Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Mesobatrachia
Familia: Megophryidae
Genus: Leptobrachium
Species: Leptobrachium boringii
Name
Leptobrachium boringii Liu, 1945
Type locality: "Ta-nge-sze [= Taosze] ( . . .), Mont-Omei, 3590 feet altitude", Sichuan, China.
Holotype: CIB 237.
Synonyms
* Vibrissaphora boringii Liu, 1945
* Leptobrachium (Leptobrachium) boringii — Dubois, 1980
* Leptobrachium (Vibrissaphora) boringii — Duellman & Trueb, 1986
* Vibrissaphora boringii — Zhao & Adler, 1993
* Vibrissaphora boringiae — Michels & Bauer, 2004
* Leptobrachium boringiae — Rao & Wilkinson, 2008
References
* Liu, 1945, J. West China Border Res. Soc., Ser. B, 15: 28.
* Michels and Bauer, 2004, Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 52: 86.
* Rao and Wilkinson, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 46: 69.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Leptobrachium boringii . Accessed on 19 July 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Leptobrachium boringii (Endangered) Downloaded on 11 June 2008. (as Vibrissaphora boringii)
Vernacular names
English: Taosze Spiny Toad
