Draft:Megophrys numhbumaeng
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| Megophrys numhbumaeng | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Megophryidae |
| Genus: | Megophrys |
| Species: | M. numhbumaeng
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| Binomial name | |
| Megophrys numhbumaeng Mahony, Kamei, Teeling & Biju, 2020
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Megophrys numhbumaeng, the Tamenglong horned frog, is a small megophryid frog known only from low- to mid-elevation forest in Tamenglong district of Manipur, in Northeast India. It was described in 2020 by Stephen Mahony, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Emma C. Teeling and S. D. Biju from two adult male specimens, alongside Megophrys awuh and Megophrys dzukou, in a monographic revision of the Asian horned frogs of Northeast India and Bangladesh previously misidentified as M. parva.[1] The holotype (BNHS 6075; adult male, SVL 34.6 mm (1.36 in) was collected on 7 May 2007 from a waterfall about 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Aziuram village, Tousem subdivision, at an elevation of 915 m (3,002 ft); the single paratype (BNHS 6076; SVL 33.8 mm (1.33 in) was taken nearby at 1,010 m (3,310 ft).[1] The specific epithet, treated as a noun in apposition, is a phonetic rendering of the Rongmei (Ruangmei) word nwmbwmaeng, meaning "forest spirit", a reference to the species' elusive habits during the describers' three field visits to the type locality; the name is pronounced noom-boo-meng.[1] The species is placed in the Megophrys (Xenophrys) megacephala species group and is sister to M. dzukou in maximum-likelihood phylogenies of concatenated mitochondrial and nuclear DNA; some authorities, following Lyu and colleagues (2021), treat it as Xenophrys numhbumaeng.[1][2] Females, larvae and the male advertisement call remain undescribed, and the species has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Mahony, S.; Kamei, R. G.; Teeling, E. C.; Biju, S. D. (2020). "Taxonomic review of the Asian horned frogs (Amphibia: Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt) of Northeast India and Bangladesh previously misidentified as M. parva (Boulenger), with descriptions of three new species". Journal of Natural History. 54 (1–4): 119–194. doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1736679.
- ^ "Xenophrys numhbumaeng (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020)". Amphibian Species of the World. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ^ "Megophrys numhbumaeng". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- "Megophrys numhbumaeng". AmphibiaWeb.
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