Xenophrys medogensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1983)
Megophrys omeimontis medogensis Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1983, Acta Herpetol. Sinica, Chengdu, N.S.,, 2 (2): 49. Holotype: CIB 73II0015, by original designation. Type locality: Medog County, Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, China; 1,000 meters. Given in error in the English abstract as "Motuo [County], Xizang [= Tibet], alt. 1000 m", China. See comment by Zhao and Adler, 1993, Herpetol. China: 120.
Megophrys omeimontis motuoensis Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1983, Acta Herpetol. Sinica, Chengdu, N.S.,, 2 (2): 49. Incorrect original name given in English abstract of the original publication. See comment by Zhao and Adler, 1993, Herpetol. China: 120.
Megophrys medogensis — Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990, Key to Chinese Amph.: 102.
Megophrys (Xenophrys) medogensis — Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 14.
Xenophrys medogensis — Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 23. by implication; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
English Names
Medog Horned Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 112).
Medog Spadefoot Toad (Li, Zhao, and Dong, 2010, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 23).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Medog County, Xizang, China).
Comment
Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 112-113, provided a brief account, map, and figure. In the Megophrys omeimontis group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 79. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 391-395, provided an account and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 198, provided a brief account including photographs. Li, Zhao, and Dong, 2010, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 23-25, provided an account for Xizang, China.
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