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Leptobrachella suiyangensis Luo, Xiao, Gao & Zhou, 2020

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

Leptobrachella suiyangensis, also known as Suiyang leaf-litter toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to Guizhou province in southern China and so far [when?] known only from Huoqiuba Nature Reserve, its type locality in the eponymous Suiyang County.

Wikipedia contributors, Leptobrachella suiyangensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:50:38.931096+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Leptobrachella suiyangensis Luo, Xiao, Gao & Zhou, 2020
Name authority
Luo, Xiao, Gao & Zhou, 2020
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Megophryidae
Genus
Leptobrachella
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyMegophryidae Bonaparte, 1850
  11. subfamilyLeptobrachiinae Dubois, 1980
  12. genusLeptobrachella Smith, 1925
  13. speciesLeptobrachella suiyangensis Luo, Xiao, Gao & Zhou, 2020

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Leptobrachella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Leptobrachella applebyi (Rowley & Cao, 2009)MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella ardens (Rowley, Tran, Le, Dau, Peloso, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2016)MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella bidoupensis (Rowley, Le, Tran & Hoang, 2011)MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella bijie Wang, Li, Li, Chen & Wang, 2019MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella brevicrus Dring, 1983MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella dringi (Dubois, 1987)MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella fuliginosa (Matsui, 2006)MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella hamidi (Matsui, 1997)MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella itiokai Eto, Matsui & Nishikawa, 2016MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella kalonensis (Rowley, Tran, Le, Dau, Peloso, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2016)MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella kecil (Matsui, Belabut, Ahmad & Yong, 2009)MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leptobrachella lateralis (Anderson, 1871)MegophryidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 232 records assigned to Megophryidae.

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1270303 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

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:Q9ZRQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.