Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Megophrys giganticus Liu, Hu, and Yang, 1960, Acta Zool. Sinica, 12: 172. Holotype: CIB 581539, by original designation. Type locality: "Hsin-ming-hsian of Chingtung, Yunnan, 2,120 m. altitude", China.

Megophrys (Megophrys) gigantica — Dubois, 1980, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 49: 472.

Atympanophrys gigantica — Rao and Yang, 1997, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 7: 98.

Xenophrys gigantica — Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 18.

English Names

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

Great Piebald Horned Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 104).

Distribution

Jingdong and Yongde counties in southwestern Yunnan, China, 1400-2400 m elevation.

Comment

See Liu and Hu, 1961, Tailless Amph. China: 71-72. See account s by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China: 166, and (as Megophrys gigantica) by Yang, 1991, Amph. Fauna of Yunnan: 51; Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 104-105. Yang, 2008, in Yang and Rao (ed.), Amph. Rept. Yunnan: 29, provided a brief account (as Megophrys giganticus) for Yunnan, China. 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: 444. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 349-353, provided an account (as Megophrys gigantica), illustration of the holotype, and spot map for China. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 188, provided a brief account (as Megophrys gigantica) including photographs.

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