''Scutiger ningshanensis'' is a species of
toad
Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands.
A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scient ...
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 ...
known commonly as the Ningshan lazy toad and Ningshan alpine toad.
[Frost, D. R]
''Scutiger ningshanensis''.
Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.6, 2013. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. 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
Ningshan County
Ningshan County () is a county in the south of Shaanxi province, China. It is the northernmost county-level division of Ankang City.
Administrative divisions
As 2019, Ningshan County is divided to 11 towns.
;Towns (镇; ''zhèn'')
Climate
...
in
Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...
,
China. It is a poorly known species; only two specimens have been collected, both from one location. The species has been recorded in
grass
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns a ...
y habitat near forest streams at up to 2550 meters in elevation. It may face threats from small-scale farming in the area.
References
ningshanensis
Amphibians of China
Endemic fauna of China
Amphibians described in 1985
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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