Leptolalax ventripunctatus

Leptolalax ventripunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Leptolalax
Species: L. ventripunctatus
Binomial name
Leptolalax ventripunctatus
Fei, Ye, and Li, 1990
Synonyms

Paramegophrys ventripunctatus (Fei, Ye, and Li, 1990)

Leptolalax ventripunctatus (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 subtropical moist lowland forests and rivers. Its status is insufficiently known.[1]

Leptolalax ventripunctatus 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. 1 2 Fei Liang, Ye Changyuan (2004). "Leptolalax ventripunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Leptolalax ventripunctatus Fei, Ye, and Li, 1990". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 102. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
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