Leptobrachella kecil
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Leptobrachella |
| Species: | L. kecil |
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Leptobrachella kecil is a species of megophryid frogs found in the Cameron Highlands of Peninsular Malaysia.[2] It is only known from its type locality, but it is expected to have a wider distribution in the Cameron Highlands. This species may have been erroneously identified as Leptobrachella gracilis.[3]
Description
Leptobrachella kecil is a small-sized toad, similar in size to L. pluvialis. Males recorded were 19–21 mm (0.75–0.83 in) in snout-vent length and one female was 25 mm (0.98 in). Male L. kecil call at night on the ground near streams. The call differs from those known in other species of its genus: male emits only one short, clearly pulsed call at a time, in contrast to long, successive notes of other species.[2]
Conservation
The species has been assessed as critically endangered by the IUCN due to its single location of occurrence, which has a very small area, (10 km²) being threatened by agricultural development.[1]
References
- 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Leptolalax kecil". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T79681353A92417188. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T79681353A92417188.en.
- 1 2 3 Matsui, M.; Belabut, D. M.; Ahmad, N.; Yong, H. S. (2009). "A new species of Leptolalax (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from Peninsular Malaysia". Zoological Science. 26 (3): 243–247. doi:10.2108/zsj.26.243. hdl:2433/216888. PMID 19341347. S2CID 33019260.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2024). "Leptobrachella kecil (Matsui, Daicus, Norhayati, and Yong, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.2, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
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