Boulenophrys daweimontis, the Mount Dawei horned toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is only known from Mount Dawe) in Pingbian Miao Autonomous County, Yunnan, China, near the Vietnamese border. It is also likely to occur in the adjacent parts of Vietnam.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Megophryidae |
Genus: | Boulenophrys |
Species: | B. daweimontis
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Binomial name | |
Boulenophrys daweimontis (Rao and Yang, 1997)
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References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Megophrys daweimontis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T57635A63857337. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Boulenophrys daweimontis (Rao and Yang, 1997) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.