Xenophrys tongbiguanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Megophryinae
Genus: Xenophrys
Species: Xenophrys tongbiguanensis

Name

Xenophrys tongbiguanensis Wu, Yu, Chen & Che in Wu et al., 2025: 1413

• Holotype: KIZ 058786, adult ♂, collected by Shen-Pin Yang, Jia-Sheng Liu, and Shen-Quan Liu on 13 August 2024.
• Type locality: “Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve, Yingjiang County, Yunnan, China (24.562476°N, 97.642761°E; elevation 1500 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Wu, Y.-H., Zuo, A.-R., Yang, S.-P., Zhang, D.-C., Duan, Z.-P., Kasyoka Kilunda, F., Yu, Z.-B. & Che, J. 2025. Morphological and molecular data reveal one new species of the genus Xenophrys Günther, 1864 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Yunnan, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 1409–1422. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.158027 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Tongbiguanen Horned Toad