Scutiger feiliangi Zhou, Guan, and Shi, 2023

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Leptobrachiinae > Genus: Scutiger > Species: Scutiger feiliangi

Scutiger feiliangi Zhou, Guan, and Shi, 2023, Chinese J. Zool., 58: 644. Holotype: SYAU BAA00004, by original designation.  Type locality: Yuhuangding Forest Center in Baiyun Mountain National Forest Park, Song County, Luoyang City, Henan, China (33°38′37″ N, 111°50′01″ E, altitude 1882 m). 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Baiyun Mountain National Forest Park, Song County, Luoyang City, Henan Province, China, 1882 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

The sister taxon of Scutiger ninshanensis, with which it was previously confused, according to the original publication, where comparative adult and larval morphology and molecular markers were detailed. 

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