Megophrys
Encyclopedia
- "Asian horned frog" redirects here. This may also refer specifically to Megophrys montanaMegophrys montanaThe Asian horned frog, Asian Spadefoot Toad, Javan Horned Frog, Megophrys montana is a species of frog found in Asia....
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Megophrys is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of frog
Frog
Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...
s (Anura) in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Megophryidae
Megophryidae
Megophryidae are a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalaya foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to the Philippines. As of mid-2008 it encompasses approximately 70-100 species of frog...
. They commonly have elongated upper "eyebrows" and are thus known as Asian horned frogs. They belong to the suborder Mesobatrachia
Mesobatrachia
Mesobatrachia is the second largest of the Anura suborders of amphibians. It contains 6 families, 20 genera and 168 species. This is, of course, not matched to the 5,047 species noted in the Neobatrachia suborder...
and are therefore by no means close relatives of the South American horned frogs (Ceratophrys), which are Neobatrachia
Neobatrachia
Neobatrachia are a suborder of the Anura, the order of frogs and toads. This suborder is the most advanced and apomorphic of the three anuran orders alive today; hence its name, which literally means "new frogs"...
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Selected species
- Megophrys damrei Mahony, 2011
- Megophrys kobayashii – Kobayashi's Horned FrogKobayashi's Horned FrogThe Kobayashi's Horned Frog is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family.It is endemic to Malaysia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.-Source:...
- Megophrys ligayae – Palawan Horned FrogPalawan Horned FrogThe Palawan Horned Frog is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical moist...
- Megophrys montanaMegophrys montanaThe Asian horned frog, Asian Spadefoot Toad, Javan Horned Frog, Megophrys montana is a species of frog found in Asia....
– Asian Horned Frog - Megophrys nasuta – Long-nosed Horned FrogLong-nosed Horned FrogThe Long-nosed Horned Frog or the Malayan Horned Frog is a species of frog restricted to the rainforest areas of southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia to Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo.-Physical description:...
, Malayan Horned Frog - Megophrys parvaXenophrys parvaXenophrys parva is a species of horned frog found in South Asia....
- Megophrys sangzhiensisMegophrys sangzhiensisMegophrys sangzhiensis is a frog species in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China....
Sangzhi Horned Frog Jiang, Ye & Fei, 2008 - Megophrys stejnegeri – Mindanao Horned FrogMindanao Horned FrogThe Mindanao Horned Frog or Southeast Asian Horned Toad is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines....
, Southeast Asian Horned Toad - Megophrys takensis Mahony, 2011