Scutiger sikimmensis

Scutiger sikimmensis
Scutiger sikimmensis from Sikkim, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Scutiger
Species:
S. sikimmensis
Binomial name
Scutiger sikimmensis
(Blyth, 1855)
Synonyms

Bombinator sikimmensis Blyth, 1855 "1854"
Scutiger sikkimmensismisspelling

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]

  1. ^ Fei, Liang; Lau, Michael Wai Neng; Dutta, Sushil; Ohler, Annemarie; Shrestha, Tej Kumar (2004). "Scutiger sikimmensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T57622A11665087. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57622A11665087.en.
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