Xenophrys lancangica Lyu, Wang, and Wang, 2023

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

Xenophrys lancangica Lyu, Wang, and Wang in Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 408. Holotype: SYS a002961, by original designation. Type locality: "Zhushihe (N22.2143°, E101.5131°; ca. 1 060 m a.s.l.), Mengla County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China". Zoobank publication registration: AB48766E-B44A-408F-BC88-2DFB6F0E8AB0

English Names

Lancang horned toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Southern Yunnan(Mengxian; Pu'er Menglun Twon) in China, Laos (Vilabouli, Savannakhet; Xaysomboun, Vientiane; Phou Khoun, Louangphabang;Long Nai Khao, Phongsaly; Boun Tai, Phongsaly), and northern and central Vietnam (Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve, Quang Tri; Xuan Son, Phu Tho; Nghe An; Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh; Pu Hu Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa; Muong Nhe, Dien Bien), and Thailand (Phu Soi Dao waterfall, Phitsanulok) at elevations of 500–1300 m. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

Comment

In the Xenophrys major group according to the original publication, who detailed molecular markers and morphological characters and noted that this species corresponds to Megophrys sp. 14 of Chen, Zhou, Poyarkov, Stuart, Brown, Lathrop, Wang, Yuan, Jiang, Hou, Chen, Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Duong, Papenfuss, Murphy, Zhang, and Che, 2017, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 106: 32–33. 

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