Leptobrachium aryatium
| Leptobrachium aryatium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Leptobrachium |
| Species: | L. aryatium
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptobrachium aryatium Purkayastha et al., 2025
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Leptobrachium aryatium is a species of toad in the genus Leptobrachium which was described from Garbhanga Reserve Forest, Assam, India. The specific name 'arya' was given to honor the college where the author worked and specimen is kept.[1] It is a medium sized frog with adult SVL is 49.0–55.4 mm for males and 53.2–61.65 mm for females.[2] Phylogenetic analyses showed that Leptobrachium aryatium is sister lineage to the clade comprising L. sylheticum and L. smithi
References
[edit]- ^ "New Species of Frog Named After Guwahati's Arya Vidyapeeth College".
- ^ Purkayastha, J., Dutta, D., Gogoi, J. & Sengupta, S. (2025) A new species of Leptobrachium Tschudi, 1838 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Northeast India. Zootaxa, 5621 (1), 91–110. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.1.4