Scutiger adungensis Dubois, 1979
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Scutiger adungensis is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is only known with certainty from two specimens collected in 1931 from Adung Valley in northern Myanmar, near the border to Tibet; there are more recent unconfirmed sightings. Common name Adung lazy toad has been coined for it.
Wikipedia contributors, Scutiger adungensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:51:41.766151+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scutiger adungensis Dubois, 1979
- Name authority
- Dubois, 1979
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Megophryidae
- Genus
- Scutiger
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyMegophryidae Bonaparte, 1850
- subfamilyLeptobrachiinae Dubois, 1980
- genusScutiger Theobald, 1868
- speciesScutiger adungensis Dubois, 1979
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scutiger. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Scutiger glandulatus (Liu, 1950) | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger gongshanensis Yang & Su, 1979 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger maculatus (Liu, 1950) | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger mammatus (Günther, 1896) | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger muliensis Fei & Ye, 1986 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger pingwuensis Liu & Tian, 1978 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger spinosus Jiang, Wang, Li & Che, 2016 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger tengchongensis Yang & Huang, 2019 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger wuguanfui Jiang, Rao, Yuan, Wang, Li, Hou, Che & Che, 2012 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger luozhaensis Shi, Sui, Ma, Ji, Bu-Dian & Jiang, 2023 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger wolong Lyu, Gao, Huang, Wu, Jiang, Jiang & Li, 2025 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scutiger feiliangi Zhou, Guan & Shi, 2023 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=664200 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:79YH9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.