Scutiger pingwuensis

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Scutiger pingwuensis |volume=2020 |page=e.T57620A51158740 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T57620A51158740.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Scutiger

| species = pingwuensis

| authority = Liu & Tian, 1978

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Scutiger pingwuensis is a species of toad in the family Megophryidae known commonly as the Pingwu lazy toad and the Pingwu alpine toad.Frost, D. R. [http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=references&id=20289 Scutiger pingwuensis.] Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.6, 2013. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. It is endemic to Pingwu County in Sichuan, China. It lives near villages at about 2200 meters in elevation. Its habitat includes streams bordered by dense shrubs. It lays eggs under rocks in the streams.

It is a locally common species, but its range is limited, it is known from only five locations, and its population is believed to be declining. It is threatened by habitat degradation and destruction from agriculture and development as human settlement grows in the area.

Phylogenetic analyses of the genus indicate that this toad is sister species to Scutiger chintingensis.Fu, J., et al. (1997). [http://labs.eeb.utoronto.ca/murphy/PDFs%20of%20papers/1997%20Scutiger.pdf Phylogeny of genus Scutiger (Amphibia: Megophryidae): a re-evaluation.] Asiatic Herpetol. Res 7, 32-37.