Oreolalax lichuanensis Hu and Fei, 1979
Oreolalax lichuanensis Hu and Fei In Liu, Hu, and Fei, 1979, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 4: 86. Holotype: CIB 74I0915, by original designation. Type locality: "Han-chi of Lichuan-Xian, Hubei, altitude 1790 m", China. Given as "Mt. Jinfo in Nanchuan Co., Sichuan Prov., China", by Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 138.
Scutiger lichuanensis —Matsui In Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 418.
Oreolalax lichuanensis — Fei, Ye, and Li, 1989, Acta Zool. Sinica, 35: 387. Fu, Lathrop, and Murphy, 1997, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 7: 32-37; Fu and Murphy, 1997, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 7: 38-43; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 12.
English Names
Lichuan Lazy Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 86).
Lichuan Toothed Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 72-73).
Distribution
South-central China (Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Guizhou), 1790-1920 m elevation.
Comment
Related to Scutiger popei, according to the original publication. See brief account, figure, and map by Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 72-73. Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 112, also provided a brief account and illustration. In the Oreolalax pingii group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 58. In the Oreolalax omeimontis group of Wei, Li, Xu, and Jiang, 2007, Chinese J. Zool., 42: 169-173. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 625. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 138-142, provided an account and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 114-115, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.
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