Bufo aspinius (Rao and Yang, 1994)
Torrentophryne aspinia Rao and Yang, 1994, Zool. Res., Kunming, 14: 354. Holotype: Not given; KIZ 91005 considered the holotype by Yang, Liu, and Rao, 1996, Zool. Res., Kunming, 17: 354. . Type locality: "Qingko in Taiping of Yangbi, Yunnan, . . . , altitude 2100 m", China, according to Yang, Liu, and Rao, 1996, Zool. Res., Kunming, 17: 354.
Bufo aspinius — Liu, Lathrop, Fu, Yang, and Murphy, 2000, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 14: 433.
Phrynoidis aspinia — Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 95.
Bufo (Bufo) aspinius — Dubois and Bour, 2010, Zootaxa, 2447: 24.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
1800-2200 m elevation on the west side of Yunling Mountain, Yunnan, China.
Comment
See also brief account (as Torrentophryne aspinia) by Zhao and Yang, 1997, Amph. Rept. Hengduan Mountains Region: 75-76. See nomenclatural comment regarding the original publication of the name by Dubois, Crombie, and Glaw, 2005, Alytes, 23: 32. Yang, 2008, in Yang and Rao (ed.), Amph. Rept. Yunnan: 55-56, provided a brief account (as Torrentophryne aspinia) for Yunnan, China. See comment regarding Torrentophryne under Bufo record. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 576-580, provided an account and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 208, provided a brief account (as Torrentophryne aspinia) including photographs.
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