Leptobrachella petrops

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 petrops

Name

Leptobrachella petrops (Rowley, Dau, Hoang, Le, Cutajar & Nguyen, 2017)

• Holotype: VNMN 2016 A.06, adult ♂, collected by Jodi J.L. Rowley, Dau Quang Vinh, Hoang Duc Huy, and Hoang Anh Tuan on 25 May 2013.
• Type locality: “rocky stream in evergreen forest at Cham Chu Nature Reserve, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam (22.2045° N, 105.0754° E, 715 m)”.

Combinations

• Leptolalax petrops Rowley, Dau, Hoang, Le, Cutajar & Nguyen, 2017: 551 [original combination]
• Leptobrachella petrops — 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., Dau, V.Q., Hoang, H.D., Le, D.T.T., Cutajar, T.P. & Nguyen, T.T. 2017. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4243(3): 544–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.7. 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Stone Litter Toad