Leptobrachium hasseltii (Hasselt's toad, Java spadefoot toad, Hasselt's litter frog, Tschudi's frog) is a species of toad found in Southeast Asia. This frog named after Dutch Naturalist Johan Conrad van Hasselt.[2] According to the current understanding, this species is known with certainty only from Java (also the type locality), Madura, Bali, and Kangean Islands, Indonesia.[3] The species is also commonly reported to occur in the Philippines (Palawan, Mindoro, Bohol, Basilan, Mindanao islands),[4] but these are believed to refer to another, unnamed species.[1][3]
| Leptobrachium hasseltii | |
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| Male Leptobrachium hasseltii from Bogor, Java | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Leptobrachium |
| Species: | L. hasseltii
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptobrachium hasseltii Tschudi, 1838
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| Synonyms | |
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Megophrys hasseltii (Tschudi, 1838) | |
As Leptobrachium hasseltii is the type species of genus Leptobrachium, populations from many areas were first referred to as conforming with this species, only to be later recognized as separate species.[5] This applies, for example, to Leptobrachium hainanense from Hainan[6] and Leptobrachium liui from the mainland China,[3] and Leptobrachium smithi from Thailand and Burma.[5][7]
Description and habitat edit
Leptobrachium hasseltii has a large head that is wider than the body and with large eyes with a scarlet coloured iris, tips of digits round and webbed at the base, and smooth skin. Adults are dark above, patterned with darker circles, with a white ventral surface with black blotches. Juveniles are bluish in color. Females are larger (70 mm (2.8 in) snout-vent length) than males (60 mm (2.4 in) SVL).[4]
Leptobrachium hasseltii inhabits the forest floor litter of montane and lowland rainforests. Tadpoles live in quiet pools and ponds. The species is threatened by deforestation.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Leptobrachium hasseltii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T79936019A79935781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T79936019A79935781.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Iskandar, Djoko T. (1998). The amphibians of Java and Bali. Kartikasari, Sri Nurani. [Indonesia?]: Research and Development Centre for Biology--LIPI. ISBN 979-579-014-5. OCLC 47352759.
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Leptobrachium hasseltii Tschudi, 1838". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ a b Marcelino, Janel (27 February 2006). "Leptobrachium hasseltii". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ a b Matsui, Masafumi; Jarujin Nabhitabhata; Somsak Panha (1999). "On Leptobrachium from Thailand with a description of a new species (Anura: Pelobatidae)". Japanese Journal of Herpetology. 18 (1): 19–29. doi:10.5358/hsj1972.18.1_19.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Leptobrachium hainanense Ye and Fei, 1993". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Leptobrachium smithi Matsui, Nabhitabhata, and Panha, 1999". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 November 2013.