Leptobrachium xanthops

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Leptobrachium xanthops
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Leptobrachium
Species:
L. xanthops
Binomial name
Leptobrachium xanthops
Stuart, Phimmachak, Seateun, and Sivongxay, 2012

Leptobrachium xanthops is a species of frogs in the family Megophryidae from southeastern Laos. It is known only from the Dak Cheung Plateau of Phou Ajol Mountain, Dak Cheung District, Sekong Province, Laos. It may also occur in adjacent areas of northwestern Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, as well as in Xe Sap National Protected Area, Laos, and Song Thanh Nature Reserve, Vietnam. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Leptobrachium xanthops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T47151835A50980050. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T47151835A50980050.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.