Jingophrys yeae (Shi, Zhang, Xie, Jiang, Liu, Ding, Luan, and Wang, 2020)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Megophryinae > Genus: Jingophrys > Species: Jingophrys yeae

Megophrys yeae Shi, Zhang, Xie, Jiang, Liu, Ding, Luan, and Wang, 2020, ZooKeys, 977: 140. Holotype: CIB201706MT02, by original designation. Type locality: "Beibeng village, Medog County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China (29.24292°N, 95.18561°E, 870 m)". http://zoobank.org/983FA221-7721-49AE-B8F7-568383A19D18

Xenophrys yeae — Qi, Lyu, Wang, Mo, Zeng, Zeng, Dai, Li, Grismer, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 5072: 430.

Jingophrys yeae — Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 400, provided a detailed account.

English Names

Ye’s Horned Toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from Didong, Beibeng, Bari, Yadong, and Yarang, Medog County, Tibet, China, 670–1780 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Morphology, larval morphology, and advertisement call discussed in the original publication. Qi, Lyu, Wang, Mo, Zeng, Zeng, Dai, Li, Grismer, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 5072: 430, placed this in their Xenophrys vegrandis group. Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 401–402, provided a detailed account.

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