Added 15 January 2023.

Family Megophryidae: Subfamily Megophryinae

Introduction

 

QUICK INDEX

 

Atympanophrys, Hidden-Tympanum Horned Toads

Boulenophrys, Chinese Horned Toads

Brachytarsophrys, Karin Hills Frogs, Short-Legged Toads

Megophrys, Indonesian Horned Toads

Ophryophryne, Narrow-Mouth Horned Toads, Mountain Toads

Pelobatrachus, Clay Horned Toads

Xenophrys, Strange-Horned Toads



Genus

Common Name

No. of species

Distribution

Notes

Atympanophrys

Hidden-Tympanum Horned Toads

3-4

C China to N Vietnam


Boulenophrys

Chinese Horned Toads

65

NE India, China, SE Asia

Made up largely of species formerly assigned to Megophrys.

Brachytarsophrys

Karin Hills Frogs, Short-Legged Toads

8

Myanmar, N Thailand, China, N Vietnam


Megophrys

Indonesian Horned Toads

5-8

Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)

Formerly a much larger genus. 

Ophryophryne

Narrow-Mouth Horned Toads, Mountain Toads

6

SE Asia

 

Pelobatrachus

Clay Horned Toads

7

Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines

 

Xenophrys

Strange-Horned Toads

28-31

NE India, China, SE Asia

 

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