Xenophrys shuichengensis (Tian, Gu, and Sun, 2000)
Megophrys shuichengensis Tian, Gu, and Sun, 2000, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 25: 463, 465. Holotype: LTHC 944001, by original designation. Type locality: "Fenghuang village, Shuicheng County (26° 34′ N, 104° 51′ E), Guizhou Province; altitude 1850 m", China.
Xenophrys shuichengensis — Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 23. by implication; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality, Fenghuang Village, Shuicheng County, Guizhou Province, China.
Comment
Most similar to Atympanophrys gigantica, but lacking the apomorphies of that taxon. 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: 403-408, provided an account, illustration of the holotype, and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 208-209, provided a brief account (as Megophrys shuichengensis) including photographs of specimens and habitat.
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