Xenophrys

Xenophrys cf. major

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Megophryinae
Genus: Xenophrys
Species (31): X. ancrae – X. apatani – X. auralensis – X. awuh – X. damrei – X. dehongensis – X. dzukou – X. flavipunctata – X. glandulosa – X. himalayana – X. lancangica – X. lekaguli – X. major – X. mangshanensis – X. maosonensis – X. medogensis – X. megacephala – X. monticola – X. numhbumaeng – X. oreocrypta – X. oropedion – X. pangdaensis – X. parva – X. periosa – X. robusta – X. serchhipii – X. takensis – X. truongsonensis – X. yingjiangensis – X. zhangi – X. zunhebotoensis

Name

Xenophrys Günther, 1864: 414

• Type species: Xenophrys monticola Günther, 1864, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Liuophrys Fei, Ye & Jiang in Fei & Ye, 2016: 614 [synonymised by Chen et al. (2017: 41)]
  • Type species: Megophrys glandulosa Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Fei, F. & Ye, C.-Y. 2016. Amphibians of China. Volume 1. Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Science Press: Beijing, China.
• Chen, J.-M., Zhou, W.-W., Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Stuart, B.L., Brown, R.M., Lathrop, A., Wang, Y.-Y., Yuan, Z.-Y., Jiang, K., Hou, M., Chen, H.-M., Suwannapoom, C., Nguyen, S.N., Duong, T.V., Papenfuss, T.J., Murphy, R.W., Zhang, Y.-P. & Che, J. 2017. A novel multilocus phylogenetic estimation reveals unrecognized diversity in Asian horned toads, genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 28–43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.004 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Liu, Z.-Y., Huang, Y.-Q., Li, W.-Z. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2021. Four new species of Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern China, with discussion on the recognition of Panophrys as a distinct genus. Zootaxa 4927(1): 9–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.2 Reference page. 
• Luong, A.M., Hoang, C.V., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.T., Orlov, N.L., Ziegler, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2022. A new species of Xenophrys (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Truong Son Range, Vietnam. Zootaxa 5150(3): 333–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.2 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Qi, S., Wang, J., Zhang, S.-Y., Zhao, J., Zeng, Z.-C., Wan, H., Yang, J.-H., Mo, Y.-M. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2023. Generic classification of Asian horned toads (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae) and monograph of Chinese species. Zoological Research 44(2): 380–450. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.372 Reference page. 
• Shu, G-C., Li, K., Wu, Y-Y., Liu, Q., He, Z-P., Li, L., Zhang, H. & Guo, P. 2023. A new species of Xenophrys (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from southern Tibet, China. Zookeys 1182: 307–329. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1182.106828 Reference page. 
• Saikia, B., Sinha, B., Shabnam, A., Kharkongor, I.J. & Dinesh, K.P. 2024. On a new species of Xenophrys (Anura: Megophryidae) from Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with comments on the earlier erroneous report as X. maosonensis (Bourret, 1937). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 124(1S): 21–40. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1S/2024/172712 Reference page. 
• Wu, Y.-H., Yu, Z.-B., Chen, J.-M., Kilunda, F.K., Zhang, D.-C., Zuo, C.-S., Zuo, A.-R., Duan, Z.-P. & Che, J. 2024. A field survey on the genus Xenophrys (Amphibia, Megophryidae) confirms underestimated diversity in the Gaoligong Mountains, with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(3): 1041–1052. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.127635 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Asian Horned Toads