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: ZMB 9785 an adult female from
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DIAGNOSIS:
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is characterized by a combination of the following attributes: (1) body dorsoventrally compressed; (2) SVL of single mature female is
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, males unknown; (3) vomerine teeth in rows oblique to choanae; (4) lip­stripe absent; (5) head not broad, snout rounded in dorsal view; (6) tympanum round, indistinct, covered by a layer of skin, TMP:EYE 0.52; (7) supratympanic fold weak; (8) dorsal skin smooth flanks weakly granular, dorsolateral folds absent, venter smooth; (9) dorsum bronze­green with irregular indistinct spots and blue­gray flanks, legs with black bands; cloacal region marbled black with white; (10) median callous pad on finger III almost to proximal tubercle; (11) disks on fingers and toes slightly enlarged (&lt;2× base of phalanges); (12) feet fully webbed on II, III, IV; I and V without lateral web fringes, webbing light gray in alcohol; (13) subarticular tubercles and inner metatarsal tubercle distinct, conical; (14) terminal phalanges are slightly rounded; (15) xiphisternum not large, shallow notch posteriorly; (16) male secondary sexual characteristics unknown; (17) eggs yellow (in alcohol).
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Fig. 10. Holotype of
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(ZMB 9785), dorsal view (
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COMPARISONS:
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superficially resembles other Asian cascade ranids, including
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F986DE0BFE341ADC" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="1950" box="[244,416,1132,1155]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F986DE0BFE341ADC" box="[244,416,1132,1155]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. margaretae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F8C3DE0BFDCC1ADC" authorityName="Boettger" authorityYear="1892" box="[433,600,1132,1155]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schmackeri">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F8C3DE0BFDCC1ADC" box="[433,600,1132,1155]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. schmackeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F90EDEEEFE8C1AFF" box="[124,280,1161,1184]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tiannensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F90EDEEEFE8C1AFF" box="[124,280,1161,1184]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. tiannensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(table 12). Unlike the species listed above,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F856DEC0FE041AE1" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[292,400,1191,1214]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F856DEC0FE041AE1" box="[292,400,1191,1214]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a layer of skin overlying its tympanum and its terminal phalanges are slightly rounded (not T­ shaped;
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FB01DE86FF7C1B49" authorityName=": Werner" authorityYear="1930" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leporipes">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FB01DE86FF7C1B49" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. leporipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has oblong, somewhat rounded distal phalanges). The absence of a lip­stripe in
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F90EDF5EFF701B0F" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[124,228,1337,1360]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F90EDF5EFF701B0F" box="[124,228,1337,1360]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
further differentiates it from
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FB33DF5EFF3F1B31" baseAuthorityName="Yang" baseAuthorityYear="1991" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Huia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FB33DF5EFF3F1B31" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">H. nasica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F9C9DF30FEFA1B31" authorityName="Inger &amp; Chan-ard" authorityYear="1997" box="[187,366,1367,1390]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="archotaphus">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F9C9DF30FEFA1B31" box="[187,366,1367,1390]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. archotaphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F80CDF30FDB41B31" baseAuthorityName="Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[382,544,1367,1390]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chalconota">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F80CDF30FDB41B31" box="[382,544,1367,1390]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. chalconota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FB42DF30FF5D1BD4" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chloronota">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FB42DF30FF5D1BD4" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. chloronota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F9A9DF13FEF61BD4" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1917" box="[219,354,1396,1419]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grahami">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F9A9DF13FEF61BD4" box="[219,354,1396,1419]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. grahami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F801DF13FD911BD4" authorityName=": Boulenger" authorityYear="1899" box="[371,517,1396,1419]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="graminea">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F801DF13FD911BD4" box="[371,517,1396,1419]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. graminea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FB65DF13FF511BF7" authorityName="Y.u.Deng" authorityYear="1992" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hejiangensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FB65DF13FF511BF7" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. hejiangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F9ABDFF6FEAC1BF7" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1891" box="[217,312,1425,1448]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hosii">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F9ABDFF6FEAC1BF7" box="[217,312,1425,1448]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. hosii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F839DFF6FE6A1BF7" baseAuthorityName="Huang, Fei &amp; Ye" baseAuthorityYear="2001" box="[331,510,1425,1448]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="junlianensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F839DFF6FE6A1BF7" box="[331,510,1425,1448]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. junlianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FB63DFF6FF4C1B99" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kwangwuensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FB63DFF6FF4C1B99" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. kwangwuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F99BDFC8FEEC1B99" authorityName=": Werner" authorityYear="1930" box="[233,376,1455,1478]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leporipes">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F99BDFC8FEEC1B99" box="[233,376,1455,1478]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. leporipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F8CEDFC8FDB41B99" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[444,544,1455,1478]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="livida">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F8CEDFC8FDB41B99" box="[444,544,1455,1478]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. livida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Eggs of
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F90EDFABFF651BBC" baseAuthorityName="Yang" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[124,241,1484,1507]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Huia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F90EDFABFF651BBC" box="[124,241,1484,1507]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">H. nasica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F877DFABFE5F1BBC" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1882" box="[261,459,1484,1507]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andersonii">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F877DFABFE5F1BBC" box="[261,459,1484,1507]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana andersonii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F8ADDFABFD111BBC" baseAuthorityName="Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[479,645,1484,1507]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chalconota">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F8ADDFABFD111BBC" box="[479,645,1484,1507]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. chalconota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F90EDF8EFE97185F" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1917" box="[124,259,1513,1536]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grahami">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F90EDF8EFE97185F" box="[124,259,1513,1536]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. grahami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F864DF8EFE53185F" baseAuthorityName="Huang, Fei &amp; Ye" baseAuthorityYear="2001" box="[278,455,1513,1536]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="junlianensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F864DF8EFE53185F" box="[278,455,1513,1536]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. junlianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F8A8DF8EFD12185F" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="1950" box="[474,646,1513,1536]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F8A8DF8EFD12185F" box="[474,646,1513,1536]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. margaretae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F9C7DC60FEF41841" authorityName="Boettger" authorityYear="1892" box="[181,352,1543,1566]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schmackeri">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F9C7DC60FEF41841" box="[181,352,1543,1566]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. schmackeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are white with melanic poles, whereas those of
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F8EBDC43FE6B1864" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[409,511,1572,1595]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F8EBDC43FE6B1864" box="[409,511,1572,1595]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are immaculate. The smooth green dorsum further distinguishes
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F98CDC38FEFC1829" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[254,360,1631,1654]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F98CDC38FEFC1829" box="[254,360,1631,1654]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F8CBDC38FDBA1829" baseAuthorityName="Yang" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[441,558,1631,1654]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Huia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F8CBDC38FDBA1829" box="[441,558,1631,1654]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">H. nasica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FB33DC38FF4F18CC" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1882" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andersonii">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FB33DC38FF4F18CC" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. andersonii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F980DC1BFE2F18CC" box="[242,443,1660,1683]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jingdongensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F980DC1BFE2F18CC" box="[242,443,1660,1683]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. jingdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F8A0DC1BFDC918CC" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1917" box="[466,605,1660,1683]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grahami">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F8A0DC1BFDC918CC" box="[466,605,1660,1683]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. grahami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FB01DC1BFF7F18EF" authorityName=": Boulenger" authorityYear="1899" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="graminea">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FB01DC1BFF7F18EF" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. graminea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F872DCFEFE0518EF" authorityName=": Werner" authorityYear="1930" box="[256,401,1689,1712]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leporipes">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F872DCFEFE0518EF" box="[256,401,1689,1712]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. leporipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F8D7DCFEFDDB18EF" authorityName="Boettger" authorityYear="1892" box="[421,591,1689,1712]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schmackeri">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F8D7DCFEFDDB18EF" box="[421,591,1689,1712]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. schmackeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F90EDCD0FE8A1891" box="[124,286,1719,1742]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tiannensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F90EDCD0FE8A1891" box="[124,286,1719,1742]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. tiannensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0F845DCD0FE441891" baseAuthorityName="Yang" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[311,464,1719,1742]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Huia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0F845DCD0FE441891" box="[311,464,1719,1742]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Huia nasica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has an olive­ brown dorsum (
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FA09D903FC771D24" box="[891,995,868,891]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
green).
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FD3AD903FC871DC7" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FD3AD903FC871DC7" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana hainanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
further differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FD6AD9E6FB161DC7" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[1048,1154,897,920]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FD6AD9E6FB161DC7" box="[1048,1154,897,920]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its size (mean female SVL
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FA94D9F8FB021DE9" box="[998,1174,927,950]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. hainanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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) and relative lengths of fingers (II &lt;IV &lt;I for
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FA53D9BEFC451DAF" box="[801,977,985,1008]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FA53D9BEFC451DAF" box="[801,977,985,1008]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. hainanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, I &lt;II &lt;IV for
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FDC1D9BEFC951A51" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FDC1D9BEFC951A51" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FA6FD990FC751A51" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1882" box="[797,993,1015,1038]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andersonii">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FA6FD990FC751A51" box="[797,993,1015,1038]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana andersonii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a rough, olivebrown dorsum.
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FA04DE73FBD91A74" authorityName="Y.u.Deng" authorityYear="1992" box="[886,1101,1044,1067]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hejiangensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FA04DE73FBD91A74" box="[886,1101,1044,1067]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana hejiangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has smaller males (SVL
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) and a different finger formula (II &lt;I &lt;III) than
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FD61DE28FBE81A39" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[1043,1148,1103,1126]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FD61DE28FBE81A39" box="[1043,1148,1103,1126]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FDFDDE28FCAE1ADC" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="julianensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FDFDDE28FCAE1ADC" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana julianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FA05DE0BFBD61ADC" box="[887,1090,1132,1155]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. kwangwuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FBCEDEEEFCB21AFF" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[700,806,1161,1184]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FBCEDEEEFCB21AFF" box="[700,806,1161,1184]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in their relative finger formula (II &lt;I &lt;IV).
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FA12DEC0FBDA1AE1" box="[864,1102,1191,1214]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jingdongensis">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FA12DEC0FBDA1AE1" box="[864,1102,1191,1214]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana jingdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses vertical lip bands, large toe disks, and is fully webbed to all disks.
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FACFDE86FBE11AA7" authorityName=": Boulenger" authorityYear="1899" box="[957,1141,1249,1272]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="graminea">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FACFDE86FBE11AA7" box="[957,1141,1249,1272]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana graminea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FA73DE98FCF81B49" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[769,876,1279,1302]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FA73DE98FCF81B49" box="[769,876,1279,1302]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in that its nares is closer to the tip of the snout than to the eye (halfway in
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FBA9DF5EFCD61B0F" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[731,834,1337,1360]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FBA9DF5EFCD61B0F" box="[731,834,1337,1360]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and it has a different finger formula (II = I &lt;IV for
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FAACDF30FBE61B31" authorityName=": Boulenger" authorityYear="1899" box="[990,1138,1367,1390]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="graminea">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FAACDF30FBE61B31" box="[990,1138,1367,1390]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. graminea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FDFDDF30FCD01BD4" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="1950" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FDFDDF30FCD01BD4" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana margaretae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
further differs from
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FD30DF13FB3F1BD4" box="[1090,1195,1396,1419]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having larger females (SVL
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).
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FBCEDFC8FCFE1B99" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1917" box="[700,874,1455,1478]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grahami">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FBCEDFC8FCFE1B99" box="[700,874,1455,1478]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana grahami</emphasis>
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has pustules on the dorsum and flanks and no digital disks (only slightly swollen tips).
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FAFADF8EFBF8185F" authorityName="Boettger" authorityYear="1892" box="[904,1132,1513,1536]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schmackeri">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FAFADF8EFBF8185F" box="[904,1132,1513,1536]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana schmackeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a smooth, heavily spotted dorsum.
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FD3FDC60FC911864" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana tiannensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a rough, brown dorsum with large, prominent lateral granulations.
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FD31DC26FC9F1829" baseAuthorityName="Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1837" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chalconota">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FD31DC26FC9F1829" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rana chalconota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FADCDC38FB821829" box="[942,1046,1631,1654]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having distinct dorsolateral folds, a pointed snout (vs. rounded), and an outer metatarsal tubercle. In
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0055FFF0FBCEDCD0FCE51891" authorityName="Inger &amp; Chan-ard" authorityYear="1997" box="[700,881,1719,1742]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="archotaphus">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0055FFF0FBCEDCD0FCE51891" box="[700,881,1719,1742]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. archotaphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the outer metatarsal tubercle is present.
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1F98CDAA6FEEB1E87" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1891" box="[254,383,193,216]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hosii">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F98CDAA6FEEB1E87" box="[254,383,193,216]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Rana hosii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1FB50DAA6FD1F1E87" box="[546,651,193,216]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its dorsolateral folds and feeble tarsal folds (absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1F84DDA9AFE3C1F4B" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[319,424,253,276]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F84DDA9AFE3C1F4B" box="[319,424,253,276]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1F8B6DA9AFD1F1F4B" box="[452,651,253,276]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chloronota">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F8B6DA9AFD1F1F4B" box="[452,651,253,276]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Rana chloronota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1F865DB7CFE141F6D" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[279,384,283,306]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F865DB7CFE141F6D" box="[279,384,283,306]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in being larger (SVL for adult females
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for
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1FB5BDB5EFF5C1F31" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. chloronota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), having nostrils closer to the tip of the snout than the eye (halfway for
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1FB41DB13FF021FF6" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1FB41DB13FF021FF6" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and a different digital formula (II &lt;I &lt;IV &lt;III for
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1F86BDBD7FE281F98" box="[281,444,432,455]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chloronota">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F86BDBD7FE281F98" box="[281,444,432,455]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. chloronota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1F8A5DBD7FD1F1F98" authorityName=": Werner" authorityYear="1930" box="[471,651,432,455]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leporipes">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F8A5DBD7FD1F1F98" box="[471,651,432,455]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Rana leporipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also differs from
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F83ADBA9FE3B1FBA" box="[328,431,462,485]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a white supratympanic fold (not colored in
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1FB67DB8BFDEE1C5C" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[533,634,492,515]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1FB67DB8BFDEE1C5C" box="[533,634,492,515]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1F909D86DFE901C7E" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[123,260,522,545]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="livida">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F909D86DFE901C7E" box="[123,260,522,545]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Rana livida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a solid­colored dorsum with white spots on its sides (flanks a different color for
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1F98BD821FEF31C02" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[249,359,582,605]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F98BD821FEF31C02" box="[249,359,582,605]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, lacking spots), and it lacks transverse bands on the arms and legs (present in
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1F871D8E6FEFF1CC7" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[259,363,641,664]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1F871D8E6FEFF1CC7" box="[259,363,641,664]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35CA2A30054FFF1F9EAD8F8FCA71DC7" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BF9F1280054FFF1F9EAD8F8FE801AED" blockId="31.[123,652,193,1741]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
DESCRIPTION OF
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: HDL greater than HDW (132%), HDW 26% of SVL, HDL 34% of SVL; snout short, rounded in dorsal view; protruding beyond margin of lower jaw, rounded in lateral view, EYE prominent, smaller than SNT, IOD broader than EYE and upper eyelid. Top of head flat; canthus rostralis rounded; loreal region steeply concave; nostril about one­half the distance from eye to tip of snout; supratympanic fold weak; tympanum round, indistinct, covered by layer of skin; TMP 52% of EYE in females. Choanae ovoid; vomerine dentigerous processes prominent, oblique, posteromedial to choanae, each bearing numerous teeth. Tongue cordiform, distinctly notched posteriorly, free for part of its posterior length.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF9F1280054FFF1F9EADEDFFF591892" blockId="31.[123,652,193,1741]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
Forearm robust; relative lengths of fingers I &lt;II &lt;IV, III &lt;snout; ventromedial callous pad on III almost to proximal tubercle; disks slightly expanded (&lt;2× base of phalanges); circummarginal grooves present ventrally; terminal phalanges rounded; subarticular tubercles conical. Hindlimbs moderately robust; extend
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beyond snout when adpressed; TIB 59% of SVL; FTL 30% of SVL; toe II is longer than all others, III = IV; inner tarsal fold absent; feet fully webbed to base of toe disk on II, III, and IV, I and V without external fringes; toes long, slender, with slight, rounded disks; ventral circummarginal grooves present; subarticular tubercles prominent, conical; inner metatarsal tubercle ovoid, long; outer metatarsal tubercle absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF9F1280054FFF1FBAADAA6FCD41EAA" blockId="31.[699,1228,193,1478]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Xiphisternum small, with a shallow notch posteriorly.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF9F1280054FFF1FBAADA9BFC2E1FFA" blockId="31.[699,1228,193,1478]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Skin on dorsum smooth, flanks with slight granulations; dorsolateral fold absent; small tubercles posteroventral to tympanum; granules on thighs and around cloaca; cloacal opening unmodified, directed posteriorly, at upper level of thighs.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF9F1280054FFF1FBAADBCBFCE01C94" blockId="31.[699,1228,193,1478]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">COLOR IN LIFE (in preservative): Dorsum green (bronze­green to brown), flanks gray (blue­gray to light brown); loreal region black (dark blackish brown), lip­stripe absent; dorsal limbs and digits brown with dark brown transverse bands; posterior surface of thighs black with white marbling; venter creamy white; ventral side of limbs creamy yellow; webbing marbled white on dark brown (brown).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF9F1280054FFF1FBAAD8B6FB851D7C" blockId="31.[699,1228,193,1478]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS: The female
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has large, immaculate yellow eggs (possibly white in life).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF9F1280054FFF1FBAAD94EFCA71DC7" blockId="31.[699,1228,193,1478]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
MEASUREMENTS OF
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(in mm): SVL 66.6; HDL 22.5; HDW 17.6; EYE 8.2; IOD 13.4; TMP 4.2; TIB 39.4; femur 33.7; FTL 33.7.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35CA2A30054FFF1FBAAD9F9FD6E1B9A" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BF9F1280054FFF1FBAAD9F9FD6E1B9A" blockId="31.[699,1228,193,1478]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
REMARKS: The
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is the only known specimen of
<taxonomicName id="4C468AAB0054FFF1FA3DD9DBFC201D8C" authorityName=": Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[847,948,956,979]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Rana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinica">
<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1FA3DD9DBFC201D8C" box="[847,948,956,979]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; all others are lost. This redescription is based on the original description by
<bibRefCitation id="EFD78CD90054FFF1FA67D991FC021A52" author="Ahl, E." box="[789,918,1014,1037]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" pagination="40 - 47" refId="ref36411" refString="Ahl, E. 1925 (1927). Ueber vernachlassigte Merkmale bei Froschen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1925 (1 - 10): 40 - 47." type="journal article" year="1925">Ahl (1925)</bibRefCitation>
with amendments and additions based on our examination of the
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. Ahl described the
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as a male, but it is clearly a gravid female. As well, Ahl described a frog with large finger and toe pads. Although the condition of the specimen did not allow for accurate pad measurements to be made, the enlarged pads on the
<typeStatus id="54FD4F8A0054FFF1FDFCDEA3FD791AA7" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
are not as large as those on other species in the
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1FA7FDE98FC431B49" box="[781,983,1279,1302]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Rana chloronota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex. This species differs significantly from the other members of the
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1FA30DF5EFB9C1B0F" box="[834,1032,1337,1360]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Rana chloronota</emphasis>
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complex in preservative, but presumably has superficial resemblances in life.
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believed that
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1FBC9DFF6FCB71BF7" box="[699,803,1425,1448]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">R. sinica</emphasis>
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was closely related to
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<emphasis id="B9322D3A0054FFF1FD48DFF6FD601B99" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Staurois natator</emphasis>
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.
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