Duttaphrynus nagalandensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Duttaphrynus > Species: Duttaphrynus nagalandensis

Bufo nagalandensis Mathew and Sen, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 293: 19. Holotype: ZSI-E 799, by original designation. Type locality: "Wokha Rest House Compound, Wokha district, Nagaland (N 26° 6′ 20.4″ E 94° 15′ 24.2″), Alt. 1366 m above msl".

Duttaphrynus mizoramensisFrost, 2010, Amph. Spec. World, vers. 5.4.

Common Names

Nagaland's Toad (Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 18).

Nagaland's True Toad (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 2). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Wokha District, Nagaland, northeastern India); tentatively identified from Tsirang District, Bhutan.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Bhutan, India

Comment

Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 18-19, provided a brief characterization and photographs.  Das, Chetia, Dutta, and Sengupta, 2013, Zootaxa, 3646: 336–348, compared this species with other Duttaphrynus from northeastern India. Wangyal, Bower, Sherub, Tshewang, Wangdi, Rinchen, Puntsho, Tashi, Koirala, Bhandari, Phuntsho, Koirala, Ghalley, Chaida, Tenzin, Powrel, Tshewang, Raika, Jamtsho, Kinley, Gyeltshen, Tashi, Nidup, Wangdi, Phuentsho, Norbu, Wangdi, Wangchuk, Tobgay, Dorji, and Das, 2020, Herpetol. Rev., 51: 793, tentatively identified a photograph of this species from Bhutan.

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