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Megophrys

{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}

{{Hatnote|"Asian horned frog" redirects here. This may also refer specifically to Megophrys montana.}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Mego montana 060617-7692 jbti.jpg

| image_caption = Megophrys montana

| taxon = Megophrys

| authority = Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822

| type_species = Megophrys montana

| type_species_authority = Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Several, see text

| synonyms = * Ceratophryne Schlegel, 1858

}}

Megophrys is a genus of frogs in the family Megophryidae. They are endemic to Indonesia, where they are found on the islands of Java and Sumatra. They commonly have elongated upper "eyebrows" and are thus known as Indonesian horned toads. This group was thought to contain many more species and have a much wider distribution prior to recent taxonomic revisions.{{Cite web |title=Megophrys Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 {{!}} Amphibian Species of the World |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Megophryinae/Megophrys |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org}}

Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Megophrys:{{cite web |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2019 |title=Megophrys Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Megophrys |access-date=6 December 2019 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History}}

Megophrys formerly contained over a hundred species, but significant taxonomic revisions have led to the vast majority of these species being moved to other genera, such as Xenophrys, Boulenophrys, Atympanophrys and Pelobatrachus. However, there is a divide between studies over this, with most Indian-published studies preferring to classify all these taxa within Megophrys, while Chinese-published studies classify them in their own genera; the IUCN Red List follows the former, while Amphibian Species of the World and AmphibiaWeb follow the latter.{{Cite web |title=Megophrys Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 {{!}} Amphibian Species of the World |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Megophryinae/Megophrys |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org}}

Endemic ranges

Many Megophrys species are endemic to highly restricted geographical areas.

References

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External links

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  • [http://bio.acousti.ca/classification/megophrys Sound recordings of Megophrys at BioAcoustica]

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Category:Megophryidae

Category:Amphibians of Asia

Category:Amphibian genera

Category:Taxa named by Heinrich Kuhl