Kuatun horned toad

Kuatun horned toad
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Megophryidae
Genus:Megophrys
Species: X. kuatunensis
Binomial name
Xenophrys kuatunensis
(Pope, 1929)
Synonyms

Megalophrys kuatunensis Pope, 1929[2]
Megophrys kuatunensis (Pope, 1929)[3]

The Kuatun horned toad or Kuatun spadefoot toad (Xenophrys kuatunensis) is a species of amphibian in the family Megophryidae. It is found in southeastern China and northern Vietnam. Its name is testimony to its type locality, Kuatun (Guadun in modern spelling: Chinese: 挂墩; pinyin: guàdūn) village in Wuyishan, Fujian.[3][4]

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 26–30 mm (1.0–1.2 in) and females 37 mm (1.5 in) in length.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Gu Huiqing; Geng Baorong; Peter Paul van Dijk; Annemarie Ohler (2004). "Megophrys kuatunensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T57641A11668487. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57641A11668487.en. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Pope, C. H. (1929). "Four new frogs from Fukien Province, China". American Museum Novitates. 352: 1–5.
  3. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Megophrys kuatunensis (Pope, 1929)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Megophrys kuatunensis Pope, 1929". AmphibiaChina (in Chinese). Kunming Institute of Zoology. 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 116. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.


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