Biology:Oreolalax schmidti

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Oreolalax schmidti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Oreolalax
Species:
O. schmidti
Binomial name
Oreolalax schmidti
(Liu, 1947)
Synonyms

Scutiger schmidti Liu, 1947

Oreolalax schmidti (Schmidt's lazy toad or webless toothed toad) is a species of amphibian in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China where it can be found in the Hengduan Mountains in western Sichuan and northern Yunnan provinces.[2] Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical moist shrubland, rivers, swamps, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It is named after Karl Patterson Schmidt, American herpetologist.[3]

Male Oreolalax schmidti grow to about 43 mm (1.7 in) in snout-vent length and females to about 51 mm (2.0 in). Tadpoles are 53 mm (2.1 in) in length.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Oreolalax schmidti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T57602A63867797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T57602A63867797.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/57602/63867797. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Oreolalax schmidti (Liu, 1947)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Oreolalax+schmidti. Retrieved 24 October 2013. 
  3. Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. pp. 302. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT302. 
  4. Fei, L. (1999) (in Chinese). Atlas of Amphibians of China. Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. pp. 70–72. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9. 

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