Scutiger pingwuensis

Pingwu Toothed Toad is an amphibian of the genus Toothed Toad of the family Spadefoot Toad, and is endemic to China.

Adult toads are mostly found in small mountain streams with dense vegetation and nearby forests. During the day, they often hide under rocks in the stream or in earth holes on the shore; at night, they live on the shore or on rocks in the stream. During the breeding season, when mating, the male toad holds the female toad's crotch with its forelimbs. The female toad lays about 505 eggs, which are ring-shaped and adhere to the bottom of the water stone. There are few tadpoles, and they often live among the stones in the water pools of small streams.

Listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".

Endemic to China, distributed in Sichuan (Beichuan, Pingwu Wangbachu) and Gansu (Wenxian).

Lives in small mountain streams and nearby forests in mountainous areas at an altitude of 2100-2200m.

There is no tympanic membrane, tympanic ring and columella; no vomerine teeth and maxillary teeth. Except for the smooth occipital region, the whole body is covered with warts (the abdomen of the female toad is smooth), with 1-3 small black thorns, and more than 10 warts on the sides of the body; the axillary glands are smaller than the thymus, and there are no femoral glands. The back of the body is olive brown, with irregular orange-yellow round spots; the ventral surface is light gray, without obvious markings.