Megophrys rubrimera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Megophryinae
Genus: Megophrys
Species: Megophrys rubrimera

Name

• Megophrys rubrimera Tapley, Cutajar, Mahony, Chung, Dau, Nguyen, Luong & Rowley, 2017: 473

Holotype: VNMN 2017.002, adult ♂, collected by Jodi J.L. Rowley, Dau Quang Vinh, Pham Van Sang, Tran Van Tu, Hang A Su, Hoang A Di and Dinh Van Xuan on 18 June 2012.

Type locality: “beside a 1 m wide rocky stream (stream bed 5–6 m wide) in heavily disturbed evergreen forest, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam (22.38205°N, 103.78745ºE, 1708 m asl)”.

References

Primary references

• Tapley, B., Cutajar, T., Mahony, S., Chung, N.T., Dau, V.Q., Nguyen, T.T., Luong, H.V. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2017. The Vietnamese population of Megophrys kuatunensis (Amphibia: Megophryidae) represents a new species of Asian horned frog from Vietnam and southern China. Zootaxa 4344(3): 465–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.3. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Red-thighed Horned Frog