Leptobrachium leishanensis

The Leishan mustache is an amphibian of the family Ceratopsidae and the genus Pseudomonas. The body is stout. The head is flat and the width of the head is greater than the length of the head. The skin is smooth, loose and wrinkled, and there is a network of skin ridges composed of moles on the back; the skin ridges are more obvious on the back of the limbs, and there are many and obvious warts on the sides of the body. The back of the body is generally blue-brown or purple-brown, with small gray-white particles scattered on the ventral surface, and a white crescent spot on the crotch.

The Leishan Mustache Toad lives near mountainous streams in broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 1100-1500 meters. Adults live a terrestrial life and live in humid environments in the forest during the non-breeding period. Adults live a terrestrial life, staying up and coming out at night, foraging for insects and other small invertebrates. Tadpoles mostly live under rocks in slow-moving water, feeding on moss and plankton. It takes about 2-3 years for tadpoles to turn into young toads.

The Thunder Mountain Mustache Toad can prey on a variety of pests and has a certain role in preventing and controlling pests in forest areas.

The Leishan Mustache Toad has a very narrow distribution area and a small number. It has a long tadpole period, is vulnerable to natural enemies, and has a low survival rate. As a result, the local people capture a large number of adult toads for consumption, and the number decreases sharply.

It is listed in the second level of "China's National Key Protected Wild Animals List".

Endemic to China, distributed in Guizhou (Fangxiang Township, Leishan County).

Lives in humid environments near streams in mountainous areas of broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 1100-1500m. In November, it enters the stream to reproduce, clinging to the bottom of the stone in a ring or pile shape.

The tympanic membrane is slightly prominent; there are auricular bones, teeth on the upper jaw, but no vomerine teeth. The skin is loose and wrinkled, with a network of skin ridges composed of nevus particles on the back, which is more obvious on the limbs and numerous and prominent on the sides of the body; the ventral surface is covered with white nevus particles; there are axillary glands and retrofemoral glands. The back of the body is blue-brown or purple-brown with irregular black spots; the upper half of the eye is light green and the lower half is dark brown; there are small gray-white particles scattered on the ventral surface of the body, and there is a white crescent spot on the crotch.