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<mods:title>A new Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt (Amphibia, Megophryidae) from southeastern China</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Wang, Bin</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Peng, Jun-Wei</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Shi, Sheng-Chao</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Lu, Ning-Ning</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="017CE79C-8EED-5983-A18D-843C0D96A304" authority="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu, 2020" authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis" status="sp. nov.">Megophrys xianjuensis</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Localities for specimens used in this study. 1, the type locality of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov., Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China; 2. the common type locality of M. boettgeri (black) and M. kuatunensis (purple), Wuyi Mountain, Nanping County, Fujian Province, China; 3, the type locality of M. lishuiensis, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, China." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372349" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figures 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Maximum Likelihood tree of the genus Megophrys reconstructed based on the 16 S rRNA and COI gene sequences. ML bootstrap support / Bayesian posterior probability was denoted beside each node. Samples 1 - 89 refer to Table 1." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372350" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Plots of the first principal component (PC 1) versus the second (PC 2) for Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and M. lishuiensis from principal component analyses A male B female." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372351" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 3</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and holotype CIBWYF 00164 of M. lishuiensis A, B dorsal view and ventral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov., respectively C, D dorsal view and ventral of M. lishuiensis, respectively E oral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. showing vomerine ridges (red arrows) F oral of M. lishuiensis showing no vomerine ridge G ventral view of hand of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. H ventral view of hand of M. lishuiensis I ventral view of foot of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. J ventral view of foot of M. lishuiensis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372352" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Photos of the holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in life A dorsal view B ventral view C ventral view of hand D ventral view of foot E dorsolateral view showing the single external subgular vocal sac (red arrow)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372353" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 5</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in life A, B dorsolateral view of a male (Voucher: CIBXJ 190501) and a female (Voucher: CIBXJ 190505), respectively C, D ventral view of CIBXJ 190501 and CIBXJ 190505, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372354" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Advertisement call of the holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. A waveform showing one note B waveform showing three notes of one advertisement call C sonogram showing one note D sonogram showing three notes of one call." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372355" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Tadpole specimen CIBXJT 19050704 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view. Arrows indicate two dotted lines on flank of dorsum from mouth to fin." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372356" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 8</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Habitats of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in the type locality, Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China A landscape showing mountain forests B a mountain stream where toads of the new species occur." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372357" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 9</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Holotype</emphasis>
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CIBXJ190503 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and holotype CIBWYF 00164 of M. lishuiensis A, B dorsal view and ventral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov., respectively C, D dorsal view and ventral of M. lishuiensis, respectively E oral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. showing vomerine ridges (red arrows) F oral of M. lishuiensis showing no vomerine ridge G ventral view of hand of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. H ventral view of hand of M. lishuiensis I ventral view of foot of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. J ventral view of foot of M. lishuiensis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372352" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">4A, B, E, G, I</figureCitation>
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), adult male, from Shenxianju scenic area, Danzhu Township, Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China (28.677483N, 120.594888E, 350 m a. s. l.), collected by Bin Wang on 7 May 2019.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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Holotype CIBXJ190503 of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. and holotype CIBWYF00164 of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lishuiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lishuiensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lishuiensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">A, B</emphasis>
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dorsal view and ventral of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov., respectively
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">C, D</emphasis>
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dorsal view and ventral of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lishuiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lishuiensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lishuiensis</emphasis>
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, respectively
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oral of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. showing vomerine ridges (red arrows)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">F</emphasis>
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oral of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lishuiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lishuiensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lishuiensis</emphasis>
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showing no vomerine ridge
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">G</emphasis>
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ventral view of hand of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">H</emphasis>
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ventral view of hand of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lishuiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lishuiensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lishuiensis</emphasis>
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ventral view of foot of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">J</emphasis>
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ventral view of foot of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lishuiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lishuiensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lishuiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Paratype</emphasis>
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One adult male CIB20180514007 and one adult female CIB20180514008 collected from the type locality of the new species by Bin Wang on 14 May 2018; one adult male CIBXJ190501 and one adult female CIBXJ190505 collected from the type locality by Bin Wang on 7 May 2019; five adult males CIBXJ20190801, CIBXJ20190802, CIBXJ20190803, CIBXJ20190804 and CIBXJ20190805 collected from the type locality by Bin Wang on 28 August 2019.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is assigned to the genus
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kuhl & van Hasselt" authorityYear="1822" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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based on molecular phylogenetic analyses and the following generic diagnostic characters: snout shield-like; projecting beyond the lower jaw; canthus rostralis distinct; chest gland small and round, closer to the axilla than to midventral line; femoral gland on rear of thigh; vertical pupils.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">The new species could be identified from its congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) small size (SVL 31.0-36.3 mm in males and 41.6 mm in female); (2) vomerine ridge present and vomerine teeth absent; (3) tongue not notched behind; (4) a small horn-like tubercle at the edge of each upper eyelid; (5) tympanum distinctly visible, rounded; (6) two metacarpal tubercles in hand; (7) relative finger lengths: II <I <IV <III; (8) toes with rudimentary webbing at bases; (9) heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body; (10) tibiotarsal articulation reaching tympanum to eye when leg stretched forward; (11) an internal single subgular vocal sac in male; (12) in breeding male, the nuptial pads with black nuptial spines on the dorsal bases of the first and second fingers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Description of holotype.</paragraph>
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SVL 34.4 mm; head wider than long (HDW/HDL ratio 1.2); snout obtusely pointed, protruding well beyond the margin of the lower jaw in ventral view; loreal region vertical and concave; canthus rostralis well developed; top of head flat on in dorsal view; an small horn-like tubercle at the edge of the upper eyelid; eye large and convex, eye diameter 40.4% of head length; pupils vertical; nostril orientated laterally, closer to snout than eye; tympanum distinct, TYP/EYE ratio 0.56; vomerine ridges present and vomerine teeth absent; margin of tongue smooth, not notched behind (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and holotype CIBWYF 00164 of M. lishuiensis A, B dorsal view and ventral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov., respectively C, D dorsal view and ventral of M. lishuiensis, respectively E oral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. showing vomerine ridges (red arrows) F oral of M. lishuiensis showing no vomerine ridge G ventral view of hand of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. H ventral view of hand of M. lishuiensis I ventral view of foot of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. J ventral view of foot of M. lishuiensis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372352" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">4A, B, E</figureCitation>
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).
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Forelimbs slender, the length of lower arm and hand 44.9% of SVL; fingers slender, relative finger lengths: II <I <IV <III; tips of digits globular, without lateral fringes; subarticular tubercle distinct at the base of each fingers; two metacarpal tubercles, prominent, oval-shaped, the inner one bigger than the outer (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and holotype CIBWYF 00164 of M. lishuiensis A, B dorsal view and ventral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov., respectively C, D dorsal view and ventral of M. lishuiensis, respectively E oral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. showing vomerine ridges (red arrows) F oral of M. lishuiensis showing no vomerine ridge G ventral view of hand of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. H ventral view of hand of M. lishuiensis I ventral view of foot of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. J ventral view of foot of M. lishuiensis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372352" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">4G</figureCitation>
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).
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Hindlimbs slender, heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body, tibiotarsal articulation reaching tympanum to eye when leg stretched forward; tibia length slightly longer than thigh length; relative toe lengths I <II <V <III <IV; tips of toes round, slightly dilated; subarticular tubercle absent; toes with rudimentary webbing at bases; lateral fringe narrow; inner metatarsal tubercle oval-shaped; outer metatarsal tubercle absent (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and holotype CIBWYF 00164 of M. lishuiensis A, B dorsal view and ventral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov., respectively C, D dorsal view and ventral of M. lishuiensis, respectively E oral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. showing vomerine ridges (red arrows) F oral of M. lishuiensis showing no vomerine ridge G ventral view of hand of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. H ventral view of hand of M. lishuiensis I ventral view of foot of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. J ventral view of foot of M. lishuiensis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372352" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">4I</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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Dorsal rough, with numerous granules; several large warts scattered on flanks; an small horn-like tubercle at the edge of each upper eyelid; a dark brown inverted triangular pattern between anterior corner of eyes, tubercles on the dorsum forming a weak X-shaped ridge and two discontinuous dorsolateral parallel ridges on either side of the X-shaped ridge; several tubercles on the flanks and dorsal surface of thighs and tibias, and limbs barred with dark brown forming four transverse rows; supratympanic fold distinct (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and holotype CIBWYF 00164 of M. lishuiensis A, B dorsal view and ventral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov., respectively C, D dorsal view and ventral of M. lishuiensis, respectively E oral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. showing vomerine ridges (red arrows) F oral of M. lishuiensis showing no vomerine ridge G ventral view of hand of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. H ventral view of hand of M. lishuiensis I ventral view of foot of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. J ventral view of foot of M. lishuiensis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372352" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">4A</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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Ventral surface with numerous white granules; chest gland distinct and round, closer to the axilla than to midventral line; femoral gland on rear of thigh; posterior end of the body protrudes distinct and appears as an arc-shaped swelling, upper the anal region (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and holotype CIBWYF 00164 of M. lishuiensis A, B dorsal view and ventral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov., respectively C, D dorsal view and ventral of M. lishuiensis, respectively E oral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. showing vomerine ridges (red arrows) F oral of M. lishuiensis showing no vomerine ridge G ventral view of hand of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. H ventral view of hand of M. lishuiensis I ventral view of foot of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. J ventral view of foot of M. lishuiensis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372352" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">4B</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="colouration of holotype in life">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Colouration of holotype in life.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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An inverted triangular brown speckle between the eyes; an X-shaped ridges on the dorsum of body, four transverse bands on the dorsal surface of the hindlimb; several dark brown and white vertical bars on the lower and upper lip; the venter purple and the colour of throat is deeper than belly, flank and middle of throat with black brown spots, numerous white granules on the ventral surface and limbs; palms and soles purple and the metacarpal tubercles are orange, tip of digits greyish white; pectoral and femoral glands white (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Photos of the holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in life A dorsal view B ventral view C ventral view of hand D ventral view of foot E dorsolateral view showing the single external subgular vocal sac (red arrow)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372353" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">5</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372353" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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Photos of the holotype CIBXJ190503 of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in life
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">A</emphasis>
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dorsal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">B</emphasis>
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ventral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">C</emphasis>
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ventral view of hand
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">D</emphasis>
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ventral view of foot
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">E</emphasis>
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dorsolateral view showing the single external subgular vocal sac (red arrow).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="preserved holotype colouration">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Preserved holotype colouration.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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Dorsal surface fade to olive; the inverted triangular brown speckle between the eyes, X-shaped ridges on dorsum and transverse bands on limbs and digits and brown spots on flank and middle throat are more distinct; ventral surface greyish white; creamy-white substitutes the orange in metacarpal tubercles; the posterior of ventral surface of body, inner of thigh and upper of tibia creamy-white (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and holotype CIBWYF 00164 of M. lishuiensis A, B dorsal view and ventral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov., respectively C, D dorsal view and ventral of M. lishuiensis, respectively E oral of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. showing vomerine ridges (red arrows) F oral of M. lishuiensis showing no vomerine ridge G ventral view of hand of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. H ventral view of hand of M. lishuiensis I ventral view of foot of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. J ventral view of foot of M. lishuiensis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372352" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">4</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="variation">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Variation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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In some adult individuals a brown Y-shaped marking on the dorsum of head and disconnected with a X-shaped marking on back (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in life A, B dorsolateral view of a male (Voucher: CIBXJ 190501) and a female (Voucher: CIBXJ 190505), respectively C, D ventral view of CIBXJ 190501 and CIBXJ 190505, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372354" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">6A</figureCitation>
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); an inverted triangular brown speckle between two upper eyelids with Y-shaped marking on back of trunk, the colouration of dorsum is brown with brick-red and the caudal vertebra is pointed in the adult female (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in life A, B dorsolateral view of a male (Voucher: CIBXJ 190501) and a female (Voucher: CIBXJ 190505), respectively C, D ventral view of CIBXJ 190501 and CIBXJ 190505, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372354" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">6B</figureCitation>
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); in some adult individuals the metacarpal tubercles in palm is grey-white but the tip of fingers is orange and the black spots in flank is smaller (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in life A, B dorsolateral view of a male (Voucher: CIBXJ 190501) and a female (Voucher: CIBXJ 190505), respectively C, D ventral view of CIBXJ 190501 and CIBXJ 190505, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372354" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">6C</figureCitation>
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); in some adult individuals the white granules in ventral surface are more intensive (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in life A, B dorsolateral view of a male (Voucher: CIBXJ 190501) and a female (Voucher: CIBXJ 190505), respectively C, D ventral view of CIBXJ 190501 and CIBXJ 190505, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372354" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">6D</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372354" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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Colour variation in
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in life
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">A, B</emphasis>
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dorsolateral view of a male (Voucher: CIBXJ190501) and a female (Voucher: CIBXJ190505), respectively
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">C, D</emphasis>
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ventral view of CIBXJ190501 and CIBXJ190505, respectively.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="advertisement calls">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Advertisement calls.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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Ten advertisement calls from two individuals of the new species were recorded in the Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China between 21:00-23:00 on 7 May 2019. The call description is based on recordings of the holotype CIBXJ090503 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Advertisement call of the holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. A waveform showing one note B waveform showing three notes of one advertisement call C sonogram showing one note D sonogram showing three notes of one call." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372355" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">7</figureCitation>
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) from the stone near the streamlet, and the ambient air temperature was 24.5 °C. Each call consists of 22-62 (mean 49.33
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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14.50,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">N</emphasis>
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= 6) notes. Call duration was 4.90-14.22 second (mean10.95
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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3.42,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">N</emphasis>
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= 6). Call interval was 4.12-7.64 second (mean 6.23
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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1.56,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">N</emphasis>
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= 5). Each note had a duration of 0.06- 0.90 second (mean 0.10
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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0.05,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">N</emphasis>
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= 290) and the intervals between notes 0.07-0.88 second (mean 0.13
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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0.05,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">N</emphasis>
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= 284). Amplitude modulation within note was apparent, beginning with lower energy pulses, increasing slightly to a maximum by approximately mid note, and then decreasing towards the end of each note. The average dominant frequency was 6400
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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465.79 (5520-6840 Hz,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">N</emphasis>
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= 6).
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372355" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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Advertisement call of the holotype CIBXJ190503 of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">A</emphasis>
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waveform showing one note
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">B</emphasis>
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waveform showing three notes of one advertisement call
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">C</emphasis>
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sonogram showing one note
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">D</emphasis>
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sonogram showing three notes of one call.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Secondary sexual characteristics.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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Adult females with SVL 41.6 mm, larger than adult males with 31.0-36.3 mm. Adult males have a single subgular vocal sac (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Photos of the holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in life A dorsal view B ventral view C ventral view of hand D ventral view of foot E dorsolateral view showing the single external subgular vocal sac (red arrow)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372353" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">5E</figureCitation>
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). In breeding males, the brownish red nuptial pads on the dorsal bases of the first finger and second fingers with black nuptial spines under microscope.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Tadpole description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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The tadpole was confirmed as
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. by molecular phylogenetic analyses. The following tadpole description is based on the specimen CIBXJT19050704 at Stage 31 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Tadpole specimen CIBXJT 19050704 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view. Arrows indicate two dotted lines on flank of dorsum from mouth to fin." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372356" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">8</figureCitation>
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). Body slender, body and tail yellow-brown in life and fade to light brown and creamy-white of body and tail respectively in preserved specimens; two dotted lines on flank of dorsal from mouth to fin; tail height greater than body height; dorsal fin arising, behind the origin of the tail, height near mid-length, tapering gradually to narrow, tip pointed; tail approximately 1.9 times as long as snout-vent length; tail height 19.9% of tail length; body width slightly longer than body height (BW/BH = 1.1); tail fins lightly coloured, tail muscles with small black spots; eyes large, lateral, nostril near eyes; spiracle on the left side of the body and distinct; oral disk terminal, lips expanded and directed upwardly into a umbelliform oral disk; transverse width of expanded funnel 18.1% of snout-vent length.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372356" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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Tadpole specimen CIBXJT19050704 of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">A</emphasis>
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dorsal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">B</emphasis>
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lateral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">C</emphasis>
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ventral view. Arrows indicate two dotted lines on flank of dorsum from mouth to fin.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="morphological comparisons">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Morphological comparisons.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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By having small size body,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. differs from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. aceras" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="aceras">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. aceras</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. auralensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="auralensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. auralensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. binlingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="binlingensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. binlingensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. carinense" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="carinense">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. carinense</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. caudoprocta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="caudoprocta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. caudoprocta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. chuannanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="chuannanensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. chuannanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. damrei" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="damrei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. damrei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. edwardinae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="edwardinae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. edwardinae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(in female),
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. feae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="feae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. feae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. flavipunctata" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="flavipunctata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. flavipunctata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. gigantica" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="gigantica">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. gigantica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. glandulosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="glandulosa">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. himalayana" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="himalayana">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. himalayana</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. intermedia" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="intermedia">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. intermedia</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. jingdongensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="jingdongensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. jingdongensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kobayashii" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kobayashii">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kobayashii</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kalimantanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kalimantanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kalimantanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lekaguli" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lekaguli">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lekaguli</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. liboensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="liboensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. liboensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. ligayae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="ligayae">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. ligayae</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. longipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="longipes">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. longipes</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. major" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="major">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. major</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mangshanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="mangshanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. mangshanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. maosonensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="maosonensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. maosonensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. medogensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="medogensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. medogensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. omeimontis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="omeimontis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. omeimontis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. oreocrypta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="oreocrypta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. oreocrypta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. periosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="periosa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. periosa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. popei" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="popei">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. popei</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. robusta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="robusta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. robusta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spinata" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="spinata">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. spinata</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. sangzhiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="sangzhiensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. sangzhiensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shapingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shapingensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shapingensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shuichengensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shuichengensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shuichengensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="takensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. takensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
(maximum SVL <42.0 mm in the new species vs. minimum SVL> 45 mm in the latter).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
By lacking vomerine teeth,
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov. differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. aceras" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="aceras">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. aceras</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. ancrae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="ancrae">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. ancrae</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. carinense" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="carinense">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. carinense</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. baluensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="baluensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. baluensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. caudoprocta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="caudoprocta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. caudoprocta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. chuannanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="chuannanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. chuannanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. damrei" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="damrei">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. damrei</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. daweimontis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="daweimontis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. daweimontis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. dongguanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="dongguanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. dongguanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. fansipanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="fansipanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. fansipanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. flavipunctata" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="flavipunctata">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. flavipunctata</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. glandulosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="glandulosa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hoanglienensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="hoanglienensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. hoanglienensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. himalayana" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="himalayana">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. himalayana</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. insularis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="insularis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. insularis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. intermedia" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="intermedia">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. intermedia</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. jingdongensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="jingdongensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. jingdongensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. jinggangensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="jinggangensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. jinggangensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. jiulianensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="jiulianensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. jiulianensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kalimantanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kalimantanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kalimantanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kobayashii" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kobayashii">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kobayashii</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lancip" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lancip">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lancip</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lekaguli" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lekaguli">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lekaguli</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. liboensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="liboensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. liboensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. ligayae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="ligayae">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. ligayae</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. major" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="major">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. major</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mangshanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="mangshanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. mangshanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. maosonensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="maosonensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. maosonensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. medogensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="medogensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. medogensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. megacephala" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="megacephala">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. megacephala</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. montana" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="montana">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. montana</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nasuta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="nasuta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. nasuta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nankunensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="nankunensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. nankunensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nanlingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="nanlingensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. nanlingensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. omeimontis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="omeimontis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. omeimontis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. oropedion" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="oropedion">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. oropedion</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. oreocrypta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="oreocrypta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. oreocrypta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. palpebralespinosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="palpebralespinosa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. palpebralespinosa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. parallela" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="parallela">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. parallela</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. parva" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="parva">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. parva</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. periosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="periosa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. periosa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. popei" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="popei">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. popei</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. robusta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="robusta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. robusta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. rubrimera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="rubrimera">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. rubrimera</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. sangzhiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="sangzhiensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. sangzhiensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. stejnegeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="stejnegeri">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. stejnegeri</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="takensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. takensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. zhangi" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="zhangi">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. zhangi</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. zunhebotoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="zunhebotoensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. zunhebotoensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. present in the latter).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
By having a small horn-like tubercle at the edge of each upper eyelid,
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov. differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. binchuanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="binchuanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. binchuanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. binlingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="binlingensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. binlingensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. damrei" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="damrei">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. damrei</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. gigantica" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="gigantica">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. gigantica</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. minor" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="minor">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. minor</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nasuta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="nasuta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. nasuta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nankiangensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="nankiangensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. nankiangensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. oropedion" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="oropedion">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. oropedion</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. pachyproctus" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="pachyproctus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. pachyproctus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spinata" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="spinata">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. spinata</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. stejnegeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="stejnegeri">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. stejnegeri</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. takensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="takensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. takensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. wuliangshanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="wuliangshanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. wuliangshanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. wushanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="wushanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. wushanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. zhangi" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="zhangi">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. zhangi</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. zunhebotoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="zunhebotoensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. zunhebotoensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. tubercle lacking in the latter) and differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. carinense" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="carinense">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. carinense</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. feae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="feae">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. feae</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. gerti" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="gerti">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. gerti</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hansi" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="hansi">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. hansi</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. intermedia" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="intermedia">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. intermedia</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kalimantanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kalimantanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kalimantanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. koui" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="koui">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. koui</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. liboensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="liboensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. liboensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. microstoma" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="microstoma">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. microstoma</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. palpebralespinosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="palpebralespinosa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. palpebralespinosa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. popei" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="popei">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. popei</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shuichengensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shuichengensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shuichengensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. synoria" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="synoria">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. synoria</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. having a prominent and elongated tubercle at the edge of each upper eyelid in the latter).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
With its tongue not notched behind,
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov. differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. ancrae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="ancrae">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. ancrae</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. baolongensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="baolongensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. baolongensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. binlingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="binlingensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. binlingensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. boettgeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="boettgeri">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. boettgeri</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. carinense" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="carinense">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. carinense</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. cheni" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="cheni">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. cheni</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. chuannanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="chuannanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. chuannanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. damrei" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="damrei">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. damrei</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. dringi" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="dringi">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. dringi</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. fansipanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="fansipanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. fansipanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. feae" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="feae">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. feae</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. feii" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="feii">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. feii</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. flavipunctata" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="flavipunctata">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. flavipunctata</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. gerti" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="gerti">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. gerti</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. glandulosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="glandulosa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hoanglienensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="hoanglienensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. hoanglienensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. huangshanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="huangshanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. huangshanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. insularis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="insularis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. insularis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. jiulianensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="jiulianensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. jiulianensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. jingdongensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="jingdongensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. jingdongensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kalimantanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kalimantanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kalimantanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kuatunensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kuatunensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kuatunensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. liboensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="liboensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. liboensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mangshanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="mangshanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. mangshanensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. maosonensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="maosonensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. maosonensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. medogensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="medogensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. medogensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. minor" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="minor">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. minor</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nankiangensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="nankiangensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. nankiangensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nanlingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="nanlingensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. nanlingensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. omeimontis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="omeimontis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. omeimontis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. oropedion" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="oropedion">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. oropedion</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. pachyproctus" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="pachyproctus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. pachyproctus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. parallela" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="parallela">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. parallela</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. popei" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="popei">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. popei</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. robusta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="robusta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. robusta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. sangzhiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="sangzhiensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. sangzhiensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shapingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shapingensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shapingensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shuichengensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shuichengensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shuichengensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spinata" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="spinata">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. spinata</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. vegrandis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="vegrandis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. vegrandis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. wawuensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="wawuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. wawuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. zhangi" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="zhangi">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. zhangi</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. zunhebotoensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="zunhebotoensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. zunhebotoensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. tongue notched behind in the latter).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
By toes rudimentary webbing at base,
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov. differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. brachykolos" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="brachykolos">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. brachykolos</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. carinense" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="carinense">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. carinense</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. flavipunctata" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="flavipunctata">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. flavipunctata</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. jingdongensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="jingdongensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. jingdongensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. jinggangensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="jinggangensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. jinggangensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lini" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lini">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lini</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. major" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="major">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. major</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. palpebralespinosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="palpebralespinosa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. palpebralespinosa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. popei" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="popei">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. popei</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shuichengensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shuichengensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shuichengensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spinata" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="spinata">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. spinata</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. at least one-fourth webbed in the latter).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
By heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body,
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. differs from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. acuta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="acuta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. acuta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. brachykolos" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="brachykolos">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. brachykolos</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. dongguanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="dongguanensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. dongguanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. huangshanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="huangshanensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. huangshanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kuatunensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kuatunensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kuatunensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nankunensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="nankunensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. nankunensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. obesa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="obesa">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. obesa</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. ombrophila" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="ombrophila">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. ombrophila</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. wugongensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="wugongensis">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. wugongensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(vs. heels not meeting when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body in the latter).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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By tibiotarsal articulation reaching forward to the region between tympanum and eye when hindlimb is stretched along the side of the body,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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sp. nov. differs from
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. baolongensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="baolongensis">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. baolongensis</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. nankiangensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="nankiangensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. nankiangensis</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. pachyproctus" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="pachyproctus">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. pachyproctus</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. serchhipii" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="serchhipii">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. serchhipii</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shuichengensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shuichengensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shuichengensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. tuberogranulata" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="tuberogranulata">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. tuberogranulata</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. reaching posterior corner of the eye in the latter); differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. daweimontis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="daweimontis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. daweimontis</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. glandulosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="glandulosa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lini" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lini">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lini</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. major" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="major">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. major</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. medogensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="medogensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. medogensis</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. obesa" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="obesa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. obesa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. sangzhiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="sangzhiensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. sangzhiensis</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. reaching the anterior corner of the eye or beyond eye or nostril and tip of snout in the latter); differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. leishanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="leishanensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. leishanensis</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. reaching middle part of eye); differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mufumontana" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="mufumontana">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. mufumontana</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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(vs. reaching tympanum in males and to the eye in females).
|
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</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
By having an internal single subgular vocal sac in male,
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov. differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. caudoprocta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="caudoprocta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. caudoprocta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shapingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shapingensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shapingensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shuichengensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shuichengensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shuichengensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. vocal sac absent in the latter).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
By having nuptial pads and nuptial spines on the dorsal base of the first and second fingers in breeding male,
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov. differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. acuta" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="acuta">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. acuta</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. feii" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="feii">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. feii</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shapingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shapingensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shapingensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. shuichengensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="shuichengensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. shuichengensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. nuptial pads and nuptial spines lacking in the latter); differs from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. boettgeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="boettgeri">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. boettgeri</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. elfina" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="elfina">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. elfina</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
(vs. nuptial pads and nuptial spines only on the first finger in the latter).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1899" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys boettgeri" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boettgeri">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys boettgeri</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
and
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kuatunensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kuatunensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kuatunensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
were suggested to be distributed in Zhejiang Province, China and might be sympatric with
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov. (Fei et al. 2016;
|
|
<bibRefCitation author="Wang, YF" journalOrPublisher="Chinese Journal of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" pagination="19 - 29" refId="B83" refString="Wang, YF, Liu, BQ, Jiang, K, Jin, W, Xu, JN, Wu, CH, 2017b. A new species of the horn toad of the genus Xenophrys from Zhejiang, China (Amphibia: Megophryidae). Chinese Journal of Zoology 52 (1): 19 - 29" title="A new species of the horn toad of the genus Xenophrys from Zhejiang, China (Amphibia: Megophryidae)." volume="52" year="2017 b">Wang et al. 2017b</bibRefCitation>
|
|
). The new species can be distinguished from these species by a series of morphological characters as follows. The new species vs.
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. boettgeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="boettgeri">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. boettgeri</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
: vomerine ridges present vs. vomerine ridges absent, tibiotarsal articulation reaching forward to the region between tympanum and eye when hindlimb is stretched along the side of the body vs. tibiotarsal articulation reaching forward to eye, having nuptial pads and nuptial spines on the dorsal base of the first and second fingers in breeding male vs. nuptial pads and nuptial spines only on the first finger, heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body vs. heels just meeting, light round patches on the shoulder absent vs. present. The new species vs.
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kuatunensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="kuatunensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. kuatunensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
: heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body vs. heels not meeting, toes with rudimentary webbing at bases vs. toes without webbing.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
Molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed that the new species was genetically closer to
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lishuiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lishuiensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lishuiensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
. The new species can be distinguished from
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. lishuiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="lishuiensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">M. lishuiensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
by a series of morphological characters as follows. Vomerine ridges present vs. vomerine ridges absent; heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body vs. heels just meeting or not meeting; light round patches on the shoulder absent vs. present; having significantly lower ratios of UEW, ED, TYD, LW and TW to SVL in males; and having significantly higher ratios of UEW, ED and HAL to SVL in females (all
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">p</emphasis>
|
|
-values <0.05; Table
|
|
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="T3" captionText="Table 3. Morphometric comparisons between the adult specimens of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. and M. lishuiensis. Units are in mm. See abbreviations for the morphological characters in Materials and methods section." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/187B0979F2FD22C31F10D4BCEAF4013E" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" tableUuid="187B0979F2FD22C31F10D4BCEAF4013E">3</tableCitation>
|
|
).
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
|
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="distribution">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Distribution and habitats.</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov. is known from the type locality, Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China at elevations between 320-480 m a.s.l. This new species is frequently found on stones in the streams in the subtropical montane forests (Fig.
|
|
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Photos of the holotype CIBXJ 190503 of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in life A dorsal view B ventral view C ventral view of hand D ventral view of foot E dorsolateral view showing the single external subgular vocal sac (red arrow)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372353" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">5E</figureCitation>
|
|
; Fig.
|
|
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Habitats of Megophrys xianjuensis sp. nov. in the type locality, Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China A landscape showing mountain forests B a mountain stream where toads of the new species occur." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372357" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">9</figureCitation>
|
|
). Six sympatric amphibian species, i.e.,
|
|
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Liu and Hu" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Amolops" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amolops wuyiensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wuyiensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Amolops wuyiensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Odorrana" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Odorrana tianmuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tianmuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Odorrana tianmuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="O. graminea" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="graminea">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">O. graminea</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName lsidName="O. tormota" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="tormota">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">O. tormota</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
,
|
|
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" family="Dicroglossidae" genus="Limnonectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Limnonectes fujianensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fujianensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Limnonectes fujianensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, and
|
|
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="David" baseAuthorityYear="1875" class="Amphibia" family="Dicroglossidae" genus="Quasipaa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Quasipaa spinosa" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spinosa">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Quasipaa spinosa</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
, were found.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.904.47354.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372357" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" start="Figure 9" startId="F9">
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 9.</emphasis>
|
|
Habitats of
|
|
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang & Wu & Peng & Shi & Lu & Wu" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Pelobatoidea" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megophrys xianjuensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xianjuensis">
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Megophrys xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
</taxonomicName>
|
|
sp. nov. in the type locality, Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">A</emphasis>
|
|
landscape showing mountain forests
|
|
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">B</emphasis>
|
|
a mountain stream where toads of the new species occur.
|
|
</paragraph>
|
|
</caption>
|
|
</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="etymology">
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
|
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
|
|
The specific epithet
|
|
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">xianjuensis</emphasis>
|
|
refers to Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, China, where the type locality of the species is located. We propose the common name "Xianju horned toad" in English and Xian ju Jiao Chan in Chinese.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |