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Xenophrys lancangica Lyu, Wang, and Wang, 2023
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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