Xenophrys brachykolos (Inger and Romer, 1961)
Megophrys brachykolos Inger and Romer, 1961, Fieldiana, Zool., 39: 533. Holotype: FMNH 69063, by original designation. Type locality: "The Peak, Hong Kong Island", China.
Megophrys (Megophrys) brachykolos — Dubois, 1980, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 49: 472.
Panophrys brachykolos — Rao and Yang, 1997, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 7: 98-99. Tentative arrangement.
Megophrys (Xenophrys) brachykolos — Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 14.
Megophrys minor brachykolos — Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 118. No discussion.
Xenophrys brachykolos — Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 23. by implication; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
English Names
Peak Spadefoot Toad (Megophrys brachykolos: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 86).
Short-legged Horned Toad (Megophrys minor brachykolos: Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 118).
Short-legged Toad (Megophrys brachykolos: Karsen, Lau, and Bogadek, 1986, Hong Kong Amph. Rept.: 16; Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 13).
Distribution
Southern Guanxgi, southern Hunan, Hubei, and Guangdong to Hongkong, Lantau Island, and the adjacent mainland peninsula in Fujian, China; northeastern Vietnam (Lang Son and Ha Bac provinces), 20-750 m elevation.
Comment
Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 118-199, provided a brief account (as Megophrys minor brachykolos), map, and figure. Karsen, Lau, and Bogadek, 1986, Hong Kong Amph. Rept.: 16, also provided a brief account. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 83, provided the Vietnamese part of the range. Jiang, Yuan, Xie, and Zheng, 2003, Zool. Res., Kunming, 24: 241-248, justified the distinction of this taxon from Megophrys minor on the basis of DNA sequence data. In the Megophrys boettgeri group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 82. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 444. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 433-438, provided an account for China and spot map that extended the range deep within southern China. Dai, Li, Zheng, Gong, and Liu, 2009, Sichuan J. Zool., 28: 291, provided a record for Hubei, China.
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