Leiopelma markhami Worthy 1987 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Leiopelmatidae

Belongs to Leiopelma according to B. Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: Leiopelma acricarina, Leiopelma auroraensis, Leiopelma hamiltoni, Leiopelma hochstetteri, Leiopelma miocaenale, Leiopelma waitomoensis

Type specimen: NMNZ S23120, a skeleton (disarticulated bones from an almost whole individual skeleton)

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Predator Cave (Quaternary of New Zealand)

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