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Boulenophrys puningensis Wang, Zeng, Lyu, Xiao, and Wang, 2022
Boulenophrys puningensis Wang, Zeng, Lyu, Xiao, and Wang in Wang, Zeng, Lyu, Qi, Liu, Chen, Lu, Xiao, Lin, Chen, and Wang, 2022, Zootaxa, 5099: 102. Holotype: SYS a005770, by original designation. Type locality: "Longkeng Village (23°7′54.07″N, 115° 51′5.28″E; ca. 120 m a.s.l.), Daping Town, Puning, Jieyang, Guangdong, China". Zoobank publication registration: CA2C6107-5F5E-4AA8-8865-5729E23CC535
Common Names
Puning Horned Toad (original publication).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality, Longkeng Village, Puning, Jieyang, Guangdong, China, where it inhabits montane streams and adjacent forest floor and leaf litter at 120 to 300 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of
Endemic: China, People's Republic of
Comment
The sister taxon of Boulenophrys kuatunensis, according to the original publication, where comparative external morphology and molecular markers were detailed. Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 437, provided an account and placed it in their Borneophrys boettgeri group.
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