Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Jingdong Horned Toad
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It inhabits forests
, and is a stream
breeding amphibian. In Viet
Nam it was collected in montane
forest and scrub
vegetation at the
forest edge. The males were observed calling from vegetation near
mountain streams.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
()
- Superfamily:
Pelobatoidea
()
- Bonaparte, 1850
- Family:
Megophryidae
()
- Bonaparte, 1850
- Genus:
Xenophrys
()
- Günther, 1864
- Specific name:
jingdongensis
- (Fei & Ye, 1983)
- Scientific name: - Xenophrys jingdongensis (Fei & Ye, 1983)
- Specific name:
jingdongensis
- (Fei & Ye, 1983)
- Genus:
Xenophrys
(
- Family:
Megophryidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pelobatoidea
(
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Megophrys omeimontis ssp. jingdongensis
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Xenophrys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:
X. baluensis (Kinabalu Horned Frog) · X. boettgeri (Pale-Shouldered Horned Toad) · X. brachykolos (Short-Legged Horned Toad) · X. caudoprocta (Convex-Tailed Horned Toad) · X. dringi (Drings Horned Frog) · X. giganticus (Great Piebald Horned Toad) · X. jingdongensis (Jingdong Horned Toad) · X. kuatunensis (Kuatun Horned Toad) · X. major (Glandular Horned Toad) · X. mangshanensis (Mangshan Horned Toad) · X. medogensis (Medog Horned Toad) · X. minor (Little Horned Toad) · X. nankiangensis (Nankiang Horned Toad) · X. omeimontis (Omei Horned Toad) · X. pachyproctus (Convex-Vented Horned Toad) · X. palpebralespinosa (Rough-Skinned Horned Toad) · X. parva (Concave-Crowned Horned Toad) · X. shapingensis (Shaping Horned Toad) · X. spinata (Spiny-Fingered Horned Toad) · X. wuliangshanensis (Wuliangshan Horned Toad) · X. wushanensis (Wushan Horned Toad) · X. zhangi (Zhang's Horned Toad)
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Further Reading
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Fei, L. and Ye, C.-Y. 1983. Two new subspecies of Megophrys omeimontis Liu from China (Amphibia:Pelobatidae). Acta Herpetologica Sinica: 49-52.
- Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y., Huang, Y.-A. and Liu, M.-Y. 1999. Atlas of Amphibians of China. Henan Science and Technical Press, Zhengzhou.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- MacKinnon, J., Meng, S., Cheung, C., Carey, G., Zhu, X. and Melville, D. 1996. A Biodiversity Review of China. World Wide Fund for Nature International, Hong Kong.
- Ohler, A., Marquis, O., Swan, S. and Grosjean, S. 2000. Amphibian biodiversity of Hoang Lien Nature Reserve (Lao Cai Province, northern Viet Nam) with description of two new species. Herpetozoa: 71-87.
- Yang, D.-T. 1991. The Amphibia-Fauna of Yunnan. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Fei Liang, Lu Shunqing, Yang Datong, Annemarie Ohler, Steven Swan 2004. Xenophrys jingdongensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Liang, F., Shunqing, L., Datong, Y., Ohler, A. & Swan, S. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29379
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664232
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664232
- IUCN ID: 249063
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131162
Footnotes
- Fei Liang, Lu Shunqing, Yang Datong, Annemarie Ohler, Steven Swan 2004. Xenophrys jingdongensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
