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Scutiger (toad)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Scutiger

Higher classification
  
Megophryidae

Order
  
Frog

Family
  
Megophryidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Scutiger nyingchiensis, Scutiger boulengeri

Scutiger is a genus of toads in the family Megophryidae. Common name lazy toads has been coined for them. They occur in China, Burma, Nepal, and northern India in high-altitude habitats. Most are endemic to China.

Species

There are 21 species:

  • Scutiger adungensis Dubois, 1979 – Adung lazy toad
  • Scutiger bhutanensis Delorme and Dubois, 2001
  • Scutiger boulengeri (Bedriaga, 1898) – Boulenger's lazy toad, Xizang alpine toad, Himalayan stream frog
  • Scutiger brevipes (Liu, 1950)
  • Scutiger chintingensis Liu and Hu, 1960 – Chinting lazy toad, Chinting alpine toad
  • Scutiger glandulatus (Liu, 1950) – Hopachai lazy toad, chest gland cat-eyed toad
  • Scutiger gongshanensis Yang and Su, 1979 – Gongshan lazy toad, Gongshan cat-eyed toad
  • Scutiger jiulongensis Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 1995 – Jiulong cat-eyed toad
  • Scutiger liupanensis Huang, 1985 – Liupan lazy toad, Liupan alpine toad
  • Scutiger maculatus (Liu, 1950) – spotted lazy toad, piebald alpine toad
  • Scutiger mammatus (Günther, 1896) – Tungsolo lazy toad
  • Scutiger muliensis Fei and Ye, 1986 – Muli cat-eyed toad
  • Scutiger nepalensis Dubois, 1974 – Nepal lazy toad, mountain pelobatid toad, Asiatic spadefoot toad
  • Scutiger ningshanensis Fang, 1985 – Ningshan lazy toad, Ningshan alpine toad
  • Scutiger nyingchiensis Fei, 1977 – Nyingchi lazy toad, Ladakh pelobatid toad, Nyingshi alpine toad
  • Scutiger pingwuensis Liu and Tian, 1978 – Pingwu lazy toad, Pingwu alpine toad
  • Scutiger sikimmensis (Blyth, 1855) – Sikkim lazy toad, Sikkim high altitude toad, Blyth's short-limbed frog
  • Scutiger spinosus Jiang, Wang, Li, and Che, 2016 – spiny lazy toad
  • Scutiger tuberculatus Liu and Fei, 1979 – bumpy lazy toad, round-tubercled cat-eyed toad
  • Scutiger wanglangensis Ye and Fei, 2007 – Wanglang alpine toad
  • Scutiger wuguanfui Jiang, Rao, Yuan, Wang, Li, Hou, Che, and Che, 2012 – Wu's lazy toad, Medog lazy toad
  • References

    Scutiger (toad) Wikipedia