| Boulenophrys binlingensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Boulenophrys |
| Species: | B. binlingensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Boulenophrys binlingensis (Jiang, Fei, and Ye, 2009) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Boulenophrys binlingensis is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae from China. Its type locality is Binling, Hongya County, Sichuan, which is located to the north-west of Mount Emei. [1]
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Boulenophrys baolongensis is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae located in China. Its type locality is Baolong in Wushan County, Chongqing, China.
The Baishanzu horned toad is a species of amphibian found in Baishanzu National Park in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province. It is located in Zhejiang Baishanzu National Park at an altitude of 1400–1600 meters of mountain streams. On January 19, 2021, the press office of the Lishui Municipal Government held a press conference to announce the discovery of new amphibian species in the city.
Boulenophrys is a genus of frogs in the family Megophryidae. They occur in the China, Mainland Southeast Asia and Northeast India. It had been placed variously as a subgenus or synonymy of Megophrys. Dubois, Ohler and Pyron first recognized that Panophrys is proccupied and employed Boulenophrys as the generic name rather than Tianophrys under the Principle of First Revisor.
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