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