Boulenophrys jiulianensis (Wang, Zeng, Lyu , and Wang, 2019)

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

Megophrys (Panophrys) jiulianensis J. Wang, Zeng, Lyu, and Y.Y. Wang in Wang, Lyu, Liu, Liao, Zeng, Zhao, Li, and Wang, 2019, ZooKeys, 851: 138. Holotype: SYS a002112, by original designation. Type locality: "Daqiutian Protection Station (24°34'34.99"N, 114°26'28.53"E; 560 m a.s.l.) of Mt. Jiulian, Longnan County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China". http://zoobank.org/2B18FD8D-520D-4531-AA9B-852E0E2AC92A 

Panophrys julianensis — Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 12. 

Boulenophrys jiulianensis — Qi, Lyu, Wang, Mo, Zeng, Zeng, Dai, Li, Grismer, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 5072: 403.

English Names

Jiulianshan Horned Toad (original publication). 

Mt. Jiulian Horned Toad (Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 431).

Distribution

Known from Mount Nankun in Guangdong Province and the type locality, Jiulian Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province, and Mangshan Mountain, Hunan, China; inhabits forest floor, leaf litter and the nearby undergrowth mountainous streams surrounded by moist subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests at elevations between 500–800 m. 

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: 431–432, provided an account, discussed the systematic literature, and placed this in their Boulenophrys boettgeri group. Shang, Luo, Qian, Gao, Li, Deng, and Yang, 2023, Life Sci. Res., 27: 349–360, discussed the taxonomic status, comparative morphology, and molecular markers for a population from the Mangshan National Nature Reserve, Hunan, China.

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