Oreolalax nanjiangensis
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''Oreolalax nanjiangensis'' (Nanjiang toothed toad) is a species of
amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...
in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to
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 ...
. It is known from the area of the type locality of Mount Guangwu (光雾山), Nanjiang County, northern Sichuan, as well as adjacent southern
Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
and southwestern Shaanxi. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss associated with tourism. Male ''Oreolalax nanjiangensis'' grow to about in snout-vent length. Tadpoles are in length.


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nanjiangensis Amphibians of China Endemic fauna of China Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1999 {{Megophryidae-stub