Xenophrys dzukou (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Megophryinae > Genus: Xenophrys > Species: Xenophrys dzukou

Megophrys (Xenophrys) dzukou Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020, J. Nat. Hist., London, 54: 148. Holotype: BNHS 6072, by original designation. Type locality: "Dzükou Valley, Jakhama circle (25.560555, 94.080555, 2650 m asl.), Kohima district, Nagaland state, Northeast India". Zoobank publication: CE06A188-88E4-44CD-86A4-A62DD902B0A5

Xenophrys dzukou —  Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 39.

English Names

Dzükou Valley Horned Frog (original publication; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 6).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality, Dzükou Valley, Nagaland State, although expected in adjacent Manipur State, northeastern India. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

Placed in the original publication in their Megophrys (Xenophrys) megacephala species group. In the Xenophrys megacephala group of Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 9–40. Also including in this group (as the Xenophrys megacephala group) by Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 383. 

External links:

Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.