Image: Appleby's Asian Leaf Litter Toad Leptolalax applebyi
Description
Appleby's Asian Leaf Litter Toad, Leptolalax applebyi, is a new species of frog from central Vietnam named after Robert Appleby, a generous supporter of biodiversity conservation and scientific capacity building in Asia. Discovered by Dr Jodi Rowley and her Vietnamese colleague Cao Tien Trung, this tiny two-centimetre frog spends most of its time hiding under leaf litter, and was only discovered after hours searching the forest floor for a faint cricket-like calling heard intermittently in a small patch of forest.
Rowley, J.J. L. & T. T. Cao. 2009. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from central Vietnam. Zootaxa.2198: 51–60.
- Photographer:
- Jodi J. L. Rowley
- Rights:
- © Jodi J. L. Rowley/Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Appleby's Asian Leaf Litter Toad
- Scientific name:
- Leptolalax applebyi
- Family:
- Megophryidae
- Order:
- Anura
- Location:
- Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
Additional information
Check out the video story on the Wall Street Journal about the discovery of Appleby's Asian Toad by Jodi.
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Jodi Rowley and frog View full size
David Emmett
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Appleby's Asian Toad Leptolalax applebyi View full size
Jodi Rowley
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Reinwardt's Flying Frog Rhacophorus reinwardtii View full size
Jodi J. L. Rowley
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1 comment
Finton Mahony
9.01 AM, 19 January 2010
Cool!
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