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<figureCitation id="22030CB180208484DCCEC7050591C05E" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a 005790 of Bufo exiguus sp. nov. in preservative. A dorsal; B ventral; C close-up of head; D dorsal view of right hand; E ventral view of left hand; F ventral view of left foot. Photos by Shuo Qi." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e98558.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881919" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Figures 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="35386113C092D307A7D4B62790C88CBE" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Paratypes of Bufo exiguus sp. nov. in life. A 1 adult female SYS a 005715, dorsolateral view; A 2 adult female SYS a 005715, ventral view; A 3 adult female SYS a 005715, ventral view of left hand; A 4 adult female SYS a 005715, ventral view of right foot; B subadult female SYS a 005584; C adult female SYS a 005716. Photos by Lyu Zhi-Tong (A, B) and Jian Wang (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e98558.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881920" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">and 4</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="740C52245357444117B0881475D2B0AD" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Chresonymy.</paragraph>
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,
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): Longmen County;
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: Mt. Nankun, Longmen County.
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<bibRefCitation id="6C484C4A23D05CA63569F1569579CB6C" author="Fei, L" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" refId="B5" refString="Fei, L, Ye, CY, Jiang, JP, 2012. Colored Atlas of Chinese Amphibians and their Distributions. Sichuan Publishing House of Science &amp; Technology, Chengdu [in Chinese]." title="Colored Atlas of Chinese Amphibians and their Distributions. Sichuan Publishing House of Science &amp; Technology, Chengdu [in Chinese]." year="2012">Fei et al. (2012)</bibRefCitation>
: Longmen County;
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: Longmen County.
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<paragraph id="BE62E8D8225680FCB87584B41B3E261C" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Holotype.</paragraph>
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SYS a005790 (Fig.
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), adult male, collected on 7 May 2017 by Zhi-Tong Lyu (ZTL), Jian Wang (JW) and Hai-Long He (HLH) from Mt. Nankun (
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,
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; 564 m a.s.l.), Longmen County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China.
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<emphasis id="6335C546E23BA7128394983A1599E250" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a005790 of
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in preservative.
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dorsal;
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ventral;
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close-up of head;
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dorsal view of right hand;
<emphasis id="AFCE7DDFAD32C35E676052890FF63A8C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">E</emphasis>
ventral view of left hand;
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ventral view of left foot. Photos by Shuo Qi.
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<paragraph id="68311BBB6E78AB00EB30E2A2FB815D85" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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Four adult and one subadult specimens from the same locality as the holotype (500-600 m a.s.l.): adult male CIB 19028 (field number: SYS a003605) collected on 14 April 2015 by ZTL, JW and Run-Lin Li; adult females SYS a005715 (Fig.
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) and SYS a005716 (Fig.
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) collected on 9 April 2017 by ZTL and JW; adult female SYS a005791 collected on 7 May 2017 by ZTL, JW and HLH; subadult female SYS a005584 (Fig.
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) collected on 11 November 2016 by ZTL, JW and Ying-Yong Wang.
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<emphasis id="9EC4A8AFE5E8C8D12E385B936CF22BAB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Paratypes of
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<emphasis id="A7B76A08F66BCCF6F79BEDD0BE213E13" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">sp. nov.</emphasis>
in life.
<emphasis id="2B0D1C5C2F39BA31396E3EB292CF90D8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">A1</emphasis>
adult female SYS a005715, dorsolateral view;
<emphasis id="DEF3BF86699E7DBCCA03946916589E9B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">A2</emphasis>
adult female SYS a005715, ventral view;
<emphasis id="0EE7181B1D92B89CEFCBA0F6FE349F82" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">A3</emphasis>
adult female SYS a005715, ventral view of left hand;
<emphasis id="3BDB9B2B7BBE9DF7B0E2B44453E98001" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">A4</emphasis>
adult female SYS a005715, ventral view of right foot;
<emphasis id="D0A784D4EEAF41A8BB2FB26041B9B251" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B</emphasis>
subadult female SYS a005584;
<emphasis id="AAC656AA31CA8B2B4B1C6EF77D5B5B0C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">C</emphasis>
adult female SYS a005716. Photos by Lyu Zhi-Tong (A, B) and Jian Wang (C).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0B4A8DE7266E3E20C870290E55CAFA3B" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="6521C95C72E6CBAA85F18E2A407CD85D" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46FDC7850223EA622DD6A04F41842D19" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<taxonomicName id="BB7B463FBBF9E7D4464E5444B2B7DF5F" authorityName="Qi &amp; Lyu &amp; Song &amp; Wei &amp; Zhong &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Bufo" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bufo exiguus" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exiguus">
<emphasis id="507E9D4AAE5A44B6EA471696B1662BAF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo exiguus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="0D738C7FD70B7E4D63C011063E21BF6F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">sp. nov.</emphasis>
is distinguished from other species in the genus
<taxonomicName id="5E187A4CE728E1CCADD3C620FBDB5A3F" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Bufo" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bufo" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BCF673B19944128D72C505F48766EBC9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) small body size (adult males with SVL 43.2-43.3 mm, adult females with SVL 48.5-52.4 mm); (2) tympanum absent; (3) parotoid glands small, olive-shaped; (4) tarsal fold absent; (5) dorsal body with a fine vertebral line; (6) numerous white granular nuptial spinules present on dorsal and inner surfaces of fingers I and II in males.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E9C7805064186143046C1A3FE8AFBF5A" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="83C1D2D87C04982E6101841AB187D8B0" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E7C7EECE9199D4E799096C9EF4ED35F4" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
The specific name
<emphasis id="92AA02A92355AE09B3AA4F6F740664B1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">exiguus</emphasis>
means small in Latin and refers to its small body size. According to their distribution and ecological habit, we suggest the common name as &quot;Guangdong stream toad&quot; and Chinese formal name as &quot;guǎng
<normalizedToken id="6FF476C1CD1540BDE537318996FD139F" originalValue="dōng">dōng</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken id="BF03A0C153007A72FF18E0218570BDA8" originalValue="xī"></normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken id="4FBA33DAE13E0743493A6E732F9BFE72" originalValue="chán”">chan&quot;</normalizedToken>
(广东溪蟾).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4749E682E9AF54670C49AE65D7B7D6E6" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" type="description of the holotype">
<paragraph id="2A8CA166833EDA0CA5B58D7ED95A8A2D" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Description of the holotype.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="384BC183DF5F2A4A35C0EB4D896FBCF5" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
Adult male (Fig.
<figureCitation id="237D33A4723C9477874B157043D7CB96" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a 005790 of Bufo exiguus sp. nov. in preservative. A dorsal; B ventral; C close-up of head; D dorsal view of right hand; E ventral view of left hand; F ventral view of left foot. Photos by Shuo Qi." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e98558.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881919" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">3</figureCitation>
), body size small and stubby (SVL 43.3 mm); head width slightly larger than head length (HL/HW = 0.98); snout obtusely acuminate in dorsal review, tip of snout vertical in lateral profile; nostrils closer to tip of snout than to eye; canthus rostralis distinct, internarial distance less than interorbital distance (IND/IOD = 0.79); loreal region slightly concave; eye moderate, diameter larger than interorbital distance (ED/IOD = 1.05), pupil horizontal elliptic; tympanum absent; parotoid glands olive-shaped, parallel in position (PW/PL = 0.51); maxillary and vomerine teeth absent; vocal sacs and splits absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E547BE6CF04F9D2FD5EF74BA886C0531" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Radioulnar length almost equal to hand length (RAD/HND = 1.01); hand without webbing, fingers without lateral fringes, relative finger length I = II &lt;IV &lt;III; tips of fingers round, not enlarged, without toe pads; subarticular tubercles prominent, rounded and not divided, present in each phalangeal joint; inner metacarpal tubercle long oval and prominent, lying at the base of finger I; outer metatarsal tubercle rounded, indistinct, boundary unclear; nuptial pad on the medial dorsal surface of the first and second fingers, bearing numerous white granular nuptial spinules.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="57C7863C2AEEA44E33CD70EE3DF786B8" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
Hind-limbs short and stout, tibio-tarsal articulation reaching middle point of parotoid gland when hind-limb stretched alongside the body; heels not meeting when flexed hind-limbs held at right angles to body axis; tibia length 0.40 of SVL and foot length 0.60 of SVL; relative toe length I &lt;II &lt;V &lt;III &lt;IV; tips of toes round, not dilated; toes with lateral fringes and with one third webbing, webbing formula I0-1+-II0 - 1-III1-2-IV2--
<normalizedToken id="BCA0D4C33E23FDF76B3301E65A5C03DD" originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
V; subarticular tubercles rounded, not divided; inner and outer metatarsal tubercle ovoid, the former being much larger than the latter; tarsal fold absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3AB606C9AA60CFF8DF3A5866DCD0F07F" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Dorsal surface of head and body relatively smooth, all the tubercles and granules without horny spinules; a few rounded tubercles and granules scattered on dorsum, especially in the region between parotoid glands, without large warts. Loreal region relatively smooth, only with a few flat granules; some small tubercles and granules present in temporal region, two larger tubercles at the mandibular articulation; flanks relatively smooth, only with a few granules; dorsal surfaces of limbs relatively smooth, fore-limbs only with small granules, hind-limbs with small granules, some large flat tubercles scattered on dorsal surfaces of tibia; ventral surfaces of head and body wrinkled, with scattered small granules; ventral surfaces of hands and feet with a few flat tubercles.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E936BFB6CD899751AB39CBEA9DB41938" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" type="colouration of holotype in preservative">
<paragraph id="D96C69C78A3C39D243080B8C109DB745" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Colouration of holotype in preservative.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B7BDEA7D64B76A531E31A56A6E9757AE" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
Dorsal ground colour of head and body faded to greyish-brown; a dark brown
<normalizedToken id="7ECFB6CE076261B21BD2F4F937CAFAA2" originalValue="“V”">&quot;V&quot;</normalizedToken>
-shaped marking between eyes, two &quot;inverted V&quot;-shaped markings on the back of body; an indistinct thin vertebral line running from the snout to the upper part of the vent; dorsal surface of limbs greyish-brown, a dark brown band on forearm, some blurry blotches in upper arm, several distinct dark brown bands on femur, tibia and tarsus. Some dark brown blotches on the edge of the lips and mandibular articulation; a dark brown stripe from the nare across lower part of parotoid gland, extending to the groin. Ventral surface of throat and chest brown with a few blurry spots and worm-like markings; ventral surface of body pale yellow with dark brown worm-like markings, many markings agglomerating into a large blotch in the centre of the belly; ventral surfaces of limbs pale yellow, with dark brown spots and worm-like markings; ventral surface of hands and feet dark brown, tips of digits, subarticular tubercles and metatarsal tubercles fading to pale white.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="90C46429D7D677286FE6738E90FBE039" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" type="morphological variation">
<paragraph id="0669B0D532FE4304398C8A59B7744867" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Morphological variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FD9D4E81E5E27471EDC9B52E2DB62B57" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
Measurements of all individuals are given in Table
<tableCitation id="8BAE43994D875C0EBE7C635770E152D0" captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="T3" captionText="Table 3. Measurements (in mm) and ratios of the type series of Bufo exiguus sp. nov., * indicates the holotype." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/52CCC9905D42AF329F6E65E5A0D29D0D" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" tableUuid="52CCC9905D42AF329F6E65E5A0D29D0D">3</tableCitation>
and the aspects of three female paratypes are given in Figure
<figureCitation id="2B35CAAC593B33EAC55E7341ABE561F8" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Paratypes of Bufo exiguus sp. nov. in life. A 1 adult female SYS a 005715, dorsolateral view; A 2 adult female SYS a 005715, ventral view; A 3 adult female SYS a 005715, ventral view of left hand; A 4 adult female SYS a 005715, ventral view of right foot; B subadult female SYS a 005584; C adult female SYS a 005716. Photos by Lyu Zhi-Tong (A, B) and Jian Wang (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e98558.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881920" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">4</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="52CCC9905D42AF329F6E65E5A0D29D0D" ID-Table-UUID="52CCC9905D42AF329F6E65E5A0D29D0D" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/52CCC9905D42AF329F6E65E5A0D29D0D" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" start="Table 3" startId="T3">
<paragraph id="6A09A4B4C96284A4B44C1E97415F5478" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<emphasis id="CDEACE680041D46CC0B2BEB3D4324CC7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Table 3.</emphasis>
Measurements (in mm) and ratios of the type series of
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<emphasis id="1725C228EA3195C7C95D73470A10D281" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo exiguus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="006BC5980B72B9637FBD0429DE1D5F4D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">sp. nov.</emphasis>
, * indicates the holotype.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="4AEAF48BB5093B95B94010F652C9A641" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<table id="5B5EB192A89C7DB4D1492211E316E3AF" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<tr id="E8EB3069BAB1D320996C5B9EBD4E5945" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="2068A3AC505B8D49E83ABFE9C82CC155" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td id="B3A5A2F56B3B9922BF5D5B52B928AF63" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="0B7D5CAE36594146A1AD694370B11283" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">SYS a005790</emphasis>
*
</td>
<td id="94F83CCF678BB2C10C6CA600B918108B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="530438079C0A407762A540B5DE115F08" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">CIB 19028</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="FF655031B0B1EB516004BA24C6263DCB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="CAB9EDDF1A454C5506B0F6F12F1DA046" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">SYS a005584</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="2CA99316A56FC00930C8F8BE05A5B938" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="7EA01B7F915B7CB98B9B257ECFCF4A6C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">SYS a005715</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="4CA836ABAB1F0F91C7BDC0BAC91CD096" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="613D093BEB5196AA36823EBC9E2FE181" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">SYS a005716</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="9235E9F41A88F05FE28F65CDAD65D91E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="3E2100202C93029E6E82C5F050E94028" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">SYS a005791</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3AA920BF55B32F09A9E7EBE6FDFF2D6C" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="ADD4A86758200313D9F5D84AF49D40F4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="ED4E37DA2BA4357028D1B018D194BE8D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Sex</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="080229ADEC1E0C8D8B474FF794DABB75" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">Male</td>
<td id="0FA54F8BEF185BD6B23F680C94B44933" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">Male</td>
<td id="910F05EAFBF060044A5E0A3665D805D4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">Subadult female</td>
<td id="EB77F549E524E4D1E19620F7F7C48010" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">Female</td>
<td id="5FEFE8342CB848A44795196C03DD6C23" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">Female</td>
<td id="C3BDF5C3F0DD252B23572713751EBC4E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">Female</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B95EE03F194A9DFDC54DEC449D5A4E4C" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="3561F01FA0E1989FF2D7FE9DE4690534" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="DD63C3A1E29D6B98850FB2C91CBAD59C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">SVL</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="80CB838703E1E4793A10D757D0247FE4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">43.3</td>
<td id="842BADE3F1A5DEE705478A91A6EB7302" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">43.2</td>
<td id="99472FF0E9180924807D238C82619848" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">36.8</td>
<td id="873BD84C2FADDCA0DC8E3ADC038F96E2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">52.4</td>
<td id="173F433071BA438CD6163B9CFDBE741B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">49.7</td>
<td id="73F142703A15DE7ABF8689C7C3EF5398" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">48.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6A446B5018535F77A75537075781811D" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="0459E48E5698FA4DFE5673763D97DB96" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="E7F4C72593217BB0E75863FF27FE2F62" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">HDL</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="BB5A64A52CF2339A86A9CC4CADAD0C2C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">12.8</td>
<td id="94AD8E2C365681203D0F0680061B28CC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">13.2</td>
<td id="213487558B0A7870B753171F19F875F4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">12.1</td>
<td id="C313A8ACBB5CCDCE208447E7431A96AA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">15.3</td>
<td id="5D55D57FB884EABF92789877C49C93DC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">14.9</td>
<td id="E76FD1189203D4B8153580105B8A4675" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">13.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2A7C2FB01ED257001B54EFCA478C21DB" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="3BE217BA20A7B3976E7F40FAD275BEB3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="623548474AACF953EC95BFC1ACABC446" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">HDW</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="1266E1A1984BFF8A4B25CDE76BBC9501" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">13.1</td>
<td id="9CAB3D678C0CF1F354412E8117A970CC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">13.9</td>
<td id="F1A8BBCB41A2499CB4DFE70CFAAC9642" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">13.7</td>
<td id="A1C5CBA7B98E0A15823D46F5D68B4A0F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">16.2</td>
<td id="D9B79BA168131C38110C12BB39BE91E7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">16.1</td>
<td id="A8A5D28ADC4FAA299659841EEDEEDEEB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">14.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4D8165AC47B272774F68CD14609BD96C" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="A26823BAC93B227C9AFF0F6675FAFE5D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="FE2AD391A321EA5C83E2473D6D42C4EA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">SNT</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="0D4FD604ECD2A748B9697AF95D0A9105" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td id="35371253E67632EBD8819F1A556DCDD5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">5.4</td>
<td id="0D2D951DCE5DA1183476011E650B295F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">5.2</td>
<td id="5A87B1D8FC047729045FB88B952A10DE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">6.5</td>
<td id="C62DA7290F9932A2F709919970893B8D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">6.0</td>
<td id="3324BEAF3828C703B4B3212DCFA147F2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">6.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="36EFA105EDDB14F4C304360F74742DD0" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="B5EB1F2000FDBF0F94F9A7A077168D67" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="0EF50251899E2B134DD2966AA39AB2A2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">IND</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="93018C7A170DF03AE3218F51B1177948" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">3.1</td>
<td id="3E6A324C798D6DF6D789A649A8D31D73" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">3.3</td>
<td id="CB25C1A8A3EEC859BCDD89C8EBE869C0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td id="3C3196616DFC11E6099CC46C04DFA30D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">3.6</td>
<td id="F3CAB80A73DCFC989300DE78DA1807B5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">3.8</td>
<td id="3F57BB88E9DB06462A22D529E4FCB699" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">3.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="05110B92FF3FB6D46FEA6A13C9525878" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="E8D1CB61561630B8F0B620E50730F448" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="CE91DF25292906D5FE145E698961EDAA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">IOD</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="1A89C619F46F04AD89E0FF8D81414AA4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">3.9</td>
<td id="6FF0DA3CD7C8586D7BA6EBC158600435" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
<td id="F8CC3A0E76C6585696219A157F6B537D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
<td id="725B18D2CBCDEF7C08283CBD892EA375" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">5.1</td>
<td id="5300723D3FDC97F631814B014FBD0D86" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">5.0</td>
<td id="5FC2268C5BC0AAD6F9416DBDD9010D7A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F0B6546B9283B8A050C766E64F396787" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="F4F95E2BF8548F0E238B68CBA942117B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="800A682034488B51012D75FA8D9C4E44" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">ED</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="4BA146439EA2DA264485CF07928E1162" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.1</td>
<td id="225CBF55488B516F57BA279F3CDD2DF6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
<td id="98E6C42E9D63A121FA86589A05F2CB80" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">3.6</td>
<td id="D45AB9F36914B3B51D2B88FE4167187A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.8</td>
<td id="5E1A3E515218387CF7D8542AF15A3968" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.5</td>
<td id="2E5DDD1141117C74836B479677FA0112" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="28190692C326E8855DD82ED59C3014E7" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="3A1F36F72F8DB64471A308DD864FBEDA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="3A88A6263BE7AE9F6D322DAE3137D427" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">HND</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="5AC108E3B660101733E21FE04B5FC6D8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">10.7</td>
<td id="C3E5E3954FB40C63F82FC1BEAA932DF3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">9.6</td>
<td id="8425AF95BA8CA7A99B5029E24473CEB0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">9.8</td>
<td id="776E9C06E8D825A544171F8A1505771D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">13.1</td>
<td id="3E9B039CDB0E9B5FDBFD5B087BD0C902" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">11.9</td>
<td id="A9D4C8D14881AE6246A5031C5F616A0B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">12.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="33E9AA6B6329047EB53F8402D62EEC64" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="4DD04A551CA0698E6C93C9922B352968" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="429B112D9D1E3AD1B1A619BCD3D1B606" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">RAD</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="6D7C510D10BF39C75636492F539D8EF8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">10.8</td>
<td id="54B50A628A5F82AA8B85C8101A6018FA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">10.2</td>
<td id="FD8E7DF07ECC04EC373210F01F591790" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">9.6</td>
<td id="76AC473C462F8650030E587F5C6E4B19" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">12.8</td>
<td id="275C130F24D2EB98C63DF8A5530BFD2F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">12.1</td>
<td id="EBBB25C097BA3BC7B2FFF5EE73B6E096" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">11.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="66BDCD7A04AD9581E9FB2A9098AD5043" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="3C8C8CB178A21804B0E91660C309272E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="18B7416DD2B093BD8FEB0F86F13E2109" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">FTL</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="7D2DCE3694FDB082060593C134F6F1FE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">29.7</td>
<td id="5803D1B3983E19E55A6AC694259D0A18" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">28.0</td>
<td id="4768CA4C09C82C384DA4BCA86C1F46FD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">24.1</td>
<td id="446A9B626F538F2412C6112B6BA0AD0C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">32.9</td>
<td id="265AC9F6E6D024FB062A6623FA489F1B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">31.5</td>
<td id="11EDEEC57C0EB8230C6BDCCAB455F255" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">30.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7075CC34390ADA3C61A3478AB316AA01" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="7CCA2E9C891D7AE0E61DD33058801D2B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="CCC33DC2A267D62CA2F029506F82C67A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">TIB</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="7F4E2E97EC2F7D60564F9A14184604AA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">17.2</td>
<td id="E08B548DC4136649547AAFDBD704A07B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">16.5</td>
<td id="667E6A129747204EEF86AB60A3150308" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">14.6</td>
<td id="E23C8801002F8846E589CB5F036EA5D2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">19.2</td>
<td id="A296AC217C1A967809CFEEE71CB36BFA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">18.8</td>
<td id="0EBCDF0557FA2C627B2415C0147D4276" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">18.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F05601D3A6481A343E567EAE548F9B35" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="3DFD0CCF6B74EE17018AA770081A1581" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="B82B0FBFB19E81A521FE3EB0A43AEC19" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">PL</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="13F1956ADF6DA437CB402C5F6C578FC6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">8.5</td>
<td id="C02523D7813FB2E72C1D3125AA1C2B78" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">8.7</td>
<td id="8AC77310AF0F69684AAC41DFC01AAD12" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">6.6</td>
<td id="8DC79C7D5CC6B91EF644B052555C548D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">9.6</td>
<td id="D385F53A2DD8FE05B34C6696977BB90D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">9.0</td>
<td id="14A17DD8D85D7B68421EF6D8F7F5AA0A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">8.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C9F3D280BF0CA4648F7F0573D8DA50BE" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="8ECD4E712CC556B8725E9F8D540B7C55" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="78DAA6358794D87B97DC64A6A7A811B8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">PW</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="9C349419E4531B8B63CA05D4D9672DDE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td id="6B9452C99F5983F359288198D1E3A7EA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">3.9</td>
<td id="05A98A0701E1308CD351AF7A883246A5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">3.5</td>
<td id="C9F701F0870D8F9675D622ECD5442B09" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.9</td>
<td id="C0DDE94406B5DB16BE3B29162DDCA7DC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td id="7B8DBB90E76BF325901DA986D127FCAF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">4.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1223DC557C5AEE976968FDF4F13E30AE" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="CF23CC68DEECA48D29A9698EFA209811" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="E9077730E76A63E1FCAAB47962E7652B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">HDL/SVL</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="63AC758B62EC078B05D8947E6449045A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.30</td>
<td id="D4BE4C6D48569958DF2CF81286A9E85A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.31</td>
<td id="4F7A9D907945BEA7DB8DFD2F3944DAB6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.33</td>
<td id="2D64F8BF8F133CFF41EF59A88B4CDA6B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.29</td>
<td id="C2C57C914F61FE9F63993EF2AEEB10ED" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.30</td>
<td id="4F12BDB0A6CB2178855F4F9325846C12" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.28</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A28D7BE773BBC52910B710A253BCF9B5" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="03C784A4FE767ED966F65E14C30C37FE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="D8CBC2ADB6D89425FE1BCCC085F32B9E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">HDW/SVL</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="7923E31DB36A606C23F691520B02337F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.30</td>
<td id="56F7280878B0922DE19677982A5D3FA4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="5EFBF941C2E64053FE3BB1E0606E4745" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.37</td>
<td id="07E8842F6790318A0E4ECC5DF7D99862" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.31</td>
<td id="0BBC43A8E7861210D014DCBB5C00E14C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="2DFB993CF56ABE8DD50C1A57EC93A2F2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.31</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C3A2B96E07B13CEE9C4467D9720710E5" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="EA9B0CBE08A2764BCF15FB0BC1EF4265" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="7FCACF8759FF475047013C363990FDE8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">HDL/HDW</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="EC192B0EAD4106BFE0A82A6B742956EB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.98</td>
<td id="D20D3A54A48733E8E51B0E6509C8CC07" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.95</td>
<td id="7ED16D6CCBAD9950FFFB0A0932AB9193" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.88</td>
<td id="C2B886853C2FD1C94E261EA2E2833B47" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.94</td>
<td id="7EAEFBDB29C6C8B90DE198524E1305B9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.92</td>
<td id="C514E237A8E58064DEC86973D505969C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.93</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E5FBA3C63B8123564CF1E4C6F8F22915" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<td id="1FC4AF5813D12867980971BE61F3C1A7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="F68AFC6487EF1AD644504A39F0393368" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">FTL/SVL</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="65F2B850E47D6A8208CA0D718181769C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.69</td>
<td id="3A2EB1E5A7C3824C1B05F81460610ED8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td id="DE5B1FEE31EB450BAE41DDA34ACD054C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td id="D78B3060223FFBB0B8E793A29C4149E5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.63</td>
<td id="F51F6598ECA3B18AB8925B3E6F75244C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.63</td>
<td id="F8392784AD9FF5B53A1EFA577A99BC0A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0.62</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="157616C1E6B8FB2B6078A12F005BA54A" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Adult females are larger than males, SSDi = 0.84. Both males have nuptial pads on the dorsal surfaces of the first and second fingers, bearing granular white nuptial spinules. All the paratypes share similar aspects with the holotype in general, apart from the following differences. The relative finger length I &lt;II &lt;IV &lt;III in four paratypes (CIB 19028, SYS a005584, 5715 and 5716); tibio-tarsal articulation reaching to the posterior edge of the parotoid gland when the hind-limb is stretched alongside the body in SYS a005791. Besides, based on existing specimens, the females have rougher skin texture than males, dorsal surfaces of head and body with many rounded tubercles and granules, but all the tubercles and granules are without horny spinules; in the loreal region and temporal region, small tubercles and granules, two or three larger tubercles at the mandibular articulation are present; dorsal surfaces of limbs rough, fore-limbs with many small granules, hind-limbs with small granules and tubercles, some large tubercles scattered on dorsal surfaces of tibia; ventral surfaces of hands and feet with multiple flat tubercles.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D38A01097F31B0D82316E206F56CE00" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">As the general aspect of colouration of the holotype in life is not available, we describe the colouration of three female paratypes in life below.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8829069F1EB7CF0B3AFF5D16309E1D7D" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
All female paratypes share similar colouration in life. The dorsal surface of the head and body brown or yellowish-brown with a few separated dark brown and rusty red blotches; a dark brown
<normalizedToken id="02860C49E3078B054B93891601CF8DDF" originalValue="“V”">&quot;V&quot;</normalizedToken>
-shaped or inverted hollow triangularly-shaped marking between eyes, two &quot;inverted V&quot;-shaped markings on the back of body; a thin vertebral line running from the snout to the upper part of the vent. Dorsal surface of limbs have the same colour as the dorsal surface of the body, a distinct dark brown band on forearm, some indistinct blotches on the upper arm, several distinct dark brown bands on the femur, tibia and tarsus (rusty red blotches scattered on the limbs in SYS a005584). Some dark brown blotches on the edge of the lips and mandibular articulation; a dark brown stripe from the nares across the lower part of parotoid glands and flanks, extending to the groin (stripe discontinuous in the flanks in SYS a005716). Ventral surface of throat and chest light brown with a few darker spots and worm-like markings; ventral surface of body white with many dark brown worm-like markings, mostly in the centre of the belly; ventral surfaces of limbs showing the same colour as the ventral surface of the body, with dark brown spots and worm-like markings; ventral surface of hands and feet greyish-brown, tips of digits, subarticular tubercles and metatarsal tubercles faintly white. Pupil black; iris golden with black reticular markings, black blotches in four directions.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7EBF9C0D5D6D540DFBB5B4B9B58496A0" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="33EF252AF2944776385D8F7C0BCDD340" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Comparisons.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="54587ACEB128BBB6D184F3021EF73D72" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<taxonomicName id="225499B07D5B29262E8F4D5C5EA753D7" authorityName="Qi &amp; Lyu &amp; Song &amp; Wei &amp; Zhong &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Bufo" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bufo exiguus" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exiguus">
<emphasis id="5C8F4E5A1F8A72FB3AD3048B544581CE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo exiguus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9F9A79FA57D0B8DCEC304975004637F0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">sp. nov.</emphasis>
are distinctly different from all other recognised congeners by having a relatively small body size, SVL &lt;50 mm in adult males and &lt;60 mm in adult females (vs. SVL&gt; 50 mm in adult males in
<taxonomicName id="BEFA616092051025FD01F58F62E3A9E9" lsidName="B. andrewsi" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="andrewsi">
<emphasis id="56947970691BAD927F7A928D9363C3B2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. andrewsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="6C3EB03A0E8716FBBF00C6F41E478584" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. aspinius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9C79CFD99B51D5EF4481FB24751CA729" lsidName="B. bankorensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="bankorensis">
<emphasis id="644F0CF3874FC18E8C286EC5C1552569" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. bankorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="21609D23DA2CD62885C0ECDC303359D0" lsidName="B. bufo" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="bufo">
<emphasis id="5819678BCFA5B257E42E9DF76D4C22D0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. bufo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4626563CDE07B3A13E3CD3A7B077EA43" lsidName="B. cryptotympanicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="cryptotympanicus">
<emphasis id="F661411119E1F2A7173A4770E5F75FF7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. cryptotympanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="2EB50586D5B2F546613D1CAE277FD93D" lsidName="B. eichwaldi" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="eichwaldi">
<emphasis id="9578D4C43F2F4471A21F0D3B536F7A71" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. eichwaldi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0DAFBED27B70CC48EFE158E56D1EBC16" lsidName="B. formosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="formosus">
<emphasis id="5A511A21CD38AFB36D0F11B8406E8CA5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. formosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="F4A037FC30CE68D0EF5A49D08592D852" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. gargarizans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="6FF2E88E7D928FFBB829D026A1A8DA10" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. luchunnicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="99C74E8752A24990DC30B946FEFB45D4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. menglianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="7CACBB1F5C3FAF7CC872E8DDA5986C6F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. minshanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="1011735D4FE1ED29D7552091CC7765E9" lsidName="B. pageoti" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="pageoti">
<emphasis id="7055E52CF27B1B9CF9F567E6DA9B8A11" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. pageoti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="3EB6113154E14B221A7ABBDE2C787DCC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. praetextatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="545ED0C22F04398FDFAA735E1169328E" lsidName="B. spinosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="spinosus">
<emphasis id="DE21AA6E031EDAF40240BEF66C476A15" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. spinosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="355B04B72886471EF9C28F279AB1C6B4" lsidName="B. stejnegeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="stejnegeri">
<emphasis id="405ACCF9B2AF9D0F1EB47945140BBE48" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. stejnegeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0EF5AB32A0DAC5DAABD8D2BA8D7EDD95" lsidName="B. tibetanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tibetanus">
<emphasis id="B6B640C7618446E9BE317AF999FE2927" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tibetanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="1626E1F1CAE71D90D03B3C71A46DD961" lsidName="B. torrenticola" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="torrenticola">
<emphasis id="6B3265C505B2F8D4C0B8378A30DBF45C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. torrenticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C791BA0F10C964C4CCEAC53BF3E103B" lsidName="B. tuberculatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tuberculatus">
<emphasis id="6E8E90E85A171E5F2DACE1EE752548FF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tuberculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="2C655E35AA151BF8EB08758D3C61E7FF" lsidName="B. tuberospinius" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tuberospinius">
<emphasis id="DB695A3D480827B72E8649C48777DD14" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tuberospinius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8AA6123DCB1D7B01B4E890DDDF80FAFD" lsidName="B. verrucosissimus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="verrucosissimus">
<emphasis id="8E565BFD6DF69C0BEE99398F13C78A0F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. verrucosissimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="2C99E32D967A95F756F3F009C506C5C2" lsidName="B. yongdeensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="yongdeensis">
<emphasis id="F2FCE29E432004EDDFC1D5E2C5B74C56" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. yongdeensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="662C0DE7583332B5E4267D95A9D92BBF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. yunlingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; SVL&gt; 60 mm in adult females in
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<emphasis id="ACFAE2FF34FD59E0DCF1AAF3FBFC8D1A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. andrewsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="98F0E48C79B0166B26992224B9F8D07D" lsidName="B. aspinius" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="aspinius">
<emphasis id="00DDCF82531289771E0855F2E2756CAC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. aspinius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="30C21D90B577FA6C46C65760966B01B3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. bankorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8F45C1259BC1CEDC854B0F9DD4A84AAB" lsidName="B. bufo" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="bufo">
<emphasis id="572BD8E19D4CB7FEFFB64D17791E4AEA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. bufo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C72317D9DE8440BC1162E2A0B20379B4" lsidName="B. eichwaldi" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="eichwaldi">
<emphasis id="A545A4D8DB76211D1D517F2F96320407" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. eichwaldi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C9331A36FD4FE78833D645FDE153EC54" lsidName="B. formosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="formosus">
<emphasis id="C30603903F4CC2C9A7B0463012FB8442" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. formosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="DC760E8CD53E99B6CC7D27B49C83D82C" lsidName="B. gargarizans" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="gargarizans">
<emphasis id="44448DF5A2390B75474C72430AC505D3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. gargarizans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D2B6DDF58FE56B913078AACECF1B05EC" lsidName="B. menglianus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="menglianus">
<emphasis id="B2D09CD21070576996B73364581FD675" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. menglianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="30E11EAAB4351EDA3E3444CB0BCB5910" lsidName="B. minshanicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="minshanicus">
<emphasis id="AD92E2E18E8FD624D9540298CB22F0EA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. minshanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8C63AF53F46A0B6FF65D7C1A0EF460A4" lsidName="B. pageoti" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="pageoti">
<emphasis id="9C9E77E2FC4CC8C097140C194CC07F7A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. pageoti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9D7E635D38F400E719E0C7894E307108" lsidName="B. praetextatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="praetextatus">
<emphasis id="7A54D4AB941C994F9D2D9A8C6F0BC776" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. praetextatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="86A740466860A1374CDE0EB414E1C6AE" lsidName="B. spinosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="spinosus">
<emphasis id="3175403687E34B44E3D60330EA7EFDBD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. spinosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D0DECBF26C43B4553EA94B7BADB431DD" lsidName="B. tibetanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tibetanus">
<emphasis id="10402DBB3A97C4CED8FF9313884B8437" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tibetanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9D08EC00F325F4D756C0CC711932CB76" lsidName="B. torrenticola" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="torrenticola">
<emphasis id="D08A0BBA96EF713E900EFD45F99F1060" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. torrenticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8A4CD6166F66D59866C49850D14732B3" lsidName="B. tuberospinius" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tuberospinius">
<emphasis id="B4DC0412030ABC685697CA031BF33AC3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tuberospinius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1689136D331C059E177726919C9D3EA" lsidName="B. verrucosissimus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="verrucosissimus">
<emphasis id="3A862D11711BE7062E1646F12A51F77F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. verrucosissimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="150F8813895B4D6016B3001A5E0AB84F" lsidName="B. yongdeensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="yongdeensis">
<emphasis id="E0C0AB890D12B418AAA978495B9E77C7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. yongdeensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="84C145DA07466F49B6CA8B0B6DE8F467" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. yunlingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), tympanum absent (vs. present in
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<emphasis id="D2D7E810FC1FCC4DBC0B48329EABE144" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. andrewsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="3EE1B1E9F0083B25A0144148AA9A8C7E" lsidName="B. bankorensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="bankorensis">
<emphasis id="4C8598EA78C21F46B0CE08E4902009DE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. bankorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="2B004570E9DAF9D36F151255C60E7A7A" lsidName="B. bufo" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="bufo">
<emphasis id="639A5FF21CB66E268AFDABA59B8316D4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. bufo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="70B9A890148DBF450D8334F69DA1E82E" lsidName="B. eichwaldi" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="eichwaldi">
<emphasis id="2A4D9C8DD895DB0E97C90A8A105DFC61" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. eichwaldi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="DDD654C8724A433EFD4FE5210DBE8EE9" lsidName="B. formosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="formosus">
<emphasis id="18554E0FC9AEE7B438607267E0D3D1E6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. formosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="288C0385F84D2D70CD59E2F0150B6F2A" lsidName="B. gargarizans" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="gargarizans">
<emphasis id="6505CCCA32B711C383A89B073AE99262" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. gargarizans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="67D0C86F6FD4152A7D69A01C99F8E85B" lsidName="B. menglianus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="menglianus">
<emphasis id="766674221171483C4CFCA0598ED245FF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. menglianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C0B8BCC01407F9F1672B0E65BD44D996" lsidName="B. minshanicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="minshanicus">
<emphasis id="E54DBD9FD155B9DA0FDF7CA382361489" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. minshanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C8D0BB926CE0B5292C288F0D39894B69" lsidName="B. praetextatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="praetextatus">
<emphasis id="967A4CFD9B3C7C7340BE83B6507EC0FB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. praetextatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="1D76AF35E718E4B028BD83464FC82294" lsidName="B. sachalinensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="sachalinensis">
<emphasis id="68B16D41C20D8D5B82A45F1F181D0DF6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B033EF7EA90FCE85EC1CFDA3C0EE5BCD" lsidName="B. spinosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="spinosus">
<emphasis id="F7D27EC9CC60AAC441F80B5994DB8B4B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. spinosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4816311A24B7BD6B353F148C54645084" lsidName="B. tibetanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tibetanus">
<emphasis id="F4F4D65F9B318620343555FCC71E4C7C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tibetanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B80D85E1E67E5686F4E555AF6B93849F" lsidName="B. torrenticola" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="torrenticola">
<emphasis id="937F8D492D82CF883CA35CF508350839" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. torrenticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4A42EE27213767FFD48DDA7222727D44" lsidName="B. tuberculatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tuberculatus">
<emphasis id="8B46C25F81099A1536148EB40BA120E7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tuberculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E06FFB0B7706B0A9C26E7D657D112094" lsidName="B. verrucosissimus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="verrucosissimus">
<emphasis id="2FA1CC190FD9994C219AAB5D4D601621" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. verrucosissimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="1B89DBA26B0CB7783A4746FE6D34DF39" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. yunlingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), tarsal fold absent (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="4A9F6029897912EA443275A02272E241" lsidName="B. andrewsi" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="andrewsi">
<emphasis id="F2AE90EB726F85106DE14CBEF6F4AEBA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. andrewsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E126518E1D2D001D3DE8F4DE4D9E8DA8" lsidName="B. luchunnicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="luchunnicus">
<emphasis id="B793FFBDA9270119BA9D031017CE9EEA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. luchunnicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="3460D58BB6E729FD4C75381E936F7C57" lsidName="B. pageoti" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="pageoti">
<emphasis id="36A9A5CB27623A86F1DD10E3C095C74D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. pageoti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C03127164210C02098528471F27DD0C1" lsidName="B. sachalinensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="sachalinensis">
<emphasis id="0668D1C1A8F94A9B5FE703D8B50C3B27" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="332C44DFCFDAFD913F8DD5C073B189E6" lsidName="B. stejnegeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="stejnegeri">
<emphasis id="9C69FB5C39232850D89DD770082C70FC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. stejnegeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="81ED0AA00B2EBF6D04C2FB3CB2D3A212" lsidName="B. tibetanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tibetanus">
<emphasis id="F77F8C75FB15D4B3A93CFD4385729314" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tibetanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AF755B74E996148E0319D4CE7410B69D" lsidName="B. tuberculatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tuberculatus">
<emphasis id="5ED49B198FB66047EF11662A872738FE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tuberculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CA83DD2419244622E739318EC687B8B2" lsidName="B. tuberospinius" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tuberospinius">
<emphasis id="B5FF149898414969D3380C79B9AC0A0D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tuberospinius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="9FEBC47BAB5DD9572D49CF3233D1270A" lsidName="B. yunlingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="yunlingensis">
<emphasis id="E622D998D5F4B3B12B517F2E4BBFC8E1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. yunlingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and presence of a thin vertebral line (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="A1F432997D2609F7E3E3FA7E7C8F50B5" lsidName="B. ailaoanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="ailaoanus">
<emphasis id="DC024B2466B6F855FF3EEE210BCD47E2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. ailaoanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="84B2A344DBAA3E0A741750BB61EC20D7" lsidName="B. bufo" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="bufo">
<emphasis id="9B1FC8C49EC60F8973D93738F233C6C8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. bufo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0F5CEC38E646F27DEE5B2224FC30F36E" lsidName="B. eichwaldi" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="eichwaldi">
<emphasis id="E5D19F88FF6052E49AB47499988F391A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. eichwaldi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A2AB4D7D2D73A0BF5C8DF55C1E45F30E" lsidName="B. formosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="formosus">
<emphasis id="FA63EA21CA6B18BDA6CB8BDE1E07F5AE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. formosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F42F12B70EB11D6498E7ABDD46417FAC" lsidName="B. minshanicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="minshanicus">
<emphasis id="E529E1EEB320A89306463E41F8944F31" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. minshanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="7EAD45784D6CEFC72A00C76C9AF11E57" lsidName="B. sachalinensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="sachalinensis">
<emphasis id="E79C210E2BB5086BE12D39D4334A95A3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. sachalinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="2779F09168EE22B0A3BD508B766471FF" lsidName="B. spinosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="spinosus">
<emphasis id="74755575D00823337D26ABB199A500DD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. spinosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="98CC74662F420DEF0D53DDE8FD74BD36" lsidName="B. torrenticola" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="torrenticola">
<emphasis id="40C7E4FE6D47C824062CD32A4FD0040E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. torrenticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1226C3D0D219904CC3E3CD4444E6CF3" lsidName="B. tuberculatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="tuberculatus">
<emphasis id="EA150278269E03263C4B15FF57F28A45" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. tuberculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="6792A4969ADD76BD94383AB080002C51" lsidName="B. verrucosissimus" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rank="species" species="verrucosissimus">
<emphasis id="B172B3BF36DA4E2D8659158C84749BEC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. verrucosissimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Comparative data of
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<emphasis id="CB9748C8CF1B1BA1E9B044FE5751ED4B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo exiguus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C5FEC3B6927939BB66EA80824E5AD60F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">sp. nov.</emphasis>
with other recognised members of the genus
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<emphasis id="93443BBBF9A122B1586CE8C7D2B9F2AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are listed in Table
<tableCitation id="80FBB1EE2EAE8EEA3B97257B1C8231C5" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="T4" captionText="Table 4. Diagnostic characters separating 25 species of the genus Bufo." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/892FF2808FB803CBA90893A4959607C7" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" tableUuid="892FF2808FB803CBA90893A4959607C7">4</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9EE9C0721F7C05C9F92B17246C0EB66B" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
<emphasis id="AA19FA35216AAC7EBE20D2BFFD99D56E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Table 4.</emphasis>
Diagnostic characters separating 25 species of the genus
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<emphasis id="3EDAF62291C2AF3688FB2BB1502BA961" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="4A524202AA3D3EB2896683E905E117CC" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">
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<td id="4667F8EFFE1953C8264C7B30DD20E4DE" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td id="A3CB09593326747830CEDD184B582B22" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="BE9D5C06ED1EB0721779082BFE64A675" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">SVL in males (mm)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="42C2D0773F4235320EF466B9B66165DD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">SVL in females (mm)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1E7158934CCDCFCFEAEECF6F6F77DD3A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Tarsal fold absent (0) or present (1)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9CABC5B033467A642B504D7570872004" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Vertebral line absent (0) or present (1)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A9F4B68A460CE41099BC2AFAA10C76DC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Number of adult specimens examined</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0A6B2C05724455CFF40BF22C6FB1017D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">References</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="CAF38BD529F9E045CCF1888A67B89989" authorityName="Qi &amp; Lyu &amp; Song &amp; Wei &amp; Zhong &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Bufo" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bufo exiguus" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exiguus">
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<emphasis id="E8EE23D866829330FCD402FE0FF58D96" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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<td id="593DCE15CC8F96C7BAFC2C1FC2CFE4EA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">43.2-43.3</td>
<td id="6CE6CC3D2A621AA3A0CB6F944F1CE998" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">48.5-52.4</td>
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<td id="3F67798D7900ABCFD8A44675D00114BE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">2 males, 3 females</td>
<td id="67CD6E495E02267A9B7A65265A990FC5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">This study</td>
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<taxonomicName id="33496DF304E40598F9D46779AC34B28E" authorityName="Kou" authorityYear="1984" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Bufo" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bufo ailaoanus" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ailaoanus">
<emphasis id="B89463B6269945CACBAABE0C46DE2AA4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo ailaoanus</emphasis>
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<td id="38D4C2D272A7465B3ADFCB09F50957FE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">38.5-41.1</td>
<td id="F6443E90DD93D14A3F3834DDC5D22235" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">52.0-55.0</td>
<td id="49C91A361D48EF1EA8FEE0180C55B029" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="FDE3D2265DD725198C8C6F9E09452D26" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="4D9379FF9274B3A55BB29E1FA1F9171D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="7F64AD892CA30AAC9BFE869260FDA817" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">2 males, 4 females</td>
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<taxonomicName id="21322B5B15A8A033B52FF4BEEE46B931" authorityName="Schmidt" authorityYear="1925" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Bufo" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bufo andrewsi" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andrewsi">
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<td id="9E9258FCAB93AC63762D10C1F4E85817" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">63.0-89.5</td>
<td id="48EF9A4AAF51B09EE123516A232ED6BD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">85.0-116.0</td>
<td id="F8818CF902EA8553415A75E01B6F53A0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">1</td>
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<td id="2C399751C6A25319C2E1A31558E52BAB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0 or 1</td>
<td id="D38EF627402988C5A1099E1DF857A800" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">114 males, 80 females</td>
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; this study
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<emphasis id="B1E2E59212837EDE42A7EC8639669033" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo aspinius</emphasis>
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<td id="4B08A05B8826514B2FBCAF994BF7B7D6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">65.0-80.0</td>
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<td id="EF1842EC3D2241E1ED753A9D0542FD3C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="7285B86E9CBECC78116719D537EA6E9E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">80 males, 60 females</td>
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<taxonomicName id="DA6B393093179F133A7E4087C099DC5C" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Bufo" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bufo bankorensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bankorensis">
<emphasis id="9CDFC8F28EF0E144FFEC9056F76120DF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo bankorensis</emphasis>
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<td id="39E14FDBFE0EA8CE51539B19FC6F02BF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">64.0-100.0</td>
<td id="E4D0032EB7234D1F8C45C5980202ABFA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">72.8-130.0</td>
<td id="9F23F01B7ECECEB6CC140D377DEE1848" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">1</td>
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<td id="72EB62247F196B2AFF0B86265886287C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0 or 1</td>
<td id="45B4A3D675C1E5194949646FBA467798" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">87 males, 24 females</td>
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<bibRefCitation id="A64F53323CEF72E5A044B3EF1770DBEE" author="Fei, L" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" refId="B6" refString="Fei, L, Ye, CY, 2016. Amphibians of China. Vol. 1. Science Press, Beijing [in Chinese]." title="Amphibians of China. Vol. 1. Science Press, Beijing [in Chinese]." year="2016">Fei and Ye (2016)</bibRefCitation>
;
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; this study
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<td id="E4D4BC8EEB8DDF36B45A94025D62A4C0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">61.0-72.4</td>
<td id="8DB29BB1E8281E1037A3CAE7A31D2B78" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">74.9-94.1</td>
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<td id="8DB6563B481E2F0435BFF234096AA234" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">13 males, 8 females</td>
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<td id="40A68531804B2FFB31C1C501121CBEC3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">65.0-70.0</td>
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<td id="4BA8AF912A82FF4EBE4845CCC5172543" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">6 males, 10 females</td>
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<td id="3B4D79CD52F961303D7C693FB6F88BFE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">67.8-71.2</td>
<td id="A9AD55DD46B5E9816DE7E87008687433" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">78.2</td>
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<td id="F8A15713D0B7A2B3731B72B930EE5A89" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">2 males, 1 female</td>
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<td id="181F5945F6CEFD26DF9DD0927826E454" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">110.0-158.0</td>
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<td id="B3D9B44B90A0DC6DBB0677338BE55B4B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">19 males, 4 females</td>
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<td id="5BCDF6C4D74AC6BDD760FDC72B663C5B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">79.2-106.1</td>
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<td id="A5A74D76FED353F74F7BF2BEC8DAC346" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">72 males, 50 females</td>
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<td id="CBF3B35841BFE6395E885DE7621D61FC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">27 males, 75 females</td>
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<td id="7E4DC62FCC62AD6E96D45317A90066DB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">9 males, 11 females</td>
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<td id="3B6BCD8F42AA6FF804FC5BE8F0361175" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">14 males, 33 females</td>
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<td id="404717593534B896CC6F31D3AC03EB23" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">46 males, 29 females</td>
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<bibRefCitation id="3DA1C247A4C42946905CEF288B7F17D1" author="Fei, L" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" refId="B6" refString="Fei, L, Ye, CY, 2016. Amphibians of China. Vol. 1. Science Press, Beijing [in Chinese]." title="Amphibians of China. Vol. 1. Science Press, Beijing [in Chinese]." year="2016">Fei and Ye (2016)</bibRefCitation>
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<td id="F58B7B60904DBAC0B5B9A4381F7E7EDB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">52.0-66.0</td>
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<td id="416C2778EB456DD2D06D045453701CAD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">8 males, 10 females</td>
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; this study
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<taxonomicName id="2BCDF360FEDEA7C985D8AF6E9321FA4C" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1814" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Bufo" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bufo verrucosissimus" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verrucosissimus">
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<td id="35586E6BC05AD72F1107F65678A39A15" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">58.4-75.4</td>
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<td id="7D5938C5C8F66B97678BC78ADD8FF578" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">5 males, 16 females</td>
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<bibRefCitation id="ECCF03942CAAC05CE47D488A681694CF" author="Litvinchuk, SN" journalOrPublisher="Russian Journal of Herpetology" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" pagination="19 - 43" refId="B20" refString="Litvinchuk, SN, Borkin, LJ, Skorinov, LJ, Rosanov, JM, 2008. A new species of common toads from the Talysh Mountains of south-eastern Caucasus: Genome size, allozyme, and morphological evidences. Russian Journal of Herpetology 15: 19 - 43" title="A new species of common toads from the Talysh Mountains of south-eastern Caucasus: Genome size, allozyme, and morphological evidences." volume="15" year="2008">Litvinchuk et al. (2008)</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="E5BD83E5F5CD047A102909283C5C599A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo yongdeensis</emphasis>
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<td id="A493DF9ABAD38EB99DCDC192F88ED22D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">2 males, 2 females</td>
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<emphasis id="C1F4D01539BB3F8E569317E0BAA58341" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo yunlingensis</emphasis>
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<td id="D221D8540EC08784ACD75615FA21A689" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">0 or 1**</td>
<td id="4DBA3334ABA0430C3667A7AE48A3C0BC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="677" rowspan="1">2 females***</td>
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*
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recorded
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<emphasis id="DEBBAE45DB9133B55E6C53A3893FD091" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo yongdeensis</emphasis>
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&quot;with a distinct light-coloured vertebral line&quot; in main text (p. 219), but a contradictory diagnosis &quot;without light-coloured vertebral line&quot; was given in supplemental description (p. 432, line 7) and then mentioned &quot;with a distinct light-coloured vertebral line in general&quot; (p. 432, line 11). **
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recorded
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<emphasis id="33A9321B543A1DD2167B43EDE5AC1ABB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Bufo yunlingensis</emphasis>
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&quot;without light-coloured vertebral line in general&quot; (p. 431, line 14) and then used &quot;without light-coloured vertebral line&quot; to compare with
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<emphasis id="DEBF831B5A4688A82026CB964040F05B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. gargarizans</emphasis>
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(p. 431, line 23). However, we can clearly see that the photos of type specimen have a light-coloured vertebral line in preservative (p. 431). ***
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designated two female specimens as the type specimen of
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, but sharing same voucher number. The snout-vent length of the male was given in the morphological description, but no more additional specimens mentioned (p. 431, line 11).
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<paragraph id="5C500602019570DD4A1A804349D59B68" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">Distribution and natural history.</paragraph>
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The new species is currently only known from the type locality, Mt. Nankun, Longmen County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. However, another two historic records (Heyuan City and Shaoguan City), designated as
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<emphasis id="4162A5CE0889D2A27883355575154BEE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="677">B. cryptotympanicus</emphasis>
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from Guangdong Province, are worthy of careful re-examination (Fig.
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).
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This species inhabits slow-flowing montane streams, generally surrounded by evergreen and deciduous broadleaved mixed forest, at elevations of 500-600 m a.s.l. All mature individuals were observed at night after rain in April and May. Both males possessed nuptial spinules, but no eggs were observed in the adult
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oviduct by dissection, suggesting their breeding season should be earlier than April. Nevertheless, the tadpoles and most of the other ecology and types of behaviour of this toad remain unknown.
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