Pelobatrachus

Pelobatrachus nasutus

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: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Megophryinae
Genus: Pelobatrachus
Species (7): P. baluensis – P. edwardinae – P. kalimantanensis – P. kobayashii – P. ligayae – P. nasutus – P. stejnegeri

Name

Pelobatrachus Beddard, 1908: 909

• Type species: Ceratophryne nasuta Schlegel, 1858, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Ceratophryne Schlegel, 1858: 56 [synonymised with Megophrys by Inger (1954: 223), and with Pelobatrachus by Lyu et al. (2021: 39)]
  • Type species: Ceratophryne nasuta Schlegel, 1858, by subsequent designation of Gorham (1966: 15).

• Borneophrys Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean & Ohler, 2006: 15 [synonymised with Megophrys by Chen et al. (2017: 41), and with Pelobatrachus by Lyu et al. (2021: 39)]
  • Type species: Megophrys edwardinae Inger, 1989, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Beddard, F.E. [1907] 1908. Contributions to the knowledge of the anatomy of the batrachian family Pelobatidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907: 871–911.
• Delorme, M., Dubois, A., Grosjean, S. & Ohler, A. 2006. Une nouvelle ergotaxinomie des Megophryidae (Amphibia, Anura). Alytes 24(1-4): 6–21. Reference page. 
• Chen, J.-M., Zhou, W.-W., Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Stuart, B.L., Brown, R.M., Lathrop, A., Wang, Y.-Y., Yuan, Z.-Y., Jiang, K., Hou, M., Chen, H.-M., Suwannapoom, C., Nguyen, S.N., Duong, T.V., Papenfuss, T.J., Murphy, R.W., Zhang, Y.-P. & Che, J. 2017. A novel multilocus phylogenetic estimation reveals unrecognized diversity in Asian horned toads, genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 28–43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.004 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Liu, Z.-Y., Huang, Y.-Q., Li, W.-Z. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2021. Four new species of Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern China, with discussion on the recognition of Panophrys as a distinct genus. Zootaxa 4927(1): 9–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lyu, Z.-T., Qi, S., Wang, J., Zhang, S.-Y., Zhao, J., Zeng, Z.-C., Wan, H., Yang, J.-H., Mo, Y.-M. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2023. Generic classification of Asian horned toads (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae) and monograph of Chinese species. Zoological Research 44(2): 380–450. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.372 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Clay Horned Toads

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