Boulenophrys pepe Wang and Zeng, 2024

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

Boulenophrys pepe Wang and Zeng in Wang, Lin, Gan, Chen, Yu, Pan, Xiao, and Zeng, 2024, Zootaxa, 5514: 459. Holotype. GEP a207, by original designation. Type locality: "Lianshan Bijiashan Nature Reserve (24.216343°N, 111.995255°E; ca. 540 m a.s.l.), Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County, Qingyuan City, Guangdong, China". Zoobank Publication registration: 36CA84B3-FDA3-4F68-92DA-9294C2E92839

Common Names

Pepe Horned Toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality in the Lianshan Bijiashan Nature Reserve in the Nanling Mountains northwestern Guangdong, China, 490–540 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Comparative adult morphology and molecular markers (16S and COI) detailed in the original publication, where the phylogenetic position of this species was posited to be the sister taxon of Boulenophrys obesa.  

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