Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Leptobrachium carinense Boulenger, 1889, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 2, 7: 748. Syntypes: BMNH and NHMW 2291.1-2 (according to Häupl and Tiedemann, 1978, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 2: 23), and MSNG; MSNG 29689 designated lectotype by Capocaccia, 1957, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 3, 69: 211. See brief discussion by Hallermann, 2006, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 103: 138. Type locality: "Western slope of Karens Mountains, East of Toungoo, at an altitude of 800 metres and upwards", Myanmar.

Megalophrys carinensis — Boulenger, 1903, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 12: 186 [based on specimens of Megophrys feae according to <. <777, Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 218]; Boulenger, 1908, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908: 427.

Megophrys carinensis — Pope and Boring, 1940, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., 15: 30. Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 218; Liu and Hu, 1961, Tailless Amph. China: 51.

Megophrys (Megophrys) carinensis — Dubois, 1980, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 49: 472.

Brachytarsophrys carinensis — Tian and Hu, 1983, Acta Herpetol. Sinica, Chengdu, N.S.,, 2 (2): 43. Zhao and Adler, 1993, Herpetol. China: 116; Rao and Yang, 1997, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 7: 98; .

Megophrys (Brachytarsophrys) carinensis — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 23.

Brachytarsophrys platyparietus Rao and Yang, 1997, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 7: 106. Holotype: KIZ 90275, by original designation. Type locality: "Duo-Di-He, San-Tai, Da-Yao, Yunnan, China, altitude 2100 meters. " Synonymy by Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 331.

Brachytarsophrys carinense — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17. Treatment of the species name, correctly, as a noun in apposition.

English Names

Karin Hills Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 85).

Broad-headed Short-legged Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 102).

Red Spine-eyed Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 82).

Red Horn Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 82).

Burmese Horned Frog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 80).

Distribution

Southern Myanmar and adjacent northern Thailand; Yunnan (Yangbi, Lijiang, Bianchuan, Dayao, Kunming, Yuxi) Sichuan (Miyi, Huili, Duko, Muli, Jiulong), Guizhou (Anlong, Leishan), Guangxi (Longshen, Jinxiu), Hunan (Yichang), and Jiangxi (Jingganshan), montane China.

Comment

See accounts by Liu, 1950, Fieldiana, Zool. Mem., 2: 196-197; Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 216-217; Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 292-295; Yang, 1991, Amph. Fauna of Yunnan: 48-50; Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S.,, 92: 3; and Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 102-103 (who mapped an extensive distribution in southern China). Distribution detailed by Rao and Yang, 1997, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 7: 103-107. Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 140, provided a brief account and illustration. Zhang and Wen, 2000, Amph. Guangxi: 41, provided an account for Guangxi. See also brief account by Zhao and Yang, 1997, Amph. Rept. Hengduan Mountains Region: 42-43. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 82, provided a brief characterization and photograph. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 80-81, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 75, provided a ke to the Chinese species. Yang, 2008, in Yang and Rao (ed.), Amph. Rept. Yunnan: 25-26, provided a brief account for Yunnan, China. Yang, 2008, in Yang and Rao (ed.), Amph. Rept. Yunnan: 27-28, provided a brief account (as Brachytarsophrys platyparietus) for Yunnan, China. See comment under Brachytarsophrys intermedia. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 330-336, provided an account and spot map for China. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 177, provided a brief account including photographs.

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