AmphibiaWeb - Brachytarsophrys popei


Brachytarsophrys popei Pope’s Short-Legged Toad, Chinese: Po Pu Duan Tui Chan (珀普短腿蟾)	family: Megophryidae subfamily: Megophryinae genus: Brachytarsophrys
Species Description: Zhao J, Yang J, Chen G, Chen C, Wang Y 2014 Description of a new species of the genus Brachytarsophrys Tian and Hu, 1983 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from southern China based on molecular and morphological data. Asian Herpetol Research 5: 150-160.
Taxonomic Notes: Megophrys carinense, chuannanensis, feae, intermedia, popei reassigned to Brachytarsophrys respectively after Li Y, Zhang D-D, Lyu Z-T, Wang J, Li Y-L, Liu Z-Y, Chen H-H, Rao D-Q, Z-F Jin, Zhang C-Y, Wang Y-Y. 2020 Review of the genus Brachytarsophrys (Anura:Megophryidae), with revalidation of Brachytarsophrys platyparietus and description of a new species from China. Zoological Research 41:105−122.

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