Xenophrys

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Xenophrys
Xenophrys aceras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Subfamily:
Megophryinae
Genus: Xenophrys
Günther
, 1864
Type species
Xenophrys monticola
Günther, 1864
Species

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Xenophrys is a genus of amphibians in the family Megophryidae. They are found in southeastern Asia (including China and northeastern India) to Borneo. Their common name is strange-horned toads.[1]

Xenophrys brachykolos

Conservation

Of the 36 Xenophrys species that the

Near Threatened".[2]

Taxonomy

The genus was previously found to be strongly

polyphyletic, and awaiting a better solution, they were synonymized in the genus Megophrys.[1] Following subsequent studies and reclassification, the genus has been revalidated.[3]

Species

Presently, Amphibian Species of the World classifies the following 31 species in Xenophrys:[1]

  • Xenophrys aceras (Boulenger, 1903) — Perak horned toad
  • Xenophrys ancrae (Mahony, Teeling & Biju, 2013) — Namdapha horned toadfrog
  • Xenophrys auralensis (Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002) — Aural horned toad
  • Xenophrys awuh (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) — Naga Hills horned frog
  • Xenophrys damrei (Mahony, 2011) — Damrei horned toad
  • Xenophrys dzukou (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) — Dzükou Valley horned frog
  • Xenophrys flavipunctata (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — yellow spotted white-lipped horned frog
  • Xenophrys glandulosa
     (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990) — glandular horned toad
  • Xenophrys himalayana (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — Himalayan horned frog
  • Xenophrys lekaguli (Stuart, Chuaynkern, Chan-ard, and Inger, 2006) — Lekagul's horned toad
  • Xenophrys longipes (Boulenger, 1886) — red-legged horned toad
  • Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908) — Great Stream horned toad
  • Xenophrys mangshanensis
     (Fei and Ye, 1990) — Mangshan horned toad
  • Xenophrys maosonensis (Bourret, 1937) — Maoson horned toad
  • Xenophrys medogensis
     (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1983) — Medog horned toad
  • Xenophrys megacephala (Mahony, Sengupta, Kamei, and Biju, 2011) — big-headed horned frog
  • Günther
    , 1864 — mountain horned frog
  • Xenophrys numhbumaeng (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) — Tamenglong horned frog
  • Xenophrys oreocrypta (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — Garo white-lipped horned frog
  • Xenophrys oropedion (Mahony, Teeling & Biju, 2013) — Shyllong horned toad
  • Xenophrys pachyproctus
     (Huang, 1981) — convex-vented horned toad
  • Xenophrys periosa (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — giant Himalayan horned frog
  • Xenophrys robusta (Boulenger, 1908) — robust horned toad
  • Xenophrys serchhipii Mathew and Sen, 2007 — Serchhip horned toad
  • Xenophrys takensis (Mahony, 2011) — Tak horned toad
  • Xenophrys truongsonensis Luong, Hoang, Pham, Nguyen, Orlov, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2022 — Truongson horned toad
  • Xenophrys vegrandis (Mahony, Teeling, Biju, 2013)
  • Xenophrys yeae (Shi, Zhang, Xie, Jiang, Liu, Ding, Luan, and Wang, 2020) — Ye's horned toad
  • Xenophrys zhangi
     (Ye and Fei, 1992) — Zhang's horned toad
  • Xenophrys zhoui (Shi, Zhang, Xie, Jiang, Liu, Ding, Luan, and Wang, 2020) — Zhou's horned toad
  • Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Mathew and Sen, 2007 — Zunheboto horned toad

References

  1. ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Xenophrys Günther, 1864". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. ^ IUCN (2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>". Archived from the original on June 27, 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  3. PMID 27622725
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