Dring's horned toad

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Dring's horned toad
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Subfamily: Megophryinae
Genus: Sarawakiphrys
Lyu and Wang, 2023
Species:
S. dringi
Binomial name
Sarawakiphrys dringi
(Inger, Stuebing and Tan, 1995)
Synonyms
  • Xenophrys dringi(Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995)
  • "Megophrys" dringi

Dring's horned toad (Sarawakiphrys dringi), or Dring's horned frog, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae found in Mount Mulu in Sarawak, Borneo (Malaysia). [2] It is the only species in the genus Sarawakiphrys. [3] Its natural habitats are tropical moist montane forests and rivers. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Megophrys dringi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T57636A123692626. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T57636A123692626.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Sarawakiphrys dringi Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  3. Lyu, Zhi-Tong; Qi, Shuo; Wang, Jian; Zhang, Si-Yu; Zhao, Jian; Zeng, Zhao-Chi; Wan, Han; Yang, Jian-Huan; Mo, Yun-Ming; Wang, Ying-Yong (2023-03-18). "Generic classification of Asian horned toads (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae) and monograph of Chinese species". Zoological Research. 44 (2): 380–450. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.372. ISSN   2095-8137. PMC   10083232 . PMID   36924402.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)