Boulenophrys xiangnanensis (Lyu, Zeng, and Wang, 2020)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Megophryinae > Genus: Boulenophrys > Species: Boulenophrys xiangnanensis

Megophrys (Panophrys) xiangnanensis Lyu, Zeng, and Wang in Lyu, Li, Zeng, Zhao, Liu, Guo, and Wang, 2020, ZooKeys, 942: 127. Holotype: SYS a002875, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt Yangming (26.1177N, 111.8945E; ca 1360 m a.s.l.), Shuangpai County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, PR China". http://zoobank.org/F27079DE-C1AF-4B00-900F-1E1783C58762

Panophrys xiangnanensis — Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 13. 

Boulenophrys xiangnanensis — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 414 (by implication); Qi, Lyu, Wang, Mo, Zeng, Zeng, Dai, Li, Grismer, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 5072: 404.

English Names

Southern Hunan Horned Toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from multiple localities in hilly areas along the border between Hunan and Guangxi at elevations of 500–1600 m, including Mount Jiuyi and Mount Yangming in southwestern Hunan, and Mount Mao’er, Mount Haiyang, Mount Dupangling, and Mount Xiling in northeastern Guangxi, China. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 441–442, provided an account, discussing the systematics, and included the species in the Boulenophrys boettgeri group. 

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