Scutiger boulengeri

Scutiger boulengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Scutiger
Species: S. boulengeri
Binomial name
Scutiger boulengeri
(Bedriaga, 1898)
Synonyms

Leptobrachium boulengeri Bedriaga, 1898

Scutiger boulengeri (common names: Boulenger's lazy toad, Boulenger's high altitude toad, and others) is a species of toad found in Nepal, India (Sikkim[2]) and western China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai, and Tibet).[3] It is an alpine species living near streams and lakes in grassland habitats. It is a common species but it is potentially threatened by diversion of water for agriculture, pollution from agrochemicals, and overgrazing.[1]

Male Scutiger boulengeri measure about 53 mm (2.1 in) in snout–vent length and females about 62 mm (2.4 in). Tadpoles are about 60 mm (2.4 in) in length.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Annemarie Ohler, Pranabes Sanyal, Fei Liang, Michael Wai Neng Lau (2004). "Scutiger boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Barkha Subba, G. Ravikanth & N.A. Aravind (2015). "Scaling new heights: first record of Boulenger’s lazy toad Scutiger boulengeri (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from high altitude lake in Sikkim Himalaya, India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa 7 (10): 7655–7663. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4325.7655-63.
  3. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Scutiger boulengeri (Bedriaga, 1898)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 80. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
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