Scutiger sikimmensis | |
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Scutiger sikimmensis from Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Megophryidae |
Genus: | Scutiger |
Species: | S. sikimmensis
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Binomial name | |
Scutiger sikimmensis (Blyth, 1855)
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Synonyms | |
Bombinator sikimmensis Blyth, 1855 "1854" |
Scutiger sikimmensis is a species of toad in the family Megophryidae. It is found in northeastern India (West Bengal, Sikkim, and Meghalaya), Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet.[2][3] Many common names have been coined for this species: Sikkim lazy toad, Sikimmese pelobatid toad, Sikkim high altitude toad, Sikkim spade foot frog, Blyth's short-limbed frog,[2] and Sikkim snow toad.[3] It is very common in the high altitudes of Sikkimese Himalaya.[3]
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