Leptobrachella pelodytoides
| Leptobrachella pelodytoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Leptobrachella |
| Species: | L. pelodytoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptobrachella pelodytoides (Boulenger, 1893) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Leptobrachella pelodytoides, with common names including the Thao Asian toad, Myanmar litter toad, and Karin toadfrog, among others, is a frog species in the family Megophryidae. It occurs near its type locality in the Karen Hills region in the Kayah State, eastern Myanmar, as well as the southern Yunnan province of China and in several regions of Thailand.[2]
As Leptobrachella pelodytoides was one of the first megophryid species to be described from the region, later research has shown that many specimens that have been reported as L. pelodytoides represent other species, including Leptobrachella bourreti, Leptobrachella oshanensis, Leptobrachella eos, and Leptobrachella minima.[2]
Description
Leptobrachella pelodytoides is large for its genus: males measure 28–32 mm (1.1–1.3 in) and females 36–38 mm (1.4–1.5 in) in snout-vent length. Their back is brown with indistinct darker outline on warts and foldings and sides are with large dark blackish spots.[3]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Leptobrachella pelodytoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T57572A47153009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T57572A47153009.en.
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2024). "Leptobrachella pelodytoides (Boulenger, 1893)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.2, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ Ohler, A.; K. C. Wollenberg; P. Grosjean; R. Hendrix; M. Vences; T. Ziegler; A. Dubois (2011). "Sorting out Lalos: description of new species and additional taxonomic data on megophryid frogs from northern Indochina (genus Leptolalax, Megophryidae, Anura)". Zootaxa. 3147: 1–83.