Scutiger ghunsa

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Leptobrachiinae
Genus: Scutiger
Species: Scutiger ghunsa

Name

Scutiger ghunsa Khatiwada, Shu, Subedi, Wang, Ohler, Cannatella, Xie & Jiang, 2019: 145

• Holotype: NHM-TU-17A-0116, adult ♂, collected by Janak Raj Khatiwada on 28 May 2015.
• Type locality: “Ghunsa Khola (Khola means 'stream' in Nepali) Ghunsa, Taplejung district, Nepal, 27.66185°N, 87.93168 °E, elevation 3475 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Khatiwada, J.R., Shu, G.-C., Subedi, T.R., Wang, B., Ohler, A., Cannatella, D.C., Xie, F. & Jiang, J.-P. 2019. A new species of megophryid frog of the genus Scutiger from Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, eastern Nepal. Asian Herpetological Research 10(3): 138–157. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.180076 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Ghunsa High Altitude Toad