Biology:Shaping horned toad
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Short description: Species of frog
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Megophrys |
| Species: | M. shapingensis
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| Megophrys shapingensis Liu, 1950
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The Shaping horned toad (Megophrys shapingensis) is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China and known only from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Males measure 77 mm (3.0 in) and females 94 mm (3.7 in) in length.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Megophrys shapingensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T57653A63855348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T57653A63855348.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/57653/63855348. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Xenophrys shapingensis (Liu, 1950)". 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=Xenophrys+shapingensis. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ↑ Fei, L. (1999) (in Chinese). Atlas of Amphibians of China. Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 106. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
Wikidata ☰ Q28026539 entry
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