Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of Leptobrachella in central China's Hunan Province and named it Leptobrachella yongshunensis.

近日，中國研究人員在位于中國中部的湖南省發(fā)現(xiàn)了掌突蟾屬一新物種,，并將其命名為永順掌突蟾,。    

According to researchers, the Leptobrachella, belonging to the family Megophryidae within the order Anura, is widely distributed across southern China, northeastern India, and Southeast Asia. Species of this genus are characterized by their small body size and inhabit humid environments along stream banks.

研究人員介紹,，掌突蟾隸屬兩棲綱無尾目角蟾科，廣泛分布于中國南部,、印度東北部和東南亞地區(qū),，該屬物種體型較小，常棲息于溪流沿岸的濕潤環(huán)境中,。

"The discovery of the new species holds significant scientific and ecological importance," Wu Tao, a teacher from the College of Biology and Environmental Sciences at Jishou University, told Xinhua on Wednesday.

吉首大學生物資源與環(huán)境科學學院教師吳濤本周三接受新華社采訪時表示：“這一新物種的發(fā)現(xiàn)具有重要科學生態(tài)意義,。”

Wu, also the team manager, noted that the discovery offered new support for studying the evolutionary history, geographical distribution and ecological adaptability of Leptobrachella.

作為研究團隊負責人的他指出,，這一發(fā)現(xiàn)為研究掌突蟾的進化歷程,、地理分布和生態(tài)適應性提供了新的依據(jù)。

As amphibians serve as an indicator species for environmental health, their presence signifies the sound ecosystem in the region, which provides a favorable habitat for the survival of other rare species, Wu added.

吳濤補充道,，兩棲動物是環(huán)境健康狀況的指示性物種,，它們的存在標志著當?shù)厣鷳B(tài)系統(tǒng)良好，這也為其他珍稀物種的生存提供了有利棲息地,。

According to a biodiversity survey of Hunan's county-level regions, the province has so far recorded 1,068 species of vertebrates and 6,292 species of vascular plants. Among these, 179 species of wild animals and 160 species of wild plants are under national key protection.

根據(jù)湖南省縣域生物多樣性資源調(diào)查,，目前該省已記錄到1068種脊椎動物和6292種維管束植物，其中國家重點保護野生動物179種,、野生植物160種,。