Xenophrys zhangi (Ye and Fei, 1992)
Megophrys zhangi Ye and Fei, 1992, Acta Herpetol. Sinica, 1-2: 50-52. Holotype: CIB 750296, by original designation. Type locality: "Zhangmo, Nyanang, Xizang, altitude 1000 m", China.
Megophrys (Xenophrys) zhangi — Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 14.
Xenophrys zhangi — Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 23. by implication; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
English Names
Zhang's Horned Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 124).
Zhang's Spadefoot Toad (Li, Zhao, and Dong, 2010, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 26).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Xizang, China.
Comment
Closely related to Xenophrys minor according to the original publication. Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 124, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See comments by Xie and Wang, 2000, Cultum Herpetol. Sinica, 8: 356-370. In the Megophrys parva group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 82. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 469-, provided an account for China, illustration of the holotype, and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 216, provided a brief account (as Megophrys shuichengensis) including photographs. Li, Zhao, and Dong, 2010, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 26-27, provided an account.
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