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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Mesobatrachia
Familia: Megophryidae
Genus: Xenophrys
Species: Xenophrys brachykolos

Name

Xenophrys brachykolos (Inger & Romer, 1961)

Type locality: "The Peak, Hong Kong Island", China.

Holotype: FMNH 69063.

Synonyms

* Megophrys brachykolos Inger & Romer, 1961
* Megophrys (Megophrys) brachykolos — Dubois, 1980
* Panophrys brachykolos — Rao & Yang, 1997
* Megophrys (Xenophrys) brachykolos — Dubois & Ohler, 1998
* Megophrys minor brachykolos — Fei, 1999
* Xenophrys brachykolos — Ohler, 2003


References

* Inger and Romer, 1961, Fieldiana, Zool., 39: 533.
* Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 23.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Xenophrys brachykolos . Accessed on 11 June 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Xenophrys brachykolos (Endangered) Downloaded on 11 June 2008.


Vernacular names
English: Short-legged Horned Toad

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