Xenophrys himalayana

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: Xenophrys
Species: Xenophrys himalayana

Name

Xenophrys himalayana (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling & Biju, 2018)

• Holotype: BNHS 6050, adult ♂, collected by members of the Systematics Lab, University of Delhi on 4 or 5 August 2009.
• Type locality: “Elephant village (27°4′56.52″N, 92°34′50.22″E, 370 m asl.), West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh state, Northeast India”.

Combinations

• Megophrys (Xenophrys) himalayana Mahony, Kamei, Teeling & Biju, 2018: 54 [original combination]
• Xenophrys himalayana — Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li & Wang, 2021: 39 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Mahony, S., Kamei, R.G., Teeling, E.C. & Biju, S.D. 2018. Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a taxonomic revision of South Asian taxa, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4523(1): 1–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4523.1.1 Reference page. 
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Himalayan Horned Toad