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Leptolalax aereus Rowley, Stuart, Richards, Phimmachak, and Sivongxay, 2010

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Genus: Leptolalax

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Leptolalax aereus Rowley, Stuart, Richards, Phimmachak, and Sivongxay, 2010, Zootaxa, 2681: 36. Holotype: SAMA R64236, by original designation. Type locality: "mid-stream rock pile in 6 m wide, swift rocky stream in semi-evergreen forest in the Sepon Mining Tenement, Vilabouli District, Savannakhet Province, Laos (16.96317° N, 106.0466° E, 326 m)".

Leptolalax (Lalos) aereus — Ohler, Wollenberg, Grosjean, Hendrix, Vences, Ziegler, and Dubois, 2011, Zootaxa, 3147: 4.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Vilabouli District, Savannakhet Province, Laos; Ha Tinh, Nghe An, and Quang Binh provinces of Vietnam.

Comment

Most similar to Leptolalax oshanensis according to the original publication. Ohler, Wollenberg, Grosjean, Hendrix, Vences, Ziegler, and Dubois, 2011, Zootaxa, 3147: 1-83, characterized the species comparatively and provided a description of the larva.

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