Scutiger spinosus Jiang, Wang, Li, and Che, 2016

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

Scutiger spinosus Jiang, Wang, Li, and Che in Jiang, Wang, Zou, Yan, Li, and Che, 2016, Zool. Res., Kunming, 37: 23. Holotype: KIZ 011114, by original designation. Type locality: "62K, Medog, Tibet, China (N29°42′33.6″, E95°34′56.0″, elevation 2 705 m)."

Common Names

Spiny Lazy Toad (original publication). 

Spiny Spade Foot Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 6).

Distribution

High elevation forest in the vicinity of the type locality (62K, Medog, Xizang, China) 2705 m elevation; reported from Trongsa District, Bhutan (see comment). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Bhutan, China, People's Republic of

Comment

Previously confused with Scutiger nyingchiensis according to the original publication, who also noted that a record of Scutiger nyingchiensis from Sela Pass (Arunachal Pradesh), India (Sarania, Devi, Kumar, Wang, and Rakshit, 2015, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 109: 413–414), is referable to this species. See Khatiwada, Shu, Subedi, Wang, Ohler, Cannatella, Xie, and Jiang, 2019, Asian Herpetol. Res., 10: 139–157, for comments on morphology. See account for Tibet by Che, Jiang, Yan, and Zhang, 2020, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 89–95, who noted that the earlier records of Scutiger nyingchiensis from Medog, Tibet (reported by Li, Zhao, and Dong, 2010, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 19, and Jiang, Rao, Yuan, Wang, Li, Hou, Che, and Che, 2012, Zootaxa, 3388: 36) refers to this species. 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 as of this species from Bhutan.   

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