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Issue: Vol. 4243 No. 3: 16 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.7
Page range: 544–564
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A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from northern Vietnam

Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William St, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Hong Duc University, 565 Quang Trung Street-Dong Ve Ward-Thanh Hoa City, Vietnam
Faculty of Biology - Biotechnology, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City-University of Science, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Faculty of Biology - Biotechnology, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City-University of Science, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William St, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
Amphibia Acoustics Anura L. petrops sp. nov. Southeast Asia Vietnam

Abstract

We describe a new, medium-sized Leptolalax species from Vietnam. Leptolalax petrops sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of having a medium-sized body (23.6–27.6 mm in 21 adult males, 30.3–47.0 mm in 17 adult females), immaculate white chest and belly, no distinct black markings on the head, highly tuberculate skin texture, toes lacking webbing and with narrow lateral fringes, and a call consisting of an average of four notes and a dominant frequency of 5.6–6.4 kHz (at 24.5–25.3 °C). Uncorrected sequence divergences between L. petrops sp. nov. and all homologous DNA sequences available for the 16S rRNA gene are >8%.

 

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