Leptobrachium smithi Matsui et al., 1999

Hakim, Jonathan, Trageser, Scott J., Ghose, Animesh, Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur & Rahman, Shahriar Caesar, 2020, Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1239-1268 : 1242-1243

Leptobrachium smithi Matsui et al., 1999

Figure 3A

Material examined. BANGLADESH • 1 adult; Syl- het Division, Moulvibazar District , Kamalganj Upazila, LNP, near Lawachara Station; 24°19.49′N, 091°47.25′E; 5 Jul. 2015; photo voucher ZRC ( IMG) 1.140 .

Identification. This frog keys out to the L. smithi species complex due to its slender limbs, broad depressed head, and bicolored black/scarlet eyes ( Kabir et al. 2009). It was distinguished from its closest congener L. rakhinensis Wogan, 2012 by having dark dorsal blotches not outlined in white, black mottling on the venter, distinct leg stripes, large sexual dimorphism, and bicolored eggs ( Wogan 2012; Dutta et al. 2013). The calls were a unique duck-like “quack.”

Habitat. This species was common in forest habitat, typically found sitting on leaf litter at trail and road margins. It was observed calling and breeding in small streams. While it was most often seen in mature forest,

specimens were occasionally encountered in adjacent degraded forest.