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 ailaonicum
Name
Leptobrachium ailaonicum Yang, Chen & Ma in Yang, Ma, Chen & Li, 1983
Type locality: "Xujiaba, Mt. Ailao, Jingdong County, Yunnan, altitude 2400 m", China.
Holotype: KIZ 8200490.
Synonyms
* Vibrissaphora ailaonica Yang, Chen & Ma in Yang, Ma, Chen & Li, 1983
* Leptobrachium (Leptobrachium) ailaonicum — Dubois, 1983
* Vibrissaphora ailaonica — Zhao & Adler, 1993
* Leptobrachium (Vibrissaphora) ailaonicum — Dubois & Ohler, 1998
* Vibrissaphora echinata — Frost, 2004
* Leptobrachium (Vibrissaphora) echinatum — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean & Ohler, 2006
* Leptobrachium ailaonicum — Rao & Wilkinson, 2008
* Leptobrachium echinatum — Rao & Wilkinson, 2008
References
* Yang, Chen, and Ma in Yang, Ma, Chen, and Li, 1983, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 8: 325.
* Zhao and Adler, 1993, Herpetol. China: 125.
* 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 ailaonicum . Accessed on 19 July 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Leptobrachium ailaonicum (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 11 June 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Ailao Spiny Toad
