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Leptobrachella kalonensis (Rowley, Tran, Le, Dau, Peloso, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen & Ziegler 2016)

Leptobrachella kalonensis

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Leptobrachella kalonensis is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to Vietnam.[1]

Taxonomy

Jodi J. L. Rowley and colleagues described this species in 2016. The holotype was deposited at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR) in Hanoi. Paratypes were deposited at IEBR as well as the American Museum of Natural History.

Etymology

The specific epithet kalonensis refers to species's type locality, which was near a village formerly called Kalon.[2]

Distribution

As of 2021, this species has only been recorded in the Song Luy Watershed Forest, in Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam.[1] It probably has a wider distribution, however.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Leptobrachella kalonensis (Rowley, Tran, Le, Dau, Peloso, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2016)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Rowley, Jodi J. L.; Tran, Dao T. A.; Le, Duong T. T.; Dau, Vinh Q.; Peloso, Pedro L. V.; Nguyen, Truong Q.; Hoang, Huy D.; Nguyen, Tao T.; Ziegler, Thomas (2016). "Five new, microendemic Asian Leaf-litter Frogs (Leptolalax) from the southern Annamite mountains, Vietnam". Zootaxa. 4085 (1): 90–93. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.3. PMID 27394289.
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Leptobrachella kalonensis: Brief Summary

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Leptobrachella kalonensis is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to Vietnam.

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