Scutiger (toad)

Updated on Sep 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Scutiger Higher classification Megophryidae Order Frog		Family Megophryidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

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

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