Nankiang horned toad

The Nankiang horned toad (Atympanophrys nankiangensis) is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to northern Sichuan and southern Gansu, China.[2]

Nankiang horned toad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Atympanophrys
Species:
A. nankiangensis
Binomial name
Atympanophrys nankiangensis
(Liu & Hu, 1966)
Synonyms
  • Megophrys nankiangensis Liu & Hu, 1966
  • Xenophrys nankiangensis (Liu & Hu, 1966)

Range

It is found in:[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and rivers. It inhabits hill streams and surrounding shrubland habitat. It probably breeds in streams like other species of the genus. This species is known from Kuang-wu Shan in Nankiang County and Qingchuan in Sichuan Province, and Wenxian, in Gansu Province, China, from 1,600-1,850m above sea level.

It is threatened by habitat loss. The major threat to this species is habitat destruction and degradation, especially due to infrastructure development for touristic activities. This species is listed as vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 square kilometers, it is known from fewer than ten locations, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat in Sichuan and Gansu, China.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Megophrys nankiangensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T57647A63856661. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T57647A63856661.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Atympanophrys nankiangensis (Liu and Hu, 1966) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.


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