taxonID	type	description	language	source
4680A168394C5C958F87A7B40C9723EE.taxon	description	Fig. 3 Foshan Leaf Litter Toad (in English) / Fo Shan Zhang Tu Chan (佛山掌突蟾 in Chinese)	en	Zhang, Qi-Qi, Lin, Shi-Shi, Li, Yuan-Hang, Su, Hong-Lin, Chen, Hong-Hui, Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Wang, Jian (2025): A new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from central Guangdong Province, China. ZooKeys 1259: 185-204, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1259.164646
4680A168394C5C958F87A7B40C9723EE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. (1) Small body size [SVL 25.7 – 28.2 mm in six adult males]; (2) iris bicolored, upper half coppery orange and lower half grayish brown; (3) tympanum distinct; (4) distinct black supratympanic line; (5) fingers without lateral fringes; (6) toes with rudimentary webbing and wide lateral fringes; (7) longitudinal ridges under toes continuous; (8) heels just meeting when adpressed, tibial-tarsal articulation reaching loreal region; (9) dorsal surface shagreened with dense tubercles and raised warts, lacking skin ridges; (10) ventral surface smooth; (11) dorsum grayish brown to dark brown with indistinct dark brown scattered markings; (12) flank with several dark spots; (13) surface of throat, chest and abdomen creamy white.	en	Zhang, Qi-Qi, Lin, Shi-Shi, Li, Yuan-Hang, Su, Hong-Lin, Chen, Hong-Hui, Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Wang, Jian (2025): A new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from central Guangdong Province, China. ZooKeys 1259: 185-204, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1259.164646
4680A168394C5C958F87A7B40C9723EE.taxon	description	Description of holotype. Adult male. Body size small, SVL 25.8 mm. Head length slightly longer than head width, HDW / HDL 0.92; snout slightly protruding, projecting slightly beyond margin of lower jaw; nostril closer to snout than eye; canthus rostralis gently rounded; loreal region slightly concave; interorbital space flat, internarial distance slightly larger than interorbital distance, IND / IOD 1.03; pineal ocellus absent; pupil vertical; eye diameter slightly longer than snout, SNT / EYE 0.97; tympanum distinct, rounded, diameter smaller than that of eye and larger than tympanum-eye distance, TMP / EYE 0.50, TEY / TMP 0.56; upper margin of tympanum in contact with supratympanic ridge; vomerine teeth absent; a single vocal sac; vocal sac openings slit-like, paired, located posterolaterally on floor of mouth, close to margins of mandible; tongue deeply notched distally; supratympanic ridge distinct, extending from posterior corner of eye to supra-axillary gland. Tips of fingers rounded, slightly swollen; relative finger lengths I = II = IV <III; nuptial pad absent; subarticular tubercles absent; inner palmar tubercle large, rounded, distinctly separated from outer palmar tubercle; outer palmar tubercle small, rounded; fingers lacking interdigital webbing and lateral fringes. Tips of toes rounded, slightly swollen; relative toe length I <II <V <III <IV; longitudinal ridges under toes continuous; inner metatarsal tubercle large, oval; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; interdigital webbing between toes rudimentary; wide lateral fringes present on all toes. Tibia 49 % of snout-vent length; tibiotarsal articulation reaches loreal region; heels just meeting where thighs are appressed at right angles with respect to body. Skin on dorsum shagreened and scattered with dense tubercles and raised warts; ventral skin smooth; pectoral and femoral glands oval, both larger in diameter than tip of digits; femoral gland situated on posteroventral surface of thigh, closer to knee than to vent; supra-axillary gland raised. Ventrolateral gland distinctly visible, forming a longitudinal discontinuous series.	en	Zhang, Qi-Qi, Lin, Shi-Shi, Li, Yuan-Hang, Su, Hong-Lin, Chen, Hong-Hui, Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Wang, Jian (2025): A new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from central Guangdong Province, China. ZooKeys 1259: 185-204, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1259.164646
4680A168394C5C958F87A7B40C9723EE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The type locality of the new species, Foshan, is known as the City of Chinese Kungfu. Many renowned Kungfu masters, such as Fei-Hong Huang (黄飞鸿), Zan Liang (梁赞), Yip Man (= Wen Ye / 叶问), and Bruce Lee (= Xiao-Long Li / 李小龙), had ancestral homes in Foshan and received their training there. The specific name kungfu is chosen to commemorate an important cultural aspect of Foshan City.	en	Zhang, Qi-Qi, Lin, Shi-Shi, Li, Yuan-Hang, Su, Hong-Lin, Chen, Hong-Hui, Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Wang, Jian (2025): A new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from central Guangdong Province, China. ZooKeys 1259: 185-204, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1259.164646
4680A168394C5C958F87A7B40C9723EE.taxon	distribution	Distribution, ecology, and conservation. Leptobrachella kungfu sp. nov. is currently known only from its type locality (Fig. 1), ca 800 – 1400 m a. s. l. The new species inhabits clear-water rocky streams in primary forests surrounded by broad-leaved forest on granite landforms. Males were observed calling while perched on rocks or on the leaves of dwarf shrubs near flowing seeps. The breeding season lasts from February to June according to our long-term observation. Given that the current information on the distribution and threats of this species is still not fully understood, we recommend the new species be listed as Data Deficient (DD) according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List categories and criteria.	en	Zhang, Qi-Qi, Lin, Shi-Shi, Li, Yuan-Hang, Su, Hong-Lin, Chen, Hong-Hui, Zhang, Xiu-Yu, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Wang, Jian (2025): A new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from central Guangdong Province, China. ZooKeys 1259: 185-204, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1259.164646
