Leptobrachella ardens, commonly called the Kon Ka Kinh litter toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Vietnam, occurring only in Kon Ka Kinh National Park of Gia Lai.[1]

Leptobrachella ardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Leptobrachella
Species:
L. ardens
Binomial name
Leptobrachella ardens
(Rowley, Tran, Le, Dau, Peloso, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2016)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptolalax ardens Rowley et al., 2016

References

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  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Leptobrachella ardens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T91947985A91947988. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T91947985A91947988.en.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2024). "Leptobrachella ardens (Rowley, Tran, Le, Dau, Peloso, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2016)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  3. Rowley, Jodi J. L.; Tran, Dao T. A.; Le, Duong T. T.; Dau, Vinh Q.; Peloso, Pedro L. V.; Nguyen, Truong Q.; Hoang, Huy D.; Nguyen, Tao T.; Ziegler, Thomas (2016-03-01). "Five new, microendemic Asian Leaf-litter Frogs (Leptolalax) from the southern Annamite mountains, Vietnam". Zootaxa. 4085 (1): 63–102. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27394289.