Genus of amphibians
Xenophrys is a genus of amphibians in the family Megophryidae . They are found in southeastern Asia (including China and northeastern India) to Borneo . Their common name is strange-horned toads .[1]
Tadpole of Xenophrys brachykolos
Taxonomy
The genus was previously found to be strongly polyphyletic , and awaiting a better solution, they were synonymized in the genus Megophrys .[1] Following subsequent studies and reclassification, the genus has been revalidated.[3]
Species
Presently, Amphibian Species of the World classifies the following 31 species in Xenophrys :[1]
Xenophrys aceras (Boulenger, 1903) — Perak horned toad
Xenophrys ancrae (Mahony, Teeling & Biju, 2013) — Namdapha horned toadfrog
Xenophrys auralensis (Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002) — Aural horned toad
Xenophrys awuh (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) — Naga Hills horned frog
Xenophrys damrei (Mahony, 2011) — Damrei horned toad
Xenophrys dzukou (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) — Dzükou Valley horned frog
Xenophrys flavipunctata (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — yellow spotted white-lipped horned frog
Xenophrys glandulosa (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990) — glandular horned toad
Xenophrys himalayana (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — Himalayan horned frog
Xenophrys lekaguli (Stuart, Chuaynkern, Chan-ard, and Inger, 2006) — Lekagul's horned toad
Xenophrys longipes (Boulenger, 1886) — red-legged horned toad
Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908) — Great Stream horned toad
Xenophrys mangshanensis (Fei and Ye, 1990) — Mangshan horned toad
Xenophrys maosonensis (Bourret, 1937) — Maoson horned toad
Xenophrys medogensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1983) — Medog horned toad
Xenophrys megacephala (Mahony, Sengupta, Kamei, and Biju, 2011) — big-headed horned frog
Xenophrys monticola Günther , 1864 — mountain horned frog
Xenophrys numhbumaeng (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) — Tamenglong horned frog
Xenophrys oreocrypta (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — Garo white-lipped horned frog
Xenophrys oropedion (Mahony, Teeling & Biju, 2013) — Shyllong horned toad
Xenophrys pachyproctus (Huang, 1981) — convex-vented horned toad
Xenophrys periosa (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — giant Himalayan horned frog
Xenophrys robusta (Boulenger, 1908) — robust horned toad
Xenophrys serchhipii Mathew and Sen, 2007 — Serchhip horned toad
Xenophrys takensis (Mahony, 2011) — Tak horned toad
Xenophrys truongsonensis Luong, Hoang, Pham, Nguyen, Orlov, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2022 — Truongson horned toad
Xenophrys vegrandis (Mahony, Teeling, Biju, 2013)
Xenophrys yeae (Shi, Zhang, Xie, Jiang, Liu, Ding, Luan, and Wang, 2020) — Ye's horned toad
Xenophrys zhangi (Ye and Fei, 1992) — Zhang's horned toad
Xenophrys zhoui (Shi, Zhang, Xie, Jiang, Liu, Ding, Luan, and Wang, 2020) — Zhou's horned toad
Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Mathew and Sen, 2007 — Zunheboto horned toad