Leptobrachiinae

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
Genera (4): Leptobrachella – Leptobrachium – Oreolalax – Scutiger

Name

Leptobrachiinae Dubois, 1980

Synonymy

• Leptobrachiini Dubois, 1980: 471 [as a tribus of Megophryinae]
  • Type genus: Leptobrachium Tschudi, 1838, by original designation.
• Leptobrachiinae — Dubois, 1983: 272 [elevate to subfamilia]
• Oreolalaxinae Tian & Hu, 1985: 221 [synonymised by Dubois (1987: 173)]
  • Type genus: Oreolalax Myers & Leviton, 1962.
• Oreolalaginae — Dubois, 1987: 173 [justified emendation]
• Leptolalaginae Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean & Ohler, 2006: 13
  • Type genus: Leptolalax Dubois, 1980, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Dubois, A. 1980. Notes sur la systematique et la repartition des amphibiens anoures de Chine et des regions avoisinantes IV. Classification generique et subgenerique des Pelobatidae Megophryinae. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 49: 469–482.
• Dubois, A. 1983. Note préliminaire sur le genre Leptolalax Dubois, 1980 (Amphibiens, Anoures), avec diagnose d'une espèce nouvelle du Vietnam. Alytes 2: 147–153.
• Tian, W.-S. & Hu, Q.-x. 1985. Taxonomical studies on the primitive anurans of the Hengduan Mountains, with descriptions of a new subfamily and subdivision of Bombina. Acta Herpetologica Sinica. New Series 4(3): 219–224. BHL Reference page. 
• Dubois, A. [1986] 1987. Miscellanea nomenclatorica batrachologica (XIV). Alytes 5: 173–174.
• Delorme, M., Dubois, A., Grosjean, S. & Ohler, A. 2006. Une nouvelle ergotaxinomie des Megophryidae (Amphibia, Anura). Alytes 24(1-4): 6–21. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Leptobrachiinae. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (24 July 2021). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001