Leptolalax kalonensis
Leptolalax kalonensis is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Leptolalax |
| Species: | L. kalonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptolalax kalonensis | |
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.
The specific epithet kalonensis refers to species's type locality, which was near a village formerly called Kalon.[2]
Distribution
As of 2016, this species has only been recorded in the Song Luy Watershed Forest, in Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam. Rowley and colleagues believe that it has a wider distribution, however.[2]
References
- Frost, Darrel. "Leptolalax kalonensis Rowley, Tran, Le, Dau, Peloso, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2016". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4085 (1): 90–93. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.3.
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