Scutiger (Megophryidae)

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: Leptobrachiinae
Genus: Scutiger
Species (30): S. adungensis – S. bangdaensis – S. bhutanensis – S. biluoensis – S. boulengeri – S. brevipes – S. chintingensis – S. feiliangi – S. ghunsa – S. glandulatus – S. gongshanensis – S. kanjiroba – S. jiulongensis – S. liupanensis – S. luozhaensis – S. maculatus – S. mammatus – S. meiliensis – S. muliensis – S. nepalensis – S. ningshanensis – S. nyingchiensis – S. occidentalis – S. pingwuensis – S. sikimmensis – S. spinosus – S. tengchongensis – S. tuberculatus – S. wanglangensis – S. wuguanfui

Name

Scutiger Theobald, 1868: 83

Type species: Bombinator sikimmensis Blyth, 1854, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Cophophryne Boulenger, 1887: 406 [nomen novum pro Scutiger Theobald, 1868, thought to be preoccupied by Scutigera Lamarck, 1801]

Aelurophryne Boulenger, 1919: 469
- Type species: Bufo mammatus Günther, 1896, by monotypy.

Aelurolalax Dubois, 1987: 14 [as subgenus]
- Type species: Megalophrys weigoldi Vogt, 1924, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Theobald, W. 1868. Catalogue of reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 37: i–vi, 7–88, i–iii.

Additional references

Jiang, K., Rao, D.-Q., Yuan, S.-Q., Wang, J.-S., Li, P.-P., Hou, M., Che, M.-H. & Che, J. 2012. A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from southeastern Tibet, China. Zootaxa 3388(1): 29–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3388.1.3 Reference page.
Jiang, K., Wang, K., Zou, D.-H., Yan, F., Li, P.-P. & Che, J. 2016. A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from Medog of southeastern Tibet, China. Zoological Research 37(1): 21–30. DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.1.21 Reference page.
Yang, J.-H. & Huang, X.-Y. 2019. A new species of Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from the Gaoligongshan Mountain Range, China. Copeia 107(1): 10–21. DOI: 10.1643/CH-17-661 Reference page.
Shi, S-C., Sui, L-L., Ma, S., Ji, F-R., Budian, A-Y. & Jiang, J-P. 2023. A new Asian lazy toad of the genus Scutiger Theobald, 1868 (Anura, Megophryidae) from southern Tibet Autonomous Region, China. ZooKeys 1187: 31-62. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1187.107958 Reference page.
Zhou, S.-B., Guan, P. & Shi, J.-S. 2023. 东秦岭地区齿突蟾属一新种记述（两栖纲：角蟾科）[A new species of the genus Scutiger from eastern Qinling Mountains (Anura: Megophryidae)] (In Chinese with English abstract). Chinese Journal of Zoology 58(5): 641–650. DOI: 10.13859/j.cjz.202305001 Reference page.
Hofmann, S., Jablonski, D. & Schmidt, J. 2024. Morphological and molecular data warrant the description of a new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura, Megophryidae) from the Central Himalaya. ZooKeys 1210: 229–246. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1210.127106 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Cat-eyed Toads