Leptobrachium rakhinense Wogan, 2012
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.
Leptobrachium rakhinense. Species of amphibian.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Leptobrachium rakhinense is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. Originally described from the eponymous Rakhine Mountains in Myanmar, it is now understood as also being present in Bangladesh and north-eastern India.
Wikipedia contributors, Leptobrachium rakhinense; 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 rakhinense Wogan, 2012
- Name authority
- Wogan, 2012
- 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 rakhinense Wogan, 2012
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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Leptobrachium rakhinensis Wogan, 2012 Wogan, 2012 | synonym |
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=1096706 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:3TKCV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.