Megophrys (Xenophrys) major, Mahony & Kamei & Teeling, 2018

Mahony, Stephen, Kamei, Rachunliu G. & Teeling, Emma C., 2018, Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a taxonomic revision of South Asian taxa, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4523 (1), pp. 1-96 : 39

Megophrys (Xenophrys) major s.s. Boulenger, 1908

( Figures 14 & 15 ; Table 1)

Xenophrys gigas Jerdon 1870:85 (partim: Khasi Hills). In: Notes on Indian herpetology. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, March, 1870: 66–85.

Megalophrys major Boulenger 1908:410 , 416, Pl. xxiii. In: A revision of the oriental pelobatid batrachians (genus Megalophrys ). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1908: 407–430 + Pl. xxii–xxv + fig. 71.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Megophrys major neotype: adult male (BMNH 1947.2.24.93: SVL 75.0 mm) in preservation: A. dorsal view; B. ventral view; C. profile view of head; D. ventral view of hand; E. ventral view of foot.

FIGURE 15. Megophrys major: A–F. referred specimens from Manipur: A. and B. an adult female (CES 18901: SVL 98.2 mm) in life: A. dorsolateral view; B. ventral view; C. and D. an adult male (CES 18902: SVL 80.0 mm) in life: C. dorsolateral view; D. ventral view; E. and F. an adult male (CES 18903: SVL 81.1 mm) in life: E. dorsolateral view; F. ventral view.