The genus was previously found to be strongly polyphyletic, and awaiting a better solution, they were synonymized in the genus Megophrys.[1] Following subsequent studies and reclassification, the genus has been revalidated.[3]
Presently, Amphibian Species of the World classifies the following 31 species in Xenophrys:[1]
- Xenophrys aceras (Boulenger, 1903) — Perak horned toad
- Xenophrys ancrae (Mahony, Teeling & Biju, 2013) — Namdapha horned toadfrog
- Xenophrys apatani Saikia et al., 2024[4]
- Xenophrys auralensis (Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002) — Aural horned toad
- Xenophrys awuh (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) — Naga Hills horned frog
- Xenophrys damrei (Mahony, 2011) — Damrei horned toad
- Xenophrys dzukou (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) — Dzükou Valley horned frog
- Xenophrys flavipunctata (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — yellow spotted white-lipped horned frog
- Xenophrys glandulosa (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990) — glandular horned toad
- Xenophrys himalayana (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — Himalayan horned frog
- Xenophrys lekaguli (Stuart, Chuaynkern, Chan-ard, and Inger, 2006) — Lekagul's horned toad
- Xenophrys longipes (Boulenger, 1886) — red-legged horned toad
- Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908) — Great Stream horned toad
- Xenophrys mangshanensis (Fei and Ye, 1990) — Mangshan horned toad
- Xenophrys maosonensis (Bourret, 1937) — Maoson horned toad
- Xenophrys medogensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1983) — Medog horned toad
- Xenophrys megacephala (Mahony, Sengupta, Kamei, and Biju, 2011) — big-headed horned frog
- Xenophrys monticola Günther, 1864 — mountain horned frog
- Xenophrys numhbumaeng (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) — Tamenglong horned frog
- Xenophrys oreocrypta (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — Garo white-lipped horned frog
- Xenophrys oropedion (Mahony, Teeling & Biju, 2013) — Shyllong horned toad
- Xenophrys pachyproctus (Huang, 1981) — convex-vented horned toad
- Xenophrys periosa (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) — giant Himalayan horned frog
- Xenophrys robusta (Boulenger, 1908) — robust horned toad
- Xenophrys serchhipii Mathew and Sen, 2007 — Serchhip horned toad
- Xenophrys takensis (Mahony, 2011) — Tak horned toad
- Xenophrys tongbiguanensis (Wu, Yu, Chen, and Che, 2025) - Tongbiguan horned toad
- Xenophrys truongsonensis Luong, Hoang, Pham, Nguyen, Orlov, Ziegler, and Nguyen, 2022 — Truongson horned toad
- Xenophrys vegrandis (Mahony, Teeling, Biju, 2013)
- Xenophrys yeae (Shi, Zhang, Xie, Jiang, Liu, Ding, Luan, and Wang, 2020) — Ye's horned toad
- Xenophrys zhangi (Ye and Fei, 1992) — Zhang's horned toad
- Xenophrys zhoui (Shi, Zhang, Xie, Jiang, Liu, Ding, Luan, and Wang, 2020) — Zhou's horned toad
- Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Mathew and Sen, 2007 — Zunheboto horned toad