Megophrys is a genus of frogs in the family Megophryidae. They are endemic to Indonesia, where they are found on the islands of Java and Sumatra. They commonly have elongated upper "eyebrows" and are thus known as Indonesian horned toads. This group was thought to contain many more species and have a much wider distribution prior to recent taxonomic revisions.
Taxonomy The following species are recognised in the genus Megophrys: Megophrys acehensis Megophrys lancip Megophrys montana Megophrys parallela Megophrys selatanensis Megophrys formerly contained over a hundred species, but significant taxonomic revisions have led to the vast majority of these species being moved to other genera, such as Xenophrys, Boulenophrys, Atympanophrys and Pelobatrachus. However, there is a divide between studies over this, with most Indian-published studies preferring to classify all these taxa within Megophrys, while Chinese-published studies classify them in their own genera; the IUCN Red List follows the former, while Amphibian Species of the World and AmphibiaWeb follow the latter.
Endemic ranges Many Megophrys species are endemic to highly restricted geographical areas. Southern China Anhui Megophrys huangshanensis: Huangshan mountains, Anhui Guangdong Megophrys acuta: Heishiding, Fengkai County, Guangdong Megophrys obesa: Heishiding, Fengkai County, Guangdong Jiangxi Megophrys cheni: Luoxiao Mountains Megophrys lini: Luoxiao Mountains Megophrys jinggangensis: Luoxiao Mountains Hunan Megophrys sangzhiensis: Sangzhi County, Hunan Megophrys caudoprocta: Tianping Mountain, Sangzhi County, Hunan Megophrys tuberogranulatus: Tianzishan Nature Reserve, Sangzhi County, Hunan Megophrys mangshanensis: Yizhang County, Hunan Chongqing Megophrys baolongensis: Baolong (抱龙镇), Wushan County, Chongqing Megophrys wushanensis: Wu Mountains, Chongqing Yunnan Megophrys binchuanensis: NW Yunnan Megophrys daweimontis: Mount Dawei, Pingbian Miao Autonomous County, Yunnan Megophrys gigantica: Jingdong Yi Autonomous County and Yongde County, southwestern Yunnan Sichuan Megophrys binlingensis: Binling, Hongya County, Sichuan Megophrys wawuensis: Mount Wawu, Hongya County, Sichuan Megophrys nankiangensis: northern Sichuan and southern Gansu Guizhou Megophrys shuichengensis: Fenghuang Village, Shuicheng County, Guizhou Tibet Megophrys medogensis: Mêdog County, Tibet Megophrys zhangi: Zhangmu, Nyalam County, Tibet Northeast India Megophrys megacephala: East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya Megophrys oropedion: East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya Megophrys vegrandis: West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh Megophrys ancrae: Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh Megophrys serchhipii: Serchhip, Mizoram Megophrys zunhebotoensis: Nguti (Sukhalu), Zunheboto District, Nagaland Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia Megophrys auralensis: Phnom Aural, Kampong Speu Province Megophrys damrei: Dâmrei Mountains, Kampot Province Vietnam Megophrys latidactyla: Pù Mát National Park, Vietnam Thailand Megophrys lekaguli: Chanthaburi and Sa Kaeo Provinces, eastern Thailand Megophrys takensis: Tak Province, Thailand Borneo Megophrys baluensis: Sabah Megophrys dringi: Mount Mulu, Sarawak Sumatra Megophrys parallela: West Sumatra Philippines Megophrys ligayae: Balabac and Palawan Megophrys stejnegeri: Mindanao Indonesia Megophrys montana: Java
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External links
Sound recordings of Megophrys at BioAcoustica