Leptobrachium montanum Fischer, 1885
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
There were a lot of these calling from the forest floor near a forest stream within Kinabalu National Park, at approximately 1585m above sea level.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Leptobrachium montanum is a species of frog from the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to Borneo and is, as currently defined, found in Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), and Labi, Belait (Brunei). However, the nominal Leptobrachium montanum is a composed of more than one lineage. Available information mostly refers to this composite rather than the "true" Leptobrachium montanum. Common names montane large-eyed litter frog, mountain spadefoot toad, and mountain litter frog have been coined for it.
Wikipedia contributors, Leptobrachium montanum; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:52:23.356043+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leptobrachium montanum Fischer, 1885
- Name authority
- Fischer, 1885
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Megophryidae
- Genus
- Leptobrachium
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyMegophryidae Bonaparte, 1850
- subfamilyLeptobrachiinae Dubois, 1980
- genusLeptobrachium Tschudi, 1838
- speciesLeptobrachium montanum Fischer, 1885
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Leptobrachium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Leptobrachium abbotti (Cochran, 1926) | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium buchardi Ohler, Teynié & David, 2004 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium guangxiense Fei, Mo, Ye & Jiang, 2009 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium hasseltii Tschudi, 1838 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium hendricksoni Taylor, 1962 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium kantonishikawai Hamidy & Matsui, 2014 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium leishanense (Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao & Lu, 1973) | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium liui (Pope, 1947) | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium mangyanorum Brown, Siler, Diesmos & Alcala, 2010 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium mouhoti Stuart, Sok & Neang, 2006 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium ngoclinhense (Orlov, 2005) | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leptobrachium promustache (Rao, Wilkinson & Zhang, 2006) | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=664151 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3TKCH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.