Oreolalax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Leptobrachiinae
Genus: Oreolalax
Species (23): O. adelphos – O. chuanbeiensis – O. granulosus – O. jingdongensis – O. liangbeiensis – O. lichuanensis – O. lizipingensis – O. longmenmontis – O. major – O. multipunctatus – O. nanjiangensis – O. omeimontis – O. pingii – O. popei – O. puxiongensis – O. rhodostigmatus – O. rugosus – O. schmidti – O. sterlingae – O. weigoldi – O. wumengmontis – O. xiangchengensis – O. yanyuanensis

Name

Oreolalax Myers & Leviton, 1962: 289

Type species: Scutiger pingii Liu, 1943, by original designation.

Synonymy

Scutiger (Oreolalax) — Dubois, 1979: 631 [reduce to subgenus of Scutiger]
Atympanolalax Fei & Ye, 2016: 489 [as a subgenus of Oreolalax]
- Type species: Scutiger rugosa Liu, 1943, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Myers, G.S. & Leviton, A.E. 1962. Generic classification of the high-altitude pelobatid toads of Asia (Scutiger, Aelurophryne, and Oreolalax). Copeia 1962: 287–291.

Additional references

Nguyen, T.Q., Phung, T.M., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T. & Böhme, W. 2013. First record of the genus Oreolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Vietnam with descirption of a new species. Copeia 2013(2): 213–222. DOI: 10.1643/CH-12-021 Reference page.
Rowley, J.J.L., Tapley, B., Chung, N.T. & Altig, R. 2017. Tadpole of the Critically Endangered Sterling’s Toothed Toad (Oreolalax sterlingae). Zootaxa 4272(4): 579–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.4.6 Reference page.
Hou, Y.-M., Shi, S.-C., Hu, D., Deng, Y., Jiang, J.-P., Xie, F. & Wang, B. 2020. A new species of the toothed toad Oreolalax (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, China. ZooKeys 929: 93–115. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.929.49748 Reference page.
Hou, Y-M., Zheng, P-Y., Yu, H-Q., Wang, B., Chen, X-H. & Xie, F. 2024. A new toad of Oreolalax Myers & Leviton, 1962 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, southwest China. ZooKeys 1212: 109–127. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1212.122222 Reference page.
Nguyen, L.T., Tapley, B., Kane, D., Tran, T.-D.T., Cui, J.-X. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2024. A new Oreolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the Hoang Lien Range, northwest Vietnam. Zootaxa 5514(6): 501–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.6.1 Reference page.
Huang, S.-N., Dai, Q.-L., Hou, Y.-M., Lin, Y.-H., Wang, Y.-F., Yu, H.-Q., Lin, X.-Q. & Xie, F. 2026. A new Oreolalax (Anura, Megophryidae) from southwest Sichuan, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(5): 1107–1125. DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.183210 Reference page.
Li, X.-Q., Li, Z.-X., Jiahan, B., Liu, X.-L., Zhang, Y.-P., Li, P.-Y., Zhang, W., Li, F.-Q., Huang, J.-K., Li, X. & Yuan, Z.-Y. 2026. A new species of Oreolalax Myers & Leviton, 1962 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Northeast Yunnan, China. Asian Herpetological Research 17(2): 67–83. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2026.0014 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Lazy/Toothed Toads