Oreolalax is a genus of amphibian in the family Megophryidae.[1][2] They are mostly endemic to southwestern China, with one species in northern Vietnam (Oreolalax sterlingae),[1][3] and possibly extending into adjacent Laos. There is also a population in Arunachal Pradesh (Northeast India) that has not yet been assigned to a species,[1] although it might rather be a Scutiger.[3]
Oreolalax | |
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Oreolalax longmenmontis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Megophryidae |
Genus: | Oreolalax Myers and Leviton, 1962 |
Type species | |
Scutiger pingii Liu
, 1943 | |
Species | |
19 species (see text) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Atympanolalax Fei and Ye, 2016 – coined as a subgenus of Oreolalax |
The genus contains the following 19 species:[1][2]
Many Oreolalax species are endemic to highly restricted geographical areas in the Eastern Himalayas, especially in Sichuan, China. The ranges often overlap with those of Scutiger species.