Jingophrys feii (Yang, Wang, and Wang, 2018)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Megophryinae > Genus: Jingophrys > Species: Jingophrys feii

Megophrys feii Yang, Wang, and Wang, 2018, Zootaxa, 4413: 327. Holotype: SYS a006524, by original designation. Type locality: "Xiaolangsu Village, Tongbiguan Town, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China (24°30'3.23"N, 97°34'16.75"E, 700 m a.s.l.)". Zoobank publication registration: 9F0E14D1-6B87-4DD3-92DC-2A62E04641F3 

"Megophrys" feii Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 40. Unassigned to megophryine genus. 

Jingophrys feii — Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 395. 

English Names

Yingjiang Horned Toadfrog (Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 28).

Fei's Horned Toad (Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 400).

Distribution

Currently known from the type locality in Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China, less than one kilometer from the boundary of Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve, and less than two kilometers from the international border with Kachin State, Myanmar; thus expected in adjoining, well-preserved, montane forests of Tongbiguan Nature Reserve and Kachin State in Myanmar, in montane evergreen broadleaf forest at elevations between 700 and 1200 m. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Likely/Controversially Present: Myanmar

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

The original publication addressed external morphology, advertisement call, and natural history. Zug, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 653: 28, briefly discussed identification, habitat, and expected range in Myanmar. Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 400, provided a detailed account. 

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