Leptobrachella kecil is a species of megophryid frogs found in the Cameron Highlands of Peninsular Malaysia. It is only known from its type locality, but it is expected to have a wider distribution in the Cameron Highlands. This species may have been erroneously identified as Leptobrachella gracilis.
Description Leptobrachella kecil is a small-sized toad, similar in size to L. pluvialis. Males recorded were in snout-vent length and one female was . Male L. kecil call at night on the ground near streams. The call differs from those known in other species of its genus: male emits only one short, clearly pulsed call at a time, in contrast to long, successive notes of other species.
Conservation The species has been assessed as critically endangered by the IUCN due to its single location of occurrence, which has a very small area, (10 km²) being threatened by agricultural development.
References
External links Amphibian and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia - Leptolalax kecil