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Oreolalax

Oreolalax, commonly known as tooth toads, is a genus of frogs that belongs to the family Megophryidae. Most species are endemic to China with some species being found in Vietnam and possibly Laos.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

  1. Oreolalax adelphos <small>Nguyen, Tapley, Kane, Tran, Cui & Rowley, 2024</small>
  2. Oreolalax chuanbeiensis <small>Tian, 1983</small>
  3. Oreolalax granulosus <small>Fei, Ye & Chen, 1990</small>
  4. Oreolalax jingdongensis <small>Ma, Yang & Li, 1983</small>
  5. Oreolalax liangbeiensis <small>Liu & Fei, 1979</small>
  6. Oreolalax lichuanensis <small>Hu & Fei, 1979</small>
  7. Oreolalax longmenmontis <small>Hou, Shi, Hu, Deng, Jiang, Xie & Wang, 2020</small>
  8. Oreolalax major <small>(Liu & Hu, 1960)</small>
  9. Oreolalax multipunctatus <small>Wu, Zhao, Inger & Shaffer, 1993</small>
  10. Oreolalax nanjiangensis <small>Fei & Ye, 1999</small>
  11. Oreolalax omeimontis <small>(Liu & Hu, 1960)</small>
  12. Oreolalax pingii <small>(Liu, 1943)</small>
  13. Oreolalax popei <small>(Liu, 1947)</small>
  14. Oreolalax puxiongensis <small>Liu & Fei, 1979</small>
  15. Oreolalax rhodostigmatus <small>Hu & Fei, 1979</small>
  16. Oreolalax rugosus <small>(Liu, 1943)</small>
  17. Oreolalax schmidti <small>(Liu, 1947)</small>
  18. Oreolalax sterlingae <small>Nguyen, Phung, Le, Ziegler & Böhme, 2013</small>
  19. Oreolalax wumengmontis <small>X. Li et al. 2026</small>
  20. Oreolalax weigoldi <small>(Vogt, 1924)</small>
  21. Oreolalax xiangchengensis <small>Fei & Huang, 1983</small>

Endemic ranges

Most member species are endemic to southwestern China, with at least two species in northern Vietnam (O. sterlingae<nowiki/>and O. adelphos) and some possibly extending into adjacent Laos. There is also a population in Arunachal Pradesh (Northeast India) that has not yet been assigned to a species, although it may rather be assigned to the genus Scutiger.

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.

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