New frog is descibed in Son Tra Penninsula, Da Nang City, Central Vietnam

Rowley's Leaf-litter Frog (Leptobrachella rowleyae) is described recently in Son Tra Peninsula, Son Tra Nature Reserve, Da Nang City, Vietnam

This beautiful frog is a patrimony honouring Jodi J. L. Rowley, an amphibian biologist in Australian Museum (Sydney), who greatly contributed to the knowledge on Indochinese amphibians and the genus Leptolalax in particular, describing two-thirds of Indochinese species of Leptolalax.

The project is led by Nguyen Thanh Luan-a scientific officer of Asian Turtle Program of Indo-Myanmar Conservation under a cooperation between other international researchers. 

 

Leptobrachella rowlyae

Read more about this species: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4388.1.1