Kuatun horned toad

The Kuatun horned toad (Megophrys kuatunensis), or Kuatun spadefoot toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is found in southeastern China and northern Vietnam. Its name is testimony to its type locality, Kuatun (Guadun in modern spelling) village in Wuyishan, Fujian.[3][4]

Kuatun horned toad
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Megophrys
Species:
M. kuatunensis
Binomial name
Megophrys kuatunensis
(Pope, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Megalophrys kuatunensis Pope, 1929[2]
  • Xenophrys kuatunensis (Pope, 1929)[3]

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 26–30 mm (1.0–1.2 in) and females 37 mm (1.5 in) in length.[4][5]

References
  1. Gu Huiqing; Geng Baorong; Peter Paul van Dijk; Annemarie Ohler (2004). "Megophrys kuatunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T57641A11668487. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57641A11668487.en.
  2. Pope, C. H. (1929). "Four new frogs from Fukien Province, China". American Museum Novitates. 352: 1–5.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Megophrys kuatunensis (Pope, 1929)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. "Megophrys kuatunensis Pope, 1929". AmphibiaChina (in Chinese). Kunming Institute of Zoology. 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 116. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.


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