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 | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Megophryidae |
Genus: | Leptolalax |
Species: | L. ventripunctatus
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Binomial name | |
Leptolalax ventripunctatus Fei, Ye, and Li, 1990
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Synonyms | |
Paramegophrys ventripunctatus (Fei, Ye, and Li, 1990) |
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
edit- ^ a b Fei, Liang; Ye, Changyuan (2004). "Leptolalax ventripunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T57577A11648456. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57577A11648456.en. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 102. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.