Scutiger (toad)

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Scutiger
Scutiger boulengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Scutiger
Theobald, 1868
Type species
Bombinator sikimmensis
Blyth, 1855

Scutiger is a genus of toads in the family Megophryidae. They are known commonly as lazy toads. They occur in China, Burma, Nepal, and northern India in high-altitude habitat.[2] Most are endemic to China.[3]

Species

There are 21 species:[2]

References

  1. ここまで. #ウェルマン pp. 122 ff.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Scutiger Theobald, 1868". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Jiang, K., et al. (2012). A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from southeastern Tibet, China. Zootaxa 3388, 29-40.

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