Leptobrachium kantonishikawai Hamidy and Matsui, 2014

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

Leptobrachium kantonishikawai Hamidy and Matsui, 2014, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 33: 58. Holotype: KUHE 53107, by original designation. Type locality: "on the trail to New Dam, Bario, State of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (03° 45′ N, 115° 26′ E, 1150 m". 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from around the type locality, Bario, Kelabit Highland, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Geographic Occurrence

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

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

Comment

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

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