Leptobrachella ventripunctata
| Leptobrachella ventripunctata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Leptobrachella |
| Species: | L. ventripunctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptobrachella ventripunctata (Fei, Ye, and Li, 1990) | |
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Leptobrachella ventripunctata (known as Yunnan Asian toad or more elaborately, speckle-bellied metacarpal-tubercled toad) is a frog species in the family Megophryidae. It is known from Mengla County in Yunnan, southern China, from Phongsaly Province in northern Laos, and from Tam Dao in northern Vietnam.[2] Its natural habitats are evergreen forests, montane bamboo forests, and rivers. It is likely threatened by the destruction of its mature forest habitat for agriculture.[1]
Leptobrachella ventripunctata is a small species: males grow to snout-vent length of about 26.5 mm (1.04 in). Tadpoles are larger in terms of length, 48–50 mm (1.9–2.0 in).[3]
References
- 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Leptobrachella ventripunctata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T57577A63863634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T57577A63863634.en.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2026). "Leptobrachella ventripunctata (Fei, Ye, and Li, 1990)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.2, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 102. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.