Shaping horned toad

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Shaping horned toad
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Atympanophrys
Species:
A. shapingensis
Binomial name
Atympanophrys shapingensis
(Liu, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Megophrys shapingensisLiu, 1950
  • Xenophrys shapingensis(Liu, 1950)

The Shaping horned toad (Atympanophrys shapingensis) is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China and known only from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

Males measure 77 mm (3.0 in) and females 94 mm (3.7 in) in length. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Megophrys shapingensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T57653A63855348. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T57653A63855348.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Xenophrys shapingensis (Liu, 1950)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 106. ISBN   7-5349-1835-9.


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