The sole known specimen of the leopard-spotted swellshark was collected on April 21, 1988 from Tungkang, Taiwan, by David Ebert, who described it in conjunction with Jayna Schaaf-Da Silva in a 2008 issue of the scientific journal Zootaxa.
Majia, Pingtung (瑪家鄉), township of Pingtung County, Taiwan, Republic of China
Sinyuan, Pingtung (新園鄉), or Xinyuan, rural township in Pingtung County
Pingtung County | Pingtung | Pingtung Line | National Pingtung University of Education | Sinyuan, Pingtung | Pingtung Station | Pingtung City | Majia, Pingtung | Donggang, Pingtung |
Work also began on the development of Taiwan's forest resources on Taiping and Pa-hsien Mountains, as well as construction on the Yilan and Pingtung railway lines.