

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

Name

Leptobrachella firthi (Rowley, Hoang, Dau, Le & Cao, 2010)

• Holotype: AM R 176524, adult ♂, collected by Jodi J.L. Rowley, Huy Duc Hoang, Duong Thi Thuy Le, and Vinh Quang Dau on 2 April 2010.
• Type locality: “rocky stream with small cascades in montane evergreen forest in Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam (15.0628° N, 107.8587° E, 1716 m)”.

Combinations

• Leptolalax firthi Rowley, Hoang, Dau, Le & Cao, 2012: 58 [original combination]
• Leptobrachella firthi — 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., Hoang, H.D., Dau, V.Q., Le, D.T.T. & Cao, T.T. 2012. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from central Vietnam. Zootaxa 3321(1): 56–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3321.1.4 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. 2017. IUCN: Leptobrachella firthi  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48101669A113957118. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48101669A113957118.en. Accessed on 05 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Firth’s Litter Toad