page_title: Megophrys cheni
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Megophrys cheni / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Megophrys cheni, female paratype, Figure 6D from Wang, Y. et al. Morphology, molecular genetics, and bioacoustics support two new sympatric Xenophrys toads (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) in Southeast China. PLoS ONE 9, e93075 (2014)
context_page_description: Megophrys cheni is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to the middle Luoxiao Mountains at the border of Jiangxi and Hunan provinces in south-eastern China. Its specific name honours Chen Chunquan, former director of the Jinggang National Nature Reserve.
context_section_description: Males measure 26–30 mm (1.0–1.2 in) and females 32–34 mm (1.3–1.3 in) in snout–vent length. The snout is short. The tympanum is distinct or indistinct, partly hidden by the swollen, light-coloured supratympanic fold. The skin of upper surfaces and flanks is smooth with tubercles; tubercles usually form dorsolateral rows, with a weak, X-shaped ridge between them, and four–five transverse rows on shanks. There is a small, horn-like tubercle at the edge of the eyelid. Ventral surface is smooth. Colouration above is red brown or olive brown, with the dorsum bearing a dark, reticular marking.
  Males have a single vocal sac. Based on calling males, reproductive season is April–September. Tadpoles are unknown.
caption: Megophrys cheni, female paratype.
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