Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Megophryidae > Leptobrachium > Leptobrachium leishanense

Leptobrachium leishanense (Leishan spiny toad)

Synonyms: Leptobrachium leishanensis; Vibrissaphora leishanensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Leptobrachium leishanense (Leishan spiny toad or Leishan moustache toad) is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family. It is endemic to China: it is only known from the vicinity of its type locality in Leishan County in Guizhou. Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss and overexploitation.
View Wikipedia Record: Leptobrachium leishanense

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Leptobrachium leishanense

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
67
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 19.04
EDGE Score: 5.08
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  366
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.098 inches (7.87 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests China Palearctic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Jian Nan subtropical evergreen forests China Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Leigongshan Nature Reserve 116881 China  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Leigong Shan Nature Reserve China

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0