''Atympanophrys'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

frogs A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...

in the family

Megophryidae Megophryidae, commonly known as goose frogs, is a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to th ...

. They range from central

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

south to northern

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. They are commonly known as hidden-tympanum horned toads.

Taxonomy

They were synonymized with ''

Xenophrys ''Xenophrys'' is a genus of amphibians in the family Megophryidae. They are found in southeastern Asia (including China and northeastern India) to Borneo. Their common name is strange-horned toads. Conservation Of the 36 ''Xenophrys'' specie ...

'' in 2006, but revived as a distinct genus based on studies in 2017 and 2021. ''

Amphibian Species of the World ''Amphibian Species of the World 6.1: An Online Reference'' (ASW) is a herpetology database. It lists the names of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians, which scientists first described each species and what year, and the animal's known range. ...

'' recognizes 4 species: * ''

Atympanophrys gigantica The great piebald horned toad (''Atympanophrys gigantica''), or giant spadefoot toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae, endemic to China. It is known only from Jingdong Yi Autonomous County and Yongde County in southwestern Yunnan. ...

'' — giant piebald horned toad * ''

Atympanophrys nankiangensis The Nankiang horned toad (''Atympanophrys nankiangensis'') is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to northern Sichuan and southern Gansu, China. Range It is found in: *Mount Guangwu, Nanjiang County, northern Sichuan (wh ...

'' — Nankiang horned toad * ''

Atympanophrys shapingensis The Shaping horned toad (''Atympanophrys shapingensis'') is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China and known only from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane fore ...

'' — Shaping horned toad * ''

Atympanophrys wawuensis ''Atympanophrys wawuensis'', commonly known as the Wawu horned toad, is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China. It is only known from the type locality, Mount Wawu in Hongya County, Sichuan, which is located to the ...

'' — Wawu horned toad

References

Atympanophrys Megophryidae Amphibians of Asia Amphibian genera {{Megophryidae-stub