Megophrys
Megophrys is a genus of frogs in the family Megophryidae. They occur in the mainland Southeastern Asia, the islands of the Sunda Shelf, and the Philippines.[1] They commonly have elongated upper "eyebrows" and are thus known as Asian horned frogs.
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| Long-nosed horned frog (Megophrys nasuta) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Megophrys Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822 |
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Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus Megophrys:[1]
- Megophrys aceras Boulenger, 1903
- Megophrys acuta Wang, Li, and Jin, 2014
- Megophrys ancrae Mahony, Teeling, and Biju, 2013
- Megophrys angka (Wu, Suwannapoom, Poyarkov, Chen, Pawangkhanant, Xu, Jin, Murphy, and Che, 2019)
- Megophrys auralensis Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002
- Megophrys baishanzuensis Wu, Li, Liu, Wang, and Wu, 2020
- Megophrys baluensis (Boulenger, 1899)
- Megophrys baolongensis Ye, Fei, and Xie, 2007
- Megophrys binchuanensis Ye and Fei, 1995
- Megophrys binlingensis Jiang, Fei, and Ye, 2009
- Megophrys boettgeri (Boulenger, 1899)
- Megophrys brachykolos Inger and Romer, 1961
- Megophrys carinense (Boulenger, 1889)
- Megophrys caudoprocta Shen, 1994
- Megophrys cheni (Wang and Liu, 2014)
- Megophrys chuannanensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 2001)
- Megophrys damrei Mahony, 2011
- Megophrys daweimontis Rao and Yang, 1997
- Megophrys dongguanensis Wang and Wang, 2019
- Megophrys edwardinae Inger, 1989
- Megophrys elfina Poyarkov, Duong, Orlov, Gogoleva, Vassilieva, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Che, and Mahony, 2017
- Megophrys fansipanensis Tapley, Cutajar, Mahony, Nguyen, Dau, Luong, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Portway, Luong, and Rowley, 2018
- Megophrys feae Boulenger, 1887
- Megophrys flavipunctata Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018
- Megophrys gerti (Ohler, 2003), now Ophryophryne gerti
- Megophrys gigantica Liu, Hu, and Yang, 1960
- Megophrys glandulosa Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990
- Megophrys hansi (Ohler, 2003), now Ophryophryne hansi
- Megophrys himalayana Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018
- Megophrys hoanglienensis Tapley, Cutajar, Mahony, Nguyen, Dau, Luong, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Portway, Luong, and Rowley, 2018
- Megophrys huangshanensis Fei and Ye, 2005
- Megophrys insularis (Wang, Liu, Lyu, Zeng, and Wang, 2017)
- Megophrys intermedia Smith, 1921
- Megophrys jingdongensis Fei and Ye, 1983
- Megophrys jinggangensis (Wang, 2012)
- Megophrys jiulianensis Wang, Zeng, Lyu , and Wang, 2019
- Megophrys kalimantanensis Munir, Hamidy, Matsui, Iskandar, Sidik, and Shimada, 2019
- Megophrys kobayashii Malkmus and Matsui, 1997
- Megophrys koui Mahony, Foley, Biju, and Teeling, 2017
- Megophrys kuatunensis Pope, 1929
- Megophrys lancip Munir, Hamidy, Farajallah, and Smith, 2018
- Megophrys leishanensis Li, Xu, Liu, Jiang, Wei, and Wang, 2019
- Megophrys lekaguli Stuart, Chuaynkern, Chan-ard, and Inger, 2006
- Megophrys liboensis (Zhang, Li, Xiao, Li, Pan, Wang, Zhang, and Zhou, 2017)
- Megophrys ligayae Taylor, 1920
- Megophrys lini (Wang and Yang, 2014)
- Megophrys lishuiensis (Wang, Liu and Jiang, 2017)
- Megophrys longipes Boulenger, 1886
- Megophrys major Boulenger, 1908
- Megophrys mangshanensis Fei and Ye, 1990
- Megophrys medogensis Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1983
- Megophrys megacephala Mahony, Sengupta, Kamei, and Biju, 2011
- Megophrys microstoma (Boulenger, 1903)
- Megophrys minor Stejneger, 1926
- Megophrys montana Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822
- Megophrys monticola (Günther, 1864)
- Megophrys mufumontana J. Wang, Lyu, and Y.Y. Wang, 2019
- Megophrys nankiangensis Liu and Hu, 1966
- Megophrys nankunensis Wang, Zeng, and. Wang, 2019
- Megophrys nanlingensis Lyu, J. Wang, Liu, and Y.Y. Wang, 2019
- Megophrys nasuta (Schlegel, 1858)
- Megophrys obesa Wang, Li, and Zhao, 2014
- Megophrys ombrophila Messenger and Dahn, 2019
- Megophrys omeimontis Liu, 1950
- Megophrys oreocrypta Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018
- Megophrys oropedion Mahony, Teeling, and Biju, 2013
- Megophrys pachyproctus Huang, 1981, now Ophryophryne pachyproctus
- Megophrys palpebralespinosa Bourret, 1937
- Megophrys parallela Inger and Iskandar, 2005
- Megophrys parva (Boulenger, 1893)
- Megophrys periosa Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018
- Megophrys popei (Zhao, Yang, Chen, Chen, and Wang, 2014)
- Megophrys robusta Boulenger, 1908
- Megophrys rubrimera Tapley, Cutajar, Mahony, Chung, Dau, Nguyen, Luong, and Rowley, 2017
- Megophrys sangzhiensis Jiang, Ye, and Fei, 2008
- Megophrys serchhipii (Mathew and Sen, 2007)
- Megophrys shapingensis Liu, 1950
- Megophrys shuichengensis Tian and Sun, 1995
- Megophrys shunhuangensis Wang, Deng, Liu, Wu, and Liu, 2019
- Megophrys spinata Liu and Hu, 1973
- Megophrys stejnegeri Taylor, 1920
- Megophrys takensis Mahony, 2011
- Megophrys tuberogranulata Shen, Mo and Li, 2010
- Megophrys vegrandis Mahony, Teeling, Biju, 2013
- Megophrys wawuensis Fei, Jiang, and Zheng, 2001
- Megophrys wugongensis J. Wang, Lyu, and Y.Y. Wang, 2019
- Megophrys wuliangshanensis Ye and Fei, 1995
- Megophrys wushanensis Ye and Fei, 1995
- Megophrys zhangi Ye and Fei, 1992
- Megophrys zunhebotoensis (Mathew and Sen, 2007)
Additionally, two species are temporarily named as Megophrys, pending a determination of their correct genus placement.
- "Megophrys" dringi Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995
- "Megophrys" feii Yang, Wang, and Wang, 2018
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Endemic ranges
Many Megophrys species are endemic to highly restricted geographical areas.
- Southern China
- Anhui
- Megophrys huangshanensis: Huangshan mountains, Anhui
- Guangdong
- Megophrys acuta: Heishiding, Fengkai County, Guangdong
- Megophrys obesa: Heishiding, Fengkai County, Guangdong
- Jiangxi
- Hunan
- Megophrys sangzhiensis: Sangzhi County, Hunan
- Megophrys caudoprocta: Tianping Mountain, Sangzhi County, Hunan
- Megophrys tuberogranulatus: Tianzishan Nature Reserve, Sangzhi County, Hunan
- Megophrys mangshanensis: Yizhang County, Hunan
- Chongqing
- Yunnan
- Megophrys binchuanensis: NW Yunnan
- Megophrys daweimontis: Mount Dawei, Pingbian Miao Autonomous County, Yunnan
- Megophrys gigantica: Jingdong Yi Autonomous County and Yongde County, southwestern Yunnan
- Sichuan
- Megophrys binlingensis: Binling, Hongya County, Sichuan
- Megophrys wawuensis: Mount Wawu, Hongya County, Sichuan
- Megophrys nankiangensis: northern Sichuan and southern Gansu
- Guizhou
- Megophrys shuichengensis: Fenghuang Village, Shuicheng County, Guizhou
- Anhui
- Tibet
- Northeast India
- Megophrys megacephala: East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya
- Megophrys oropedion: East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya
- Megophrys vegrandis: West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh
- Megophrys ancrae: Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh
- Megophrys serchhipii: Serchhip, Mizoram
- Megophrys zunhebotoensis: Nguti (Sukhalu), Zunheboto District, Nagaland
- Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Borneo
- Sumatra
- Philippines
- Indonesia
References
- Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Megophrys Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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