Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Scutiger pingwuensis Liu and Tian In Liu, Hu, Tian, and Wu, 1978, Mater. Herpetol. Res., 4: 18. Holotype: CIB 750793, by original designation. Type locality: Wang-ba-chu, Pingwu [County], northern Sichuan, alt. 2200 m, China.

Scutiger (Scutiger) pingwuensis — Fei, Ye, and Li, 1989, Acta Zool. Sinica, 35: 387. Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 78; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 13.

English Names

Pingwu Lazy Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 87).

Pingwu Alpine Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 78).

Distribution

Known only from the Pingwu County in northeastern Sichuan, China, ca. 2200 m elevation.

Comment

Related to Scutiger chingtingensis, according to the redescription ( Liu and Tian, 1981, Acta Herpetol. Sinica, Chengdu, 5 (1): 5-10). May belong in Oreolalax, but see comment under Scutiger. See account (as well as retention in Scutiger) by Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 78-79. Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 122-123, also provided a brief account and illustration. 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: 442. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 173-177, provided an account, spot-map, and illustration of the holotype. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 152-153, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.

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