Xenophrys nankiangensis (Liu and Hu, 1966)
Megophrys nankiangensis Liu and Hu In Hu, Zhao, and Liu, 1966, Acta Zool. Sinica, 18: 72, 89. Holotype: CIB 610588, by original designation. Type locality: "Kuang-wu Shan, Nankiang Hsien, Szechwan [= Sichuan], alt. 1,750 m", China.
Megophrys (Megophrys) nankiangensis — Dubois, 1980, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 49: 472.
Panophrys nankiangensis — Rao and Yang, 1997, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 7: 98. Tentative placement.
Megophrys (Xenophrys) nankiangensis — Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 14.
Xenophrys nankiangensis — Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 23. by implication; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
English Names
Nankiang Spadefoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 86).
Nankiang Horned Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 106).
Distribution
Kuang-wu Shan (Nankiang County) and Qinchuan in Sichuan; Wenxian in Gansu Province, China, 1600-1850 m elevation.
Comment
Closely related to Megophrys omeimontis according to the original publication. See brief account (as Megophrys nankiangensis), figure, and map provided by Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 106-107. Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 141, provided a brief account and illustration (as Megophrys nankiangensis). In the Megophrys shapingensis group (= Atympanophrys) of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 77. 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: 353-356, provided an account and spot map for China. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 200, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.
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