''Oreolalax pingii'' (Chinese lazy toad or Ping's toothed toad) is a species of amphibian 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 ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to south-western China where it is restricted to the Daliang and Hengduan Mountains in

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

and

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

. Its natural

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

s are subtropical moist

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial ...

s, moist shrubland, and

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

s. It is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...

Range

It is known only from two locations. *Daliangshan in

Zhaojue County Zhaojue County ( ii, ꏪꐦꑤ juo jjop xiep) is a county in the south of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. It has a population of 322,600 as of 2021, including 98.53% Yi. The name ...

*Daliangshan in

Yuexi County, Sichuan Yuexi County, Sichuan () is a county located in the north of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of Sichuan Province, China. Fauna The frog species ''Oreolalax liangbeiensis'', ''Oreolalax puxiongensis'', and ''Oreolalax pingii'' ...

Morphology

Male ''Oreolalax pingii'' grow to about in snout-vent length and females to .

Tadpole A tadpole is the larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial. Tadpoles have some fish-like features that may not be found ...

s are in length

References

Oreolalax Amphibians of China Endemic fauna of China Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1943 Endangered Fauna of China {{Megophryidae-stub