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Megophrys montana Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822
Mogophrys montana Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822, Algemeene Konst-en Letter-Bode, 7: 102. Syntypes: RMNH 2212 (4 specimens) according to M.S. Hoogmoed In Matsui, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 415, MNHNP RA 0000.0802, RA 0000.1211, and ZFMK 8388 according to Böhme, 2014, Mertensiella, 21: 93–95. Type locality: "Pjihorjavor aan de voet van den Pangerango. En nog zijn wij geen 20 uren ver van Buitzenzorg gekomen", Java, Indonesia. See comment under Megophrys regarding spelling of generic name.
Megophrys monticola Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822, Isis von Oken, 10: 475. An incorrect original spelling of Megophrys montana according to Opinion 1763, Anonymous, 1994, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 51: 84-85.
Megophrys Kuhlii Gray, 1825, Ann. Philos., London, Ser. 2, 10: 214. Type(s): Probably NHMUK according to S. Mahony, personal comm. (11 August 2020). Type locality: "Java?". Synonymy by Dubois, 1982, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 4: 261–280.
Ceratophrys montana — Schlegel, 1826, Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., Paris, Ser. 2, 9: 239; Schlegel, 1826, Isis von Oken, 20: 294; Gravenhorst, 1829, Delic. Mus. Zool. Vratislav., 1: 47; Schlegel, 1837, Abbild. Neuer Unvollst. Amph., 1: 29.
Megalophrys montana — Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amph.: 204; Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 458; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 442.
Megalophrys montana — Cantor, 1847, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 16: 1061.
Megalophrys montana — Boulenger, 1908, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908: 407.
Leptobrachium (Megalophrys) montana — Bourret, 1927, Fauna Indochine, Vert., 3: 260.
Leptobrachium (Megalophrys) monticola — Bourret, 1927, Fauna Indochine, Vert., 3: 260.
Megophrys monticola monticola — Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 222.
Megophrys (Megophrys) monticola — Dubois, 1980, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 49: 472.
Megophrys (Megophrys) montana — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 23; Mahony, Foley, Biju, and Teeling, 2017, Mol. Biol. Evol., 34: 754.
Megophrys montana — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
Xenophrys montana — (in error) Chen, Zhou, Poyarkov, Stuart, Brown, Lathrop, Wang, Yuan, Jiang, Hou, Chen, Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Duong, Papenfuss, Murphy, Zhang, and Che, 2017, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 106: 41. Generic assignment in error, corrected to Megophrys montana in corrigendum, Chen, Zhou, Poyarkov, Stuart, Brown, Lathrop, Wang, Yuan, Jiang, Hou, Chen, Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Duong, Papenfuss, Murphy, Zhang, and Che, 2017, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 109: 466).
English Names
Asian Spadefoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 86).
Nose-horned Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 106).
Malayan Leaf Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 106).
Asiatic horned Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 106).
Montane Pelobatid Toad (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 63).
Horned Frog (Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 37).
Distribution
Java and possibly western Sumatra, Indonesia; records from Thailand southeast to Sumatra, Natuna, and Borneo apply to related named and unnamed species.
Comment
According to Dubois, 1982, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 4: 263-269, this name has priority over Megophrys monticola Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822, Isis von Oken, 10: 475, because of the action as first revisor by Gravenhorst, 1829, Delic. Mus. Zool. Vratislav., 1: 47. See account for Javan population in Liem, 1973 "1971", Philipp. J. Sci., 100: 138-140. Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 39, discussed the Malaysian populations as Megophrys monticola. See account by Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 37-39. See brief account for East Java by Amin, 2020, Frogs of East Java: 46–49.
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