A new species of Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from the coastal forest of Dak Lak Province, Vietnam

A new species of <i>Leptobrachella</i> is described from the coastal forest of Deo Ca Mountain in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam, based on morphological differences and genetic divergences in 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene sequences. The new species is distinguished from other species of the genus <i>Leptobrachella</i> by body size, dorsal skin texture, absence of ventrolateral and femoral glands, absence of lateral fringes on fingers and toes, color pattern of head and body, and iris color. The new species is divergent from other congeners by at least 6.34% uncorrected genetic distance (16S rRNA gene). <i>Leptobrachella deocaensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is genetically closest to <i>L. macrops</i> from Vietnam, with strong nodal support from both BI and ML analyses (1.00/98).