Leptobrachium liui

Leptobrachium liui, the Chong'an moustache toad or Pope's spiny toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae.

Leptobrachium liui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Leptobrachium
Species:
L. liui
Binomial name
Leptobrachium liui
(Pope, 1947)[2]
Synonyms

Vibrissaphora liui Pope, 1947
Vibrissaphora yaoshanensis Liu and Hu, 1978
Vibrissaphora jiulongshanensis Wei and Zhao, 1981

It is endemic to southern and southeastern China.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References
  1. Yang Datong; Lu Shunqing (2004). "Leptobrachium liui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Leptobrachium liui (Pope, 1947)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 September 2016.


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