Spiny-fingered horned toad

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Spiny-fingered horned toad
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Boulenophrys
Species:
B. spinata
Binomial name
Boulenophrys spinata
(Liu and Hu, 1973)
Synonyms
  • Xenophrys spinata(Liu and Hu, 1973)
  • Megophrys spinata

The spiny-fingered horned toad (Boulenophrys spinata) or spiny spadefoot toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China and known from Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

Males measure 50 mm (2.0 in) and females 55 mm (2.2 in) in length. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Megophrys spinata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T57655A63855678. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T57655A63855678.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Boulenophrys spinata (Liu and Hu, 1973) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  3. ↑ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 114. ISBN   7-5349-1835-9.


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