''Leptophryne'' is a small
genus
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of true toads, family
Bufonidae, with only three
species
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.
[ The genus is found in ]Southeast Asia
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, in the Malay Peninsula
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(including Peninsular Thailand
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Geography
Southern Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula, with an area of around , bounded ...
) and the Greater Sunda Islands. Its relationships within Bufonidae are uncertain; its closest relative might be '' Epidalea''.[
]
Species
Three species are recognized in this genus:[
]
References
External links
* Taxo
''Leptophryne''
at https://web.archive.org/web/20080501142231/http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger
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