Boulenophrys yangmingensis (Lyu, Zeng, and Wang, 2020)

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

Megophrys (Panophrys) yangmingensis Lyu, Zeng, and Wang in Lyu, Li, Zeng, Zhao, Liu, Guo, and Wang, 2020, ZooKeys, 942: 131. Holotype: SYS a002887, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt Yangming (26.1177N, 111.8945E; ca 1360 m a.s.l.), Shuangpai County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, PR China". http://zoobank.org/D466B824-AE2D-4EAA-94D1-A6BF39534942

Panophrys yangmingensis — Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 13. 

Boulenophrys yangmingensis — Qi, Lyu, Wang, Mo, Zeng, Zeng, Dai, Li, Grismer, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 5072: 404. 

English Names

Mt. Yangming Horned Toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Found near flowing streams over 1300 m elevation on Mount Yangming, southwestern Hunan, China. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

A detailed account provided by Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 443–444, who assigned it to the Boulenophrys boettgeri group. 

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