Scutiger boulengeri
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Scutiger boulengeri (common names: Boulenger's lazy toad, Boulenger's high altitude toad, Himalayan stream frog, and Xizang alpine toad) is a species of toad in the family Megophryidae. It is found in Nepal, India (Sikkim), and western China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai, and Tibet).[1]
Description
Scutiger boulengeri males measure about Script error: No such module "convert". and females about Script error: No such module "convert". in snout–vent length.[2][3] The head is flat, wider than long, and with a rounded snout. The eyes are protruding. The tympanum is indistinct; the supratympanal fold is present. The dorsum is olive or greenish-grey with numerous warts. The ventrum is yellowish. The fingers have no webbing and the toes have rudimentary webbing.[4]
Tadpoles grow to a length of about Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]
Habitat and conservation
Scutiger boulengeri is an alpine species that lives near streams and lakes in grassland habitats at elevations of Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level.[5] A healthy population has been found at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". in the Gurudongmar Lake complex in Sikkimese Himalaya.[2] This is one of the highest elevations where amphibians have ever been recorded. They hibernate in loose soil from September to March or April.[2]
Scutiger boulengeri is not considered threatened and is ranked as a species of least concern by the IUCN Red List.[5]
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