Megophrys stejnegeri Taylor, 1920
Megalophrys stejnegeri Taylor, 1920, Philipp. J. Sci., 16: 347. Holotype: EHT F315, by original designation; now CM 3394 according to McCoy and Richmond, 1966, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 38: 247. Type locality: "Bunawan, Agusan [Province], Mindanao", Philippines. Synonymy with Megophrys monticola by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 224.
Megophrys monticola stejnegeri — Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 224.
Megophrys steynegeri — Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 38. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Megophrys stejnegeri — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Forest-floor habitats on Basilan, Biliran, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte, Samar, and Mindanao islands, Philippines.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Megophrys montana by Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 38, where it had been placed by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 224. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 438.
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