Megophrys parva (Boulenger, 1893)

Kharkongor, Ilona Jacinta, Saikia, Bhaskar & Deb, Rita, 2018, Systematic list of Genus Megophrys Kuhl and van Hasselt, 1822 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) in Meghalaya, North-East India with a discussion on the distribution of M. wuliangshanensis Ye and Fei, 1995 in India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 44-44 : 44-

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6. Megophrys parva (Boulenger, 1893) View in CoL

Concave Crowned Horned Toad ( Figure 5 View Figure 5 , Plate-III)

1893. Leptobrachium parvum Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova , (2) 13: 304-347. (Type locality: “District of Karin Bia-po”, Myanmar)

Material examined: 1 ex. (Regn.No. V /A/ERS-251) Kanchan Chiring, Songsak Reserve Forest, East Garo Hills District , Meghalaya, 07.11.1978, Coll. Inger ; 1 ex. (Regn. No. V /A/ ERS-409) St.Edmund’s School Campus, Shillong, East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya, 07.05.2003, Coll. K. K. Deb ; 2 ex. (Regn. No. V /A/ERS-514) Risa Colony, Shillong, East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya, 10.07.2003, Coll. R. Mathew ; 1 ex. (Regn. No. V /A/ERS-528) Motinagar, Shillong, East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya, --.06.2003, Coll. R. Mathew ; 4 ex. (Regn. No. V /A/ERS-749) Mawphlang and around, East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya, 02.08.2006, Coll. R. Mathew & party ; 1 ex. (Regn. No. V /A/ERS-780) Risa Colony, Shillong, East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya, 26.09.2005, Coll. Roselind Mathew; 7 ex. (Regn. No. V /A/ ERS-790) Motinagar, Shillong, East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya, 19.08.2004, Coll. T. B. Rai; 3 ex. (Regn. No. V /A/ERS-832) Nokrek National Park, Daribokgre, East Garo Hills District , Meghalaya, 29.09.2008, Coll. R. Mathew & party; 2 ex. (Regn. No. V /A/NERC-1218) Umjasai (downstream), Upper Shillong , East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya, 10.09.2015, Coll. S. Swell and T. Marweiñ; 1 ex. (Regn. No. V /A/NERC-1219) Umjasai (Upstream), Upper Shillong , East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya, 16.09.2015, Coll. S. Swell and T. Marweiñ .

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.

Remarks: Apparently the most common Horned Toad in Meghalaya, and the most widely distributed Megophrys in India.