Leptobrachium kanowitense Hamidy, Matsui, Nishikawa, and Belabut, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Leptobrachiinae > Genus: Leptobrachium > Species: Leptobrachium kanowitense

Leptobrachium kanowitense Hamidy, Matsui, Nishikawa, and Belabut, 2012, Zootaxa, 3398: 35. Holotype: KUHE 42575, by original designation. Type locality: "upper part of Kanowit River (02° 07′ 59.7″ N, 112° 08′ 48.1″ E, 60 m a.s.l.), Sibu Division, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from inland western Borneo at Kanoit, Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)

Endemic: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)

Comment

Confused with Leptobrachium nigrops prior to its naming according to the original publication. In the Leptobrachium (Leptobrachium) hasseltii complex of Al-Razi, Maria, and Poyarkov, 2021, J. Nat. Hist., London, 55: 85–114, who reported on molecular systematics.

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