Megophrys nasuta (Schlegel, 1858)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Megophryidae > Genus: Megophrys > Species: Megophrys nasuta

Ceratophryne nasuta Schlegel, 1858, Handl. Dierkd., 2: 57. Type(s): Not stated; RMNH 2143 (2 specimens) regarded as syntypes by Gassó Miracle, van den Hoek Ostende, and Arntzen, 2007, Zootaxa, 1482: 35. Type locality: Sumatra; given by Gassó Miracle, van den Hoek Ostende, and Arntzen, 2007, Zootaxa, 1482: 35, as "Patang-Singalang, Sumatra", Indonesia.

Megalophrys chysii Edeling, 1864, Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Nederl. Indie, 1864: 205. Types: Not stated although clearly including animal figured in original publication; presumably originally in RMNH, although not mentioned in type list by Gassó Miracle, van den Hoek Ostende, and Arntzen, 2007, Zootaxa, 1482. Type locality: "XIII Kota à Sumatra", Indonesia. Synonymy with Megophrys montana by Günther, 1866, Zool. Rec., 2: 159; with Megalophrys nasuta by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 443; Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 10-11.

Megalophrys nasuta — Günther, 1873, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 11: 419; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 443; Boulenger, 1908, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908: 407.

Pelobatrachus nasutus — Beddard, 1908 "1907", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1907: 909.

Megophrys nasuta — Gee and Boring, 1929, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., 4: 21; Smith, 1930, Bull. Raffles Mus., 3: 132; Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 284-287; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.

Megophrys monticola nasuta — Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 223.

Megophrys (Pelobatrachus) nasuta — Mahony, Foley, Biju, and Teeling, 2017, Mol. Biol. Evol., 34: 754. 

English Names

Malayan Horned Frog (Lim and Lim, 1992, Guide Amph. Rept. Singapore: 19; Grismer, 2012, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Seribuat Arch.: 40).

Long-nosed Horned Frog (Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 82).

Bornean Horned Toad (Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 155; Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 38).

Distribution

Sumatra, Borneo, and Malaya; records from Thailand to the Sunda Shelf apparently apply to named or unnamed related species.

Comment

Megophrys nasuta was removed from the synonymy of Megophrys montana by Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 284-287, where it had been placed by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 223; Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 39-46 (but who recongized it as distinct later: Inger and Tan, 1996, Raffles Bull. Zool., 44: 554). See account for Javan population (as Megophrys montana) in Liem, 1973 "1971", Philipp. J. Sci., 100: 138-140. Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 39, discussed the Malaysian populations as Megophrys monticola and Lim and Lim, 1992, Guide Amph. Rept. Singapore: 20, provided a brief account. See brief account and photo by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 81-82. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 81, provided a brief characterization and photograph of a specimen referred to this species from Thailand. Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann, and Kosuch, 2002, Amph. Rept. Mount Kinabalu: 112-114, provided an account. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 82-83, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Das, Jankowski, Makmor, and Haas, 2007, Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst., 104: 155, provided a brief description. Das, 2007, Amph. Rept. Brunei: 38, provided a photograph and a brief account. See brief account by Grismer, 2012, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Seribuat Arch.: 40-42, for the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia. Sumarli, Grismer, Anuar, Muin, and Quah, 2015, Check List, 11(4, Art. 1679): 12, reported specimens from the base of Mount Lawit, Terregganu, West Malaysia, and briefly reported on their morphology and habitat.

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