Xenophrys mangshanensis Fei and Ye, 1990
Megophrys mangshanensis Fei and Ye In Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990, Key to Chinese Amph.: 99, 273. Holotype: CIB 890063, by original designation. Type locality: Mangshan, Yizhang County, Hunan Province at 1000 m elevation, China.
Megophrys (Xenophrys) mangshanensis — Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 14.
Xenophrys mangshanensis — Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 23. by implication; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
English Names
Mangshan Spadefoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 86).
Mangshan Horned Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 110).
Distribution
Riparian forests of southern Hunan and northern Guangdong, China, 300-1000 m elevation.
Comment
Similar to Megophrys lateralis according to the original publication. See also Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1992, Zool. Res., Kunming, 13: 6, 9-10, which was translated into English by Huang, Lathrop, and Murphy, 1998, Smithson. Herpetol. Inform. Serv., 118. See brief account, figure, and map provided by Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 110. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 625. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 376-379, provided an account and spot map for China. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 197, provided a brief account (as Megophrys mangshanensis) including photographs.
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