Scutiger nyingchiensis Fei, 1977
Scutiger nyingchiensis Fei In Sichuan Institute of Biology Herpetology Department, 1977, Acta Zool. Sinica, 23: 54, 61. Holotype: CIB 73I0400, by original designation. Type locality: "Nyingchi, Xizang [= Tibet], alt. 3040 m", China.
Scutiger occidentalis Dubois, 1978, Senckenb. Biol., 59: 164. Holotype: MNHNP 1977.1069, by original designation. Type locality: "un torrent sous le village de Shukdhari, 2920-2940 m, près de Sonamarg, Cochemire (Jammu and Kashmir, India)". Synonymy by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 19.
Scutiger (Scutiger) nyingchiensis — Dubois, 1980, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 49: 478. Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 15; Fei, Ye, and Li, 1989, Acta Zool. Sinica, 35: 387; Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 82.
Scutiger (Scutiger) occidentalis — Dubois, 1980, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 49: 478. Fei, Ye, and Li, 1989, Acta Zool. Sinica, 35: 387; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 13.
English Names
Nyingchi Lazy Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 87; Li, Zhao, and Dong, 2010, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 19).
Ladakh Pelobatid Toad (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 63).
Nyingshi Alpine Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 78).
Ladakh High Altitude Toad (Anders, 2002, in Schleich and Kästle (eds.), Amph. Rept. Nepal: 178).
Asian Lazy Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 87 [Scutiger occidentalis: no longer recognized]).
Western Pelobatid Toad (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 63 [Scutiger occidentalis: no longer recognized].
Nyingchi High Altitude Toad (Schleich, Anders, and Kästle, 2002, in Schleich and Kästle (eds.), Amph. Rept. Nepal: 78; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 40).
Distribution
Western Nepal, Kashmir, Ladakh, and southeastern Xizang (= Tibet), China, 2730-4560 m elevation.
Comment
In the Scutiger sikimmensis group according to Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 16, 19. See accounts by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China 136, and Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 82-83. Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 13, provided a brief account for the Indian population. Anders, 2002, in Schleich and Kästle (eds.), Amph. Rept. Nepal: 178-179, provided an account for Nepalese population. In the Scutiger (Scutiger) sikimmensis group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 64. Khan, 2005, Bull. Chicago Herpetol. Soc., 40: 70-72, provided records from Pakistan. Li, Lu, Li, Zhao, Hou, and Zhang, 2005, Sichuan J. Zool., 24: 247, provided additional localities in Xizang. Khan, 2006, Amph. Rept. Pakistan: 53, provided a brief account for Pakistan. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 202-207, provided an account, spot map for China, and illustration of the holotype. Ficetola, Crottini, Casiraghi, and Padoa-Schioppa, 2010, North-West. J. Zool., Romania, 6: 1-12, reported Scutiger cf. nyingchinensis in northern Pakistan and discussed the range. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 150, provided a brief account including photographs. Li, Zhao, and Dong, 2010, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 19-21, provided an account for Xizang, China. See Shah and Tiwari, 2004, Herpetofauna Nepal: 45, for brief account for Nepal.
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