Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Wuliangshan Horned Toad
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It inhabits evergreen
broadleaf forests
, and breeds
in small hill
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
- 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:
wuliangshanensis
- Ye and Fei, 1995
- Scientific name: - Xenophrys wuliangshanensis Ye and Fei, 1995
- Specific name:
wuliangshanensis
- Ye and Fei, 1995
- Genus:
Xenophrys
(
- Family:
Megophryidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pelobatoidea
(
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
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.
- Ao, J.M., Bordoloi, S. and Ohler, A. 2003. Amphibian fauna of Nagaland with nineteen new records from the State including five new records for India. ZOO’s Print Journal: 1117-1125.
- 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.
- Ye, C.-Y. and Fei, L. 1995. Taxonomic studies on small shape Megophrys species and descriptions of new species and subspecies. Acta Herpetologica Sinica: 72-81.
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.
- Datong, Y. & Shunqing, L. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Yang Datong, Lu Shunqing 2004. Xenophrys wuliangshanensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29381
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664249
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664249
- IUCN ID: 249083
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131180
Footnotes
- Yang Datong, Lu Shunqing 2004. Xenophrys wuliangshanensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
