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Leptolalax nahangensis Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov, and Ho, 1998

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

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Leptolalax nahangensis Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov, and Ho, 1998, Amphibia-Reptilia, 19: 260. Holotype: ROM 28715, by original designation. Type locality: "entrance of a cave, 7 km east of the village of Pac Ban (22° 19′ 94″ N; 105° 25′ 79″ E), elevation 314 m, Na Hang Nature Reserve, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam".

Leptolalax (Lalax) nahangensis — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 14.

Leptolalax (Lalos) nahangensis — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 67.

English Names

Nahang Asian Toad (Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 12).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Na Hang Nature Reserve, Tuyen Quang Province, northern Vietnam).

Comment

Ohler, Wollenberg, Grosjean, Hendrix, Vences, Ziegler, and Dubois, 2011, Zootaxa, 3147: 1-83, characterized the species comparatively.

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