Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Nectophryne scalptus Liu and Hu In Liu, Hu, Fei, and Huang, 1973, Acta Zool. Sinica, 19: 389. Holotype: CIB 64III0604, by original designation. Type locality: "Xin-min Ziang, Wuzhi Shan, Hainan, altitude 750 m", China.

Pelophryne scalpta — Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 73. Agreement in gender.

Parapelophryne scalpta — Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2003, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 28: 762, 766. Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 96.

Pelophryne scalptus — Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 203. Incorrect gender of species name.

English Names

Hainan Flathead Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 45).

Hainan Little Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 138).

Distribution

Hilly region of southern Hainan Island, China.

Comment

See accounts by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China: 194; and Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 140-141. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 203. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 586-590, provided an account and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 243, provided a brief account including photographs. Shi, 2011, Amph. Rept. Fauna Hainan: 40-41, provided an account as Pelophryne scalpta.

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