Spiny-fingered horned toad
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Megophryidae |
Genus: | Boulenophrys |
Species: | B. spinata
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Binomial name | |
Boulenophrys spinata (Liu and Hu, 1973)
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The spiny-fingered horned toad (Boulenophrys spinata) or spiny spadefoot toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China and known from Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Males measure 50 mm (2.0 in) and females 55 mm (2.2 in) in length.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Megophrys spinata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T57655A63855678. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T57655A63855678.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Boulenophrys spinata (Liu and Hu, 1973) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 114. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.