Great piebald horned toad

The great piebald horned toad (Atympanophrys gigantica), or giant spadefoot toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae, endemic to China. It is known only from Jingdong Yi Autonomous County and Yongde County in southwestern Yunnan.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Great piebald horned toad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Atympanophrys
Species:
A. gigantica
Binomial name
Atympanophrys gigantica
(Liu, Hu & Yang, 1960)
Synonyms
  • Megophrys giganticus Liu, Hu & Yang, 1960
  • Xenophrys giganticus (Liu, Hu & Yang, 1960)

References
  1. Wu Guanfu, Yang Datong (2004). "Megophrys gigantica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T57637A11667811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57637A11667811.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. "Atympanophrys gigantica (Liu, Hu, and Yang, 1960) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.


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