Boulenophrys lushuiensis (Shi, Li, Zhu, Jiang, Jiang, and Wang, 2021)

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

Megophrys (Panophrys) lushuiensis Shi, Li, Zhu, Jiang, Jiang, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4942: 360. Holotype: CIBYN201909290, by original designation. Type locality: "Gutan River in Luzhang Town, Lushui County, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (25.977066° N, 98.795983° E, ca. 2358 m a.s.l.)". Zoobank publication registration: 979FC2D2-7BA6-4B50-99FD-2530871BE1B4 

Boulenophrys lushuiensis — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 679 (by implication); Qi, Lyu, Wang, Mo, Zeng, Zeng, Dai, Li, Grismer, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 5072: 404.

English Names

Lushui Horned Toad (original publication). 

Lushui Guizhou Horned Toad (Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 419).

Distribution

Multiple localities in Lushui, Tengchong, Yingjiang, and Longchuan counties in western Yunnan, China, at elevations between 1900–2400 m, all situated in hilly areas along the border between China and Myanmar, where it is expected. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Likely/Controversially Present: Myanmar

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Original publication includes description of external morphology and molecular markers. Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 419–420, provided an account and included the species in their Boulenophrys omeimontis group. 

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