Boulenophrys lishuiensis (Wang, Liu and Jiang, 2017)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Subfamily: Megophryinae > Genus: Boulenophrys > Species: Boulenophrys lishuiensis

Xenophrys lishuiensis Wang, Liu and Jiang in Wang, Liu, Jiang, Jin, Xu, and Wu, 2017, Chinese J. Zool., 52: 52. Holotype: WYF00164, by original designation. Type locality: "Fengyang Forest Station and adjacent area in Liandu, Lishui, Zhejiang, China (28°11′51.72″N, 119°49′2.28″E, altitude 1 100 m)". 

Panophrys lishuiensis — Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 15.

Boulenophrys lishuiensis — Qi, Lyu, Wang, Mo, Zeng, Zeng, Dai, Li, Grismer, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 5072: 404.

English Names

Lishui Horned Toad (Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 434).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality (Fengyang Forest Station and adjacent area in Liandu, Lishui, Zhejiang, China, elevation 1100 m). See comment. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Most closely related to Megophrys boettgeri (now Panophrys) according to the original publication. Records from Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China, presumably all apply to Megophrys xianjuensis, according to Wang, Wu, Peng, Shi, Lu, and Wu, 2020, ZooKeys, 904: 54–55. Lyu, Qi, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, Zeng, Wan, Yang, Mo, and Wang, 2023, Zool. Res., Kunming, 44: 434, provided an account and placed the species in their Borneophrys boettgeri group. 

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