Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Scutiger liupanensis Huang, 1985, Acta Biol. Plateau Sinica, 4: 77, 81. Holotype: NWIPB 760070, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt. Liupan, Ningxia [Hui Autonomous Region], altitude 2100 m", China.

Scutiger (Scutiger) liupanensis — Fei, Ye, and Li, 1989, Acta Zool. Sinica, 35: 387. Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 80-81; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 13.

English Names

Liupan Lazy Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 86).

Liupan Alpine Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 80).

Distribution

Known only from Liupanshan, Jingyuan County, Ningxiz Huiza Zizhiqu Autonomous Region, China, 1900-2500 m elevation.

Comment

Related to Scutiger boulengeri according to the original publication. See brief account, figure, and map by Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 80-81. In the Scutiger (Scutiger) boulengeri group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 64 (who illustrated the holotype on page 65). See illustration, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 441. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 185-190, provided an account and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 143, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.

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