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Xenophrys numhbumaeng (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020)
Megophrys (Xenophrys) numhbumaeng Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020, J. Nat. Hist., London, 54: 157. Holotype: BNHS 6075, by original designation. Type locality: "from a waterfall (25.047500, 93.434444, 915 m asl.), approx. 7 km before reaching Aziuram village coming from Tamenglong town, Tousem subdivision, Tamenglong district, Manipur state, Northeast India". http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CE06A188-88E4-44CD-86A4-A62DD902B0A5
Xenophrys numhbumaeng — Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 40.
English Names
Tamenglong Horned Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Known only from two nearby localities between 915 and 1010 m elevation, both near the summit of the second western-most north–south orientated mountain ridge in Manipur state, northeastern India.
Comment
The sister taxon of Megophrys oropedion according to the original publication and in the Megophrys (Xenophrys) megacephala species group. In the Xenophrys megacephala group of Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 9–40.
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