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Adding short description: "Species of frog" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Species of frog}}
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| taxon = Leptobrachella nokrekensis
| authority = (Mathew and Sen, 2010)
| synonyms = {{species list
| Leptobrachium nokrekensis | Mathew and Sen, 2010 "2009"<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2010"/>
| Leptolalax nokrekensis | (Mathew and Sen, 2010) }}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/>
| range_map = {{Location map | India
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| alt = Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in India
| lat_deg = 25.483
| lon_deg = 90.315
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| range_map_caption = ''Leptobrachella nokrekensis'' is only known from the [[Nokrek Biosphere Reserve]] in [[Meghalaya]], India
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'''''Leptobrachella nokrekensis''''' is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Megophryidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to [[Northeast India]] and only known from the [[Nokrek Biosphere Reserve]] in [[East Garo Hills district]], [[Meghalaya]].<ref name=Frost/><ref name="Venkataraman et al. 2013"/><ref name="India Biodiversity Portal"/> Common names '''Nokrek megophryid frog'''<ref name="Venkataraman et al. 2013"/> and '''Nokrek's spadefoot toad''' have been proposed for it.<ref name="India Biodiversity Portal"/>

==Description==
Males measure {{convert|26|-|33|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and females, based on two specimens, {{convert|34|-|35|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in [[snout–vent length]].<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2010"/> The head is broader than it is long but narrower than the body. The [[Tympanum (anatomy)|tympanum]] is sunk and vertically oval; the supratympanic fold is distinct. The eyes are bulging. The [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsum]] has tubercles and a few longitudinal folds. A prominent skin fold overhangs the vent. The forelimbs are slender and moderate in length. The fingers are free of webbing and have rounded tips that are slightly swollen but not disc-like. The hind limbs relatively long. The toes have basal webbing. The dorsum is brownish with dark irregular markings all over, powdered with white. There is a triangular mark between eyes, followed by an inverted "Y"-shaped mark. The belly is creamish and laterally bordered with blackish spots and a line of white glandular tubercles. A pair of reddish warts are located below and above the vent. The forelimbs have cross-bands and hind limbs black bands. The [[Iris (anatomy)|iris]] has fine dark network or reticulation.<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2010"/><ref name="Venkataraman et al. 2013"/><ref name="India Biodiversity Portal"/>

==Habitat and conservation==
The [[type series]] was collected from river/stream inside the reserve forest at elevations between {{convert|964|and|1054|m|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]].<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2010"/> As of May 2020, ''Leptolalax nokrekensis'' has not been assessed for the [[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]],<ref name=IUCN/> while the India Biodiversity Portal lists it as "[[data deficient]]".<ref name="India Biodiversity Portal"/>

==References==
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<ref name=Frost>{{cite journal |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Leptobrachiinae/Leptobrachella/Leptobrachella-nokrekensis |title=''Leptobrachella nokrekensis'' (Mathew and Sen, 2010) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2020 |journal=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="India Biodiversity Portal">{{cite web | url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/282697 | title=''Leptobrachella nokrekensis'' (Mathew and Sen, 2010) |website=India Biodiversity Portal | access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=IUCN>{{cite web | title = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/ | access-date = 7 May 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2010">{{cite journal |last1=Mathew |first1=Rosamma |last2=Sen |first2=Nibedita |name-list-style=amp |year=2009 |title=Description of a new species of ''Leptobrachium'' Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Meghalaya, India |journal=Records of the Zoological Survey of India |volume=109 |issue=3 |pages=91–108 |url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/109/03/0091-0108.pdf }}</ref>

<ref name="Venkataraman et al. 2013">{{cite book |editor1-last=Venkataraman| editor1-first= K.| editor2-last= Chattopadhyay| editor2-first= A.| editor3-last=Subramanian| editor3-first= K.A. |name-list-style=amp | date= 2013| title= Endemic Animals of India (Vertebrates) |publisher=Zoological Survey of India| location=Kolkata |pages=235 pp.+26 plates |no-pp=y | url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301693197 }} [''Leptolalax nokrekensis'': pp. 80–81]</ref>
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[[Category:Leptobrachella|nokrekensis]]
[[Category:Frogs of India]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2010]]

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>Extraordinary Writ: Adding short description: "Species of frog" (Shortdesc helper)