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Megophryidae (Bonaparte, 1850) Asian Toad, Litter Frogs
The family Megophryidae is the most diverse family family-level group in the subfamily Mesobatrachia. Some species are forest dwellers, and look very similar to the dead leaves littering the ground (see photo of Megophrys nasuta). Other species are less cryptic in appearance, and may be found along the rocks of streams or ponds. 

      
   
Genus Atympanophrys (Tian & Hu, 1983)
none Atympanophrys gigantica unknown
none Atympanophrys shapingensis unknown
  
Genus Brachytarsophrys (Tian & Hu, 1983)
  Brachytarsophrys carinensis unknown
none Brachytarsophrys feae unknown
none Brachytarsophrys gigantica unknown
none Brachytarsophrys intermedia unknown
none Brachytarsophrys platyparietus unknown
   
Genus Leptobrachella (Smith, 1931)
none Leptobrachella baluensis unknown
none Leptobrachella brevicrus unknown
none Leptobrachella mjobergi unknown
none Leptobrachella natunae unknown
none Leptobrachella palmata unknown
none Leptobrachella parva unknown
none Leptobrachella serasanae unknown
   
Genus Leptobrachium (Tschudi, 1838)
  Leptobrachium abbotti unknown
none Leptobrachium banae unknown
none Leptobrachium chapaense unknown
none Leptobrachium echinatum unknown
none Leptobrachium gunungense unknown
none Leptobrachium hainanense unknown
none Leptobrachium hasseltii unknown
  Leptobrachium hendricksoni Malayan Leaf Litter Frog
none Leptobrachium montanum unknown
none Leptobrachium nigrops unknown
none Leptobrachium pullum unknown
none Leptobrachium smithi unknown
none Leptobrachium xanthospilum unknown
    
Genus Leptolalax (Dubois, 1980)
none Leptolalax alpinus unknown
none Leptolalax arayai unknown
none Leptolalax bourreti unknown
none Leptolalax dringi unknown
none Leptolalax gracilis unknown
none Leptolalax hamidi unknown
none Leptolalax heteropus unknown
none Leptolalax liui unknown
none Leptolalax maurus unknown
none Leptolalax nahangensis unknown
none Leptolalax oshanensis unknown
none Leptolalax pelodytoides unknown
none Leptolalax pictus unknown
none Leptolalax pluvialis unknown
none Leptolalax sungi unknown
none Leptolalax tuberosus unknown
none Leptolalax ventripunctatus unknown
    
Genus Megophrys (Kuhn & van Hasselt, 1822)
none Megophrys edwardinae unknown
none Megophrys kobayashii unknown
none Megophrys lateralis unknown
  Megophrys ligayae unknown
  Megophrys montana Malaysian Horned Frog
  Megophrys nasuta Malaysian Horned Frog
none Megophrys stejnegeri unknown
   
Genus Ophryophryne (Boulenger, 1903)
none Ophryophryne microstoma unknown
none Ophryophryne pachyproctus unknown
none Ophryophryne poilani unknown
     
Genus Oreolalax (Myers & Leviton, 1962)
none Oreolalax chuanbeiensis unknown
none Oreolalax granulosus unknown
none Oreolalax jingdongensis unknown
none Oreolalax liangbeiensis unknown
none Oreolalax lichuanensis unknown
none Oreolalax major unknown
none Oreolalax multipunctatus unknown
none Oreolalax nanjiangensis unknown
none Oreolalax omeimontis unknown
none Oreolalax pingii unknown
none Oreolalax popei unknown
none Oreolalax puxiongensis unknown
none Oreolalax rhodostigmatus unknown
none Oreolalax rugosus unknown
none Oreolalax schmidti unknown
none Oreolalax weigoldi unknown
none Oreolalax xiangchengensis unknown
   
Genus Scutiger (Theobold, 1868)
none Scutiger adungensis unknown
none Scutiger bhutanensis unknown
none Scutiger boulengeri unknown
none Scutiger brevipes unknown
none Scutiger chintingensis unknown
none Scutiger glandulatus unknown
none Scutiger gongshanensis unknown
none Scutiger granulosus unknown
none Scutiger jiulongensis unknown
none Scutiger liupanensis unknown
none Scutiger maculatus unknown
none Scutiger mammatus unknown
none Scutiger muliensis unknown
none Scutiger multipunctatus unknown
none Scutiger nepalensis unknown
none Scutiger ningshanensis unknown
none Scutiger nyingchiensis unknown
none Scutiger occidentalis unknown
none Scutiger pingwuensis unknown
none Scutiger ruginosus unknown
none Scutiger sikimmensis unknown
none Scutiger tuberculatus unknown
   
Genus Vibrissaphora (Liu, 1945)
none Vibrissaphora ailaonica unknown
none Vibrissaphora boringii unknown
none Vibrissaphora echinata unknown
  Vibrissaphora leishanensis Leishanensis Moustache Toad
none Vibrissaphora liui unknown
  
Genus Xenophrys
none Xenophrys aceras unknown
none Xenophrys auralensis unknown
none Xenophrys baluensis unknown
none Xenophrys boettgeri unknown
none Xenophrys brachykolos unknown
none Xenophrys caudoprocta unknown
none Xenophrys daweimontis unknown
none Xenophrys dringi unknown
none Xenophrys glandulosa unknown
none Xenophrys jingdongensis unknown
none Xenophrys kempii unknown
none Xenophrys kuatunensis unknown
none Xenophrys longipes unknown
none Xenophrys major unknown
none Xenophrys mangshanensis unknown
none Xenophrys medogensis unknown
none Xenophrys minor unknown
none Xenophrys nankiangensis unknown
none Xenophrys omeimontis unknown
none Xenophrys pachyproctus unknown
none Xenophrys palpebralespinosa unknown
none Xenophrys parva unknown
none Xenophrys robusta unknown
none Xenophrys shuichengensis unknown
none Xenophrys spinata unknown
none Xenophrys wuliangshanensis unknown
none Xenophrys wushanensis unknown
none Xenophrys zhangi unknown
    
  

Amphibian Taxonomy References

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Beltz, Ellin (2003). North American Reptile and Amphibian Names. Ellin Beltz. http://ebeltz.net/herps/etyhome.html (Accessed: 2001).

Center for North American Herpetology (2003). http://www.cnah.org/ (Accessed: 2000).

Collins, Joseph T. Standard Common and Scientific Names for North American Amphibians & Reptiles (3rd ed.). Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles (SSAR), 1990.

Duellman, W.E. and L. Trueb. Biology of Amphibians. McGraw Hill, New York, 1986.

Fowler, Henry W. Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum, 1906 - With A Report of the Amphibians and Reptiles of New Jersey and a Supplement to the Fishes of New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey State Museum, 1906.

Frank, Norman, and E. Ramus. Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles & Amphibians of the World. N.G. Publishing, 1996.

Frost, Darrel. R. Amphibian Species of the World. Allen Press and the Association of Systematics Collections. Lawrence, KS, 1985.

Frost, Darrel R. (2004). Amphibian Species of the World 3.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php (Accessed: 2004).

Halliday, Tim R., and Kraig Adler (editors). The New Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians. Facts on File, New York, 2002.

Jordan, David S. A Manual of Vertebrates of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi River and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, Exclusive to Marine Species. Chicago, 1878.

Larson, Allan. 1991. A molecular perspective on the evolutionary relationships of the salamander families. Evolutionary Biology 25: 211-277.

Larson, Allan (2004). Terrestrial Vertebrates. Tree of Life Web Project. http://www.tolweb.org/tree?group=terrestrial_vertebrates. (Accessed: 2004).

Schleich, Hermann H., and Werner Kastle (editors). Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. Koeltz, Koningstein, 2002.

Stebbins, Robert. Western Reptiles & Amphibians (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.

Titus, T.A. and A. Larson. 1995. A molecular phylogenetic perspective on the evolutionary radiation of the salamander family Salamandridae. Systematic Biology 44: 125-151.

 

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