Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani and Chanda, 1971)
Ansonia meghalayana Yazdani and Chanda, 1971, J. Assam Sci. Soc., 14: 76. Holotype: ZSIC A6969, by original designation. Type locality: "Mawblang, ca. 5 km. south-east of Cherrapunji town (Khasi-Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya), Lat. 25° 15′ N. and long 91° 44′ E., altitude above mean sea-level 4369 ft. or ca. 1330 meters", India.
Bufoides meghalayanus — Pillai and Yazdani, 1973, J. Zool. Soc. India, 25: 65.
English Names
Mawblang Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 44; Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 9).
Rock Toad (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 42).
Khasi Hills Toad (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 64).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Mawblang), Cherrapunji, and Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, as well as in Assam and Mizoram, India.
Comment
Stated to be allied with Ansonia ornata in the original publication. Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 53-54, and Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 31, provided brief accounts. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 193. Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 9-10, provided a brief characterization and photograph of a preserved specimen.
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