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Oreolalax nanjiangensis Fei and Ye, 1999

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Genus: Oreolalax

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Oreolalax nanjiangensis Fei and Ye In Fei, Ye, and Li, 1999, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 24: 109, 112. Holotype: CIB 610544, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt. Guangwu, Nanjiang Co. (32° 35′ N, 106° 45′ E), Sichuan Prov., 1600 m", China.

Oreolalax nanjiangensis — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 12.

English Names

Nanjiang Toothed Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 74).

Distribution

Known from the area of the type locality (Mount Guangwu, Nanjiang County, northern Sichuan), as well as localities in adjacent southern Gansu and southwestern Shaanxi, 1600-1856 m elevation.

Comment

Most closely related to Oreolalax popei, according to the original publication. Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 116, provided a brief account and illustration. In the Oreolalax pingii group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 58. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 150-153, provided an account, spot map, and illustration of the holotype. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 119, provided a brief account including photographs and illustration of specimens.

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