page_title: Eastern spadefoot toad
hierarchical_section_title: Eastern spadefoot toad
caption_attribution_description: English: Leptobrachium boringii male at the height of the breeding season. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067502.g006
context_page_description: Eastern spadefoot toads comprise a genus of the family Megophryidae in the order Anura, and are found in southern China, northeast India, Southeast Asia, and islands of the Sunda Shelf as well as the Philippines. They are characterized by a stocky body with slender, short hindlimbs. In identifying species, iris colour is a valuable diagnostic morphological characteristic; the iris has uniform colour in some species, whereas in other species the upper half is coloured and the lower half is dark.
  The sister taxon of Leptobrachium is a clade that includes Scutiger and Oreolalax.
context_section_description: Eastern spadefoot toads (Leptobrachium, also known as large-eyed litter frogs) comprise a genus of the family Megophryidae in the order Anura, and are found in southern China, northeast India, Southeast Asia, and islands of the Sunda Shelf as well as the Philippines. They are characterized by a stocky body with slender, short hindlimbs. In identifying species, iris colour is a valuable diagnostic morphological characteristic (see Leptobrachium bompu for an example of a blue-eyed species); the iris has uniform colour in some species, whereas in other species the upper half is coloured and the lower half is dark.
  The sister taxon of Leptobrachium is a clade that includes Scutiger and Oreolalax.
caption: Leptobrachium boringii male at the height of the breeding season. Nuptial spines are clearly visible.[5] This character has been used to define subgenus Vibrissaphora.
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