Primary references

• Tian, W.-S. & Hu, S.-Q. 1983. Taxonomic study on genus Megophrys, with descriptions of two new genera. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 2(2): 41–48.

Additional references

• Dubois, A. 1987. Miscellanea taxonomica batrachologica (I). Alytes 5: 7–95.

• Rao, D.-Q. & Yang, D.-T. 1997. The Karyotypes of Megophryinae (Pelobatidae) with a Discussion on their Classification and Phylogenetic Relationships. Asian Herpetological Research 7: 93–102. BHL Reference page. 

• Rao, D.-Q. & Yang, D.-T. 1997. The variation in karyotypes of Brachytarsophrys from China with a discussion of the classification of the genus. Asian Herpetological Research 7: 103–107. BHL Reference page. 

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• Jiang, J.-P., Yuan, F.-R., Xie, F. & Zheng, Z.-H. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of some species and genera in megophryids inferred from partial sequences of mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA genes. Zoological Research 24(4): 241–248. Reference page. 

• Zhao, J., Yang, J., Chen, G.-L., Chen, C.-Q. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2014. Description of a new species of the genus Brachytarsophrys Tian and Hu, 1983 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from southern China based on molecular and morphological data. Asian Herpetological Research 5(3): 150–160. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2014.00150 Reference page. 

• Chen, J.-M., Zhou, W.-W., Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Stuart, B.L., Brown, R.M., Lathrop, A., Wang, Y.-Y., Yuan, Z.-Y., Jiang, K., Hou, M., Chen, H.-M., Suwannapoom, C., Nguyen, S.N., Duong, T.V., Papenfuss, T.J., Murphy, R.W., Zhang, Y.-P. & Che, J. 2017. A novel multilocus phylogenetic estimation reveals unrecognized diversity in Asian horned toads, genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 28–43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.004 Reference page. 

• Mahony, S., Foley, N.M., Biju, S.D. & Teeling, E.C. 2017. Evolutionary history of the Asian Horned Frogs (Megophryinae): integrative approaches to timetree dating in the absence of a fossil record. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(3): 744–771. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw267 Reference page. 

• Li, Y., Zhang, D.-D., Lyu, Z.T., Wang, J., Li, Y.-L., Liu, Z.-Y., Chen, H.-H., Rao, D.-Q., Jin, Z.-F., Zhang, C.-Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. Review of the genus Brachytarsophrys (Anura: Megophryidae), with revalidation of Brachytarsophrys platyparietus and description of a new species from China. Zoological Research 41(2): 105–122. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.033 Reference page. 

• Li, S.-Z., Liu, J., Yang, G.-P., Wei, G. & Su, H.-J. 2022. A new toad species of the genus Brachytarsophrys Tian & Hu, 1983 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou Province, China. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e79984. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e79984 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Brachytarsophrys. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (25 July 2021). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001