Xenophrys dringi (Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995)
Megophrys dringi Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995, Raffles Bull. Zool., 43: 116. Holotype: BMNH 1978.20, by original designation. Type locality: "1650 m, Gunong Mulu National Park, Fourth Division, Sarawak", Malaysia (Borneo).
Megophrys (Xenophrys) dringi — Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 14.
Panophrys dringi — Frost, 2002, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 2.21: 98-99 (Tentative placement of Megophrys aceras and Megophrys baluensis in this genus. )
Xenophrys dringi — Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 23. by implication; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
English Names
Dring's Horned Frog (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 625).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Mount Mulu, Sarawak, Malaysia [Borneo]) at 1800 m elevation.
Comment
Similar to Megophrys aceras and Megophrys baluensis according to the original publication. See identification table by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 68-69, to compare this species with other megophryids in the Sunda Shelf region. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 625.
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