Leptobrachella melica

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 melica

Name

Leptobrachella melica (Rowley, Stuart, Thy & Emmett, 2010)

• Holotype: MVZ 258198, adult ♂, xollected by Jodi J.L. Rowley, Bryan L. Stuart and Neang Thy on 13 October 2007.
• Type locality: “on 2 cm diameter tree root, 0.5 m from 2 m wide, swift, rocky stream in Virachey National Park, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia (14.19287° N, 106.99612° E, 650 m)”.

Combinations

• Leptolalax melicus Rowley, Stuart, Neang & Emmett, 2010: 59 [original combination]
• Leptobrachella melica — 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., Thy, N. & Emmett, D.A. 2010. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from northeastern Cambodia. Zootaxa 2567(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2567.1.3 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. 2020. IUCN: Leptobrachella melica  (Endangered) (amended version of 2015 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T48101708A176547675. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T48101708A176547675.en. Accessed on 05 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Virachey Litter Toad