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| Pelobatrachus | |
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| Long-nosed horned frog (P. nasutus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Subfamily: | Megophryinae |
| Genus: | Pelobatrachus Beddard, 1908 "1907" |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Pelobatrachus is a genus of frogs in the family Megophryidae. It was formerly synonymized with Megophrys until 2021, when it was revived as a distinct genus. They inhabit Southeast Asia, namely the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. Their common name is clay horned toads.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]The following species are recognized in the genus Pelobatrachus:
- Pelobatrachus baluensis (Boulenger, 1899) — Kinabalu horned frog
- Pelobatrachus edwardinae (Inger, 1989) — Edwardina's horned frog
- Pelobatrachus kalimantanensis (Munir, Hamidy, Matsui, Iskandar, Sidik, and Shimada, 2019) — Kalimantan horned frog
- Pelobatrachus kobayashii (Malkmus and Matsui, 1997) — Kobayashi's horned frog
- Pelobatrachus ligayae (Taylor, 1920) — Palawan horned frog
- Pelobatrachus nasutus (Schlegel, 1858) — long-nosed horned frog or Malayan horned frog
- Pelobatrachus stejnegeri (Taylor, 1920) — Mindanao horned frog
References
[edit]- ^ "Pelobatrachus Beddard, 1908 "1907" | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Megophryidae". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ Lyu, Zhi-Tong; Zeng, Zhao-Chi; Wang, Jian; Liu, Zu-Yao; Huang, Ya-Qiong; Li, Wen-Zhou; Wang, Ying-Yong (2021-02-11). "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. ISSN 1175-5334.
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