Leptobrachium liui

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Leptobrachium liui
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Leptobrachium
Species:
L. liui
Binomial name
Leptobrachium liui
(Pope, 1947) [2]
Synonyms

Vibrissaphora liuiPope, 1947
Vibrissaphora yaoshanensisLiu and Hu, 1978
Vibrissaphora jiulongshanensisWei and Zhao, 1981

Leptobrachium liui, the Chong'an moustache toad or Pope's spiny toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae.

It is endemic to southern and southeastern China. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Yang Datong; Lu Shunqing (2004). "Leptobrachium liui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Leptobrachium liui (Pope, 1947)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 September 2016.