''Bufoides kempi'' is a species of
true toad, family
Bufonidae.
[ This poorly known species is endemic to Meghalaya, Northeast India.][ It is only known with certainty from its ]type series
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the ...
(two syntypes
In biological nomenclature, a syntype is any one of two or more biological types that is listed in a description of a taxon where no holotype was designated. Precise definitions of this and related terms for types have been established as part of ...
) collected "above Tura" at in the Garo Hills no later than 1919;[ there is also a possible record][ The ]specific name Specific name may refer to:
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''kempi'' honours Stanley Wells Kemp, an English zoologist and anthropologist.
Taxonomy and systematics
The species was described in 1919 by George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botani ...
as ''Nectophryne kempi''. Thomas Barbour placed it in ''Pedostibes
The Malabar tree toad (''Pedostibes tuberculosus''), or warty Asian tree toad, is a species of toad found in forests along the Western Ghats of great Karnataka or Deccan. It is a small species and is found in wet tree hollows or leaf bases con ...
'' instead.[ In 2016, Chandramouli and Amarasinghe transferred it to ''Bufoides'' based on shared morphological characteristics with '']Bufoides meghalayanus
''Bufoides meghalayanus'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae, the true toads. It is also known as the Mawblang toad, rock toad, or Khasi Hills toad. It is endemic to northeastern India where it is known from Meghalaya and Mizoram. Howe ...
''. They might even represent the same species; however, new material would be needed to settle this question.
Description
The types measure in snout–vent length; the smaller one is a sub-adult and both are unsexed. The snout is rounded. No tympanum is visible. The parotoid glands are oval. The fingers have basal webbing and the toes moderate webbing. Both the fingers and the toes bare small terminal discs. Skin is granular with small, scattered warts. The granulation is most intense on the flanks; the dorsal granules are larger than ventral ones. The preserved specimens are black ventrally; the larger one has olive brown dorsum whereas the smaller one is black throughout.
Habitat and conservation
Little is known about the ecology and population status of this species. It is arboreal[ or ][
]
References
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kempi
Frogs of India
Endemic fauna of India
Amphibians described in 1919
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN