Systematic list of Genus Megophrys Kuhl and van Hasselt, 1822 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) in Meghalaya, North-East India with a discussion on the distribution of M. wuliangshanensis Ye and Fei, 1995 in India
Author
Kharkongor, Ilona Jacinta
North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong - 793014, Meghalaya, India; ilona. kharkongor @ ymail. com
Author
Saikia, Bhaskar
Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai - 600028, Tamil Nadu, India
Author
Deb, Rita
Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai - 600028, Tamil Nadu, India
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7.
Megophrys robusta
(Boulenger, 1908)
White-lipped Horned Toad
(
Figure 6
, Plate-III)
1908.
Megalophrys robusta
Boulenger,
Proc. Zool. Soc.London
: 418 (
Type
locality: “
Darjeeling
”,
West Bengal
,
India
).
Material examined
:
1 ex.
(Regd. no.
V
/A/
NERC/1051
),
War Umsning
,
East Khasi Hills
,
Meghalaya
,
19.8.2006
,
Coll. S. Swell.
Distribution
:
INDIA
:
Assam
,
Nagaland
,
Meghalaya
,
Arunachal Pradesh
and
West Bengal
.
Elsewhere:
China; Myanmar; Vietnam; Hong Kong; Bangladesh; Nepal.
Remarks: Rarely found. It is, by far, the largest Horned Toad in size.