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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http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/122304
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10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/122304
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6.
Megophrys parva
(Boulenger, 1893)
Concave Crowned Horned Toad
(
Figure 5
, Plate-III)
1893.
Leptobrachium parvum
Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova
, (2)
13
: 304-347. (
Type
locality: “District of Karin Bia-po”,
Myanmar
)
Material examined
:
1 ex.
(
Regn.No.
V
/A/ERS-251)
Kanchan Chiring
,
Songsak Reserve Forest
,
East Garo Hills District
,
Meghalaya
,
07.11.1978
,
Coll. Inger
;
1 ex.
(
Regn. No.
V
/A/ ERS-409)
St.Edmund’s School Campus
,
Shillong
,
East Khasi Hills District
,
Meghalaya
,
07.05.2003
,
Coll. K. K. Deb
;
2 ex.
(
Regn. No.
V
/A/ERS-514)
Risa Colony
,
Shillong
,
East Khasi Hills District
,
Meghalaya
,
10.07.2003
,
Coll.
R
.
Mathew
;
1 ex.
(
Regn. No.
V
/A/ERS-528)
Motinagar
,
Shillong
,
East Khasi Hills District
,
Meghalaya
, --.06.2003,
Coll.
R
.
Mathew
;
4 ex.
(
Regn. No.
V
/A/ERS-749)
Mawphlang
and around,
East Khasi Hills District
,
Meghalaya
,
02.08.2006
,
Coll.
R
.
Mathew
& party
;
1 ex.
(
Regn. No.
V
/A/ERS-780)
Risa Colony
,
Shillong
,
East Khasi Hills District
,
Meghalaya
,
26.09.2005
,
Coll. Roselind Mathew
;
7 ex.
(
Regn. No.
V
/A/ ERS-790)
Motinagar
,
Shillong
,
East Khasi Hills District
,
Meghalaya
,
19.08.2004
,
Coll.
T
.
B. Rai
;
3 ex.
(
Regn. No.
V
/A/ERS-832)
Nokrek National Park
,
Daribokgre
,
East Garo Hills District
,
Meghalaya
,
29.09.2008
,
Coll.
R
.
Mathew
& party;
2 ex.
(
Regn. No.
V
/A/NERC-1218)
Umjasai
(downstream),
Upper Shillong
,
East Khasi Hills District
,
Meghalaya
,
10.09.2015
,
Coll. S. Swell
and
T
.
Marweiñ
;
1 ex.
(
Regn. No.
V
/A/NERC-1219)
Umjasai
(
Upstream
),
Upper Shillong
,
East Khasi Hills District
,
Meghalaya
,
16.09.2015
,
Coll. S. Swell
and
T
.
Marweiñ
.
Distribution:
INDIA
:
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Assam
,
Nagaland
,
Manipur
and
Meghalaya
.
Elsewhere:
Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.
Remarks:
Apparently the most common Horned Toad in
Meghalaya
, and the most widely distributed
Megophrys
in
India
.