Bufoides meghalayanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufoides
Species: Bufoides meghalayanus

Name

Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda, 1971)

Type locality: "Mawblang, ca. 5 km. south-east of Cherrapunji town (Khasi-Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya), Lat. 25° 15´ N. and long 91° 44´ E., altitude above mean sea-level 4369 ft. or ca. 1330 meters", India.

Holotype: ZSIC A6969.

Synonyms

• Ansonia meghalayana Yazdani & Chanda, 1971: 76

References

• Yazdani, G.M. & Chanda, S.K. 1971. A new toad, Ansonia meghalayana (family Bufonidae) from Meghalaya (Assam), India, with observations on its breeding on Pandanus furcatus Roxb. (Pandanales: Pandanaceae). Journal of the Assam Science Society 14: 76–80. Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Bufoides meghalayanus . Accessed on 31 Mar 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Bufoides meghalayanus  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Mawblang Toad; Khasi Hills Toad