Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Megophryidae > Megophrys > Megophrys brachykolos

Megophrys brachykolos (Short-legged Horned Toad)

Synonyms: Boulenophrys brachykolos; Megophrys minor brachykolos; Panophrys brachykolos; Xenophrys brachykolos

Wikipedia Abstract

The short-legged horned toad or Peak spadefoot toad (Xenophrys brachykolos) is a frog native to southern China and Vietnam. It was first discovered in the Victoria Peak (locally known as The Peak), Hong Kong. Many populations of Hong Kong are in the country parks, such as Lung Fu Shan Country Park.
View Wikipedia Record: Megophrys brachykolos

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Megophrys brachykolos

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
65
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 16.32
EDGE Score: 4.93
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.811 inches (4.6 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests China, Viet Nam Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Lantau North Country Park 5436 Hong Kong, China  
Lantau South Country Park 13937 Hong Kong, China  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0