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, adult female, collected by
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and
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from
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Park (
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,
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),
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elevation
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. on
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;
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<specimenCode id="DBB14111CD7128237663652CFC2DFB83" box="[799,937,1089,1115]" collectionCode="CSUFT" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">CSUFT 200</specimenCode>
, adult male
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,
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<specimenCode id="DBB14111CD7128237148652CFB71FB83" box="[1076,1269,1089,1115]" collectionCode="CSUFT" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">CSUFT 202204</specimenCode>
, three subadult females, collected by
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and
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from the same location as holotype, on
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;
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<specimenCode id="DBB14111CD712823703A6508FF47FB7B" collectionCode="CSUFT" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">CSUFT 301</specimenCode>
, subadult female and
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<specimenCode id="DBB14111CD71282374C665E4FDC1FB7B" box="[442,581,1161,1187]" collectionCode="CSUFT" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">CSUFT 302</specimenCode>
,
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, two subadult males, collected by
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and
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from the same location as the holotype, on
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<collectingDate id="EFED3642CD71282374AD65C0FD05FB1F" box="[465,641,1197,1223]" pageId="6" pageNumber="497" value="2019-08-06">August 6, 2019</collectingDate>
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.
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD71282375BB65BCFECCFB33" bold="true" box="[199,328,1233,1259]" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific name
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD712823774D65BCFD31FB33" box="[561,693,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">wulingensis</emphasis>
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is derived from the Wuling Mountains, where the two collection localities occur. The suggested common name is the “Wuling leaf-litter toad” in English and “Wǔ Líng Zhǎng Tū Chán (
<emphasis id="B9633578CD712823759F647AFEEBFAF6" bold="true" box="[227,367,1303,1326]" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">ĒỄẠẊḇ</emphasis>
)” in Chinese.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C30DBAE1CD71282375BB6451FC1EF8DF" pageId="6" pageNumber="497" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD71282375BB6451FEBEFA8F" bold="true" box="[199,314,1340,1367]" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD71282374346450FDF9FA8F" box="[328,637,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">Leptobrachella wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD71282377F86450FD59FA8F" bold="true" box="[644,733,1341,1367]" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD71282377F86450FD59FA8F" box="[644,733,1341,1367]" pageId="6" pageNumber="497" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be distinguished from its congeners by having (1) medium body size (SVL
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in four adult males,
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in three adult females); (2) dorsum brown to reddish brown with indistinct markings; (3) dorsal skin shagreened with sparse, large warts, sometimes with longitudinal ridges; (4) ventral surface of body creamy white or translucent creamy white, with distinct or indistinct pale brown speckling on chest and margins, and marbled texture on belly; small tubercle-like white dots presents on chest and anterior region of abdomen in some specimens; (5) tympanum distinct, slightly concave; (6) flanks with small to moderate black spots, with glandular warts present among these spots; (7) absence of webs and lateral fringes on fingers, toes with rudimentary webbing and narrow lateral fringes; (8) distinct longitudinal ridges under toes and interrupted at the articulations; (9) tibia length 44%49% of SVL in males; (10) iris bicolored with bright orange or golden upper half, fades to silver in lower half; (11) ventrolateral glands distinctly visible, forming an incomplete line; small supra-axillary and femoral glands present; pectoral glands indistinct; (12) tongue cordiform, notched behind; (13) and dense small white conical spines present on lateral and ventral surface of tarsus, surface of tibia-tarsal, inner-side surface of shank and around cloacal region.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30DBAE1CD71282B75BB667DFE8DFC13" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="505" pageId="6" pageNumber="497" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD71282375BB667DFE5BF8F3" bold="true" box="[199,479,1808,1835]" pageId="6" pageNumber="497">
Description of
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</emphasis>
. Adult female, medium in body size, SVL
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; head length about equal to head width, HDL/HDW 1.03; snout rounded, snout length equal to eye diameter, SNT/EYE 1.00; nostril closer to snout than eye; canthus rostralis gently rounded; loreal region slightly concave; pupil vertical; vomerine teeth absent; tympanum rounded, slightly concave, upper margin in contact with supratympanic ridge; supratympanic fold from eye towards supra-axillary gland; tongue cordiform, notched behind.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD70282275EB67B3FE67F85F" blockId="7.[151,1437,1758,1928]" pageId="7" pageNumber="498">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD70282275EB67B3FE97F92F" bold="true" box="[151,275,1758,1783]" pageId="7" pageNumber="498">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Bayesian inference tree of
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD702822775A67B2FD45F92F" box="[550,705,1759,1783]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="498">Leptobrachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species with Bayesian posterior probabilities (BPP) and maximum-likelihood (ML) bootstrap values, based on partial sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene.
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7028227112666EFA18F8C3" baseAuthorityName="Bourret" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[1134,1436,1794,1819]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="498" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chapaense">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7028227112666EFA8DF8C3" box="[1134,1289,1795,1819]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="498">Leptobrachium</emphasis>
cf.
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</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD70282275BF664AFEFDF8E7" box="[195,377,1831,1855]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="498">Megophrys major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were used as outgroups. Black circles are nodes supported by BPP and ML values greater than 0.94 or 70, respectively. Gray circles are nodes supported only by ML values greater than 70. White circles are nodes supported only by BPP values greater than 0.94.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7F282D75EB6603FB18F873" blockId="8.[151,1436,1902,1963]" pageId="8" pageNumber="499">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7F282D75EB6603FE97F85F" bold="true" box="[151,275,1902,1927]" pageId="8" pageNumber="499">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7F282D74E66603FD30F85E" box="[410,692,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="499">Leptobrachella wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7F282D77C66602FC8FF85F" bold="true" box="[698,779,1903,1927]" pageId="8" pageNumber="499">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7F282D77C66602FC8FF85F" box="[698,779,1903,1927]" pageId="8" pageNumber="499" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(CSUFT 201, adult female) in life: (A) lateral view, (B) iris, (C) ventral view, (D) volar view of left hand, (E) plantar view of right foot, and (F) black spots on flanks.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7E282C75EB665FFB8BF86F" blockId="9.[151,1437,1842,1975]" pageId="9" pageNumber="500">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7E282C75EB665FFE90F893" bold="true" box="[151,276,1842,1867]" pageId="9" pageNumber="500">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Dorsal and ventral view of living paratypes of
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7E282C7783665EFB96F893" box="[767,1042,1843,1867]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="500">Leptobrachela wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7E282C7166665EFBE2F893" bold="true" box="[1050,1126,1843,1867]" pageId="9" pageNumber="500">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7E282C7166665EFBE2F893" box="[1050,1126,1843,1867]" pageId="9" pageNumber="500" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
showing different body sizes. (A, K) CSUFT 200, adult male; (B, L) CSUFT 180, adult male; (C, M) CSUFT 193, adult male; (D, N) CSUFT 179, adult male; (E, O) CSUFT 202, subadult female; (F, P) CSUFT 178, subadult female; (G, Q) CSUFT 203, subadult female; (H, R) CSUFT 204, subadult female; (I, S) CSUFT 177, adult female; (J, T) CSUFT 194, adult female.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7D282F75EB63D9FA02FD28" blockId="10.[151,1436,692,752]" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7D282F75EB63D9FE89FD14" bold="true" box="[151,269,692,717]" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
. Iris coloration of paratypes of
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7D282F773663D9FCE7FD14" box="[586,867,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">Leptobrachella wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7D282F761563D9FC3DFD14" bold="true" box="[873,953,692,716]" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7D282F761563D9FC3DFD14" box="[873,953,692,716]" pageId="10" pageNumber="501" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
: (A) CSUFT 178; (B) CSUFT 180; (C) CSUFT 177; (D) CSUFT 194; (E) CSUFT 193; (F) CSUFT 200; (G) CSUFT 204; (H) CSUFT 179; (I) CSUFT 202; (J) CSUFT 203.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7D282F75EB6707FB71F913" blockId="10.[151,1437,1642,1739]" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7D282F75EB6707FE97F95B" bold="true" box="[151,275,1642,1667]" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Living
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7D282F741F6706FDFFF95B" box="[355,635,1643,1667]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">Leptobrachella wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7D282F77FD6706FD56F95B" bold="true" box="[641,722,1643,1667]" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7D282F77FD6706FD56F95B" box="[641,722,1643,1667]" pageId="10" pageNumber="501" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from Tianzishan Nature Reserve, individuals not collected. (A) Young metamorph toad with remnants of its tadpole tail, sitting on a rock; (B) and (C) adult individuals sitting on wet forest floor; (D) female toad laying on the ground. Photos by Tianyu Qian on August (A) and September (B, C and D) in 2019.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7D282F75BB6794FBF3F810" blockId="10.[151,1437,1785,2028]" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">Tips of fingers rounded, slightly swollen; relative finger lengths III&gt; IV = II&gt; I; subarticular tubercles absent; inner palmar tubercle large and rounded, connected with a smaller, round outer palmar tubercle; absence of webbing and lateral fringes on fingers; tips of toes rounded and thickened; relative toe length IV&gt; III&gt; V&gt; II&gt; I; subarticular tubercles absent, replaced by longitudinal dermal ridges, extending on phalanges and interrupted at the articulations; elongate, large oval inner metatarsal tubercle present; toes webbing rudimentary; narrow lateral fringes present on all toes. Tibia 47% of snout-vent length; tibiotarsal articulation reaches to middle of eye.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7D282E75EB66BCFE4BFEBF" blockId="10.[151,1437,1785,2028]" lastBlockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="502" pageId="10" pageNumber="501">Dorsal surface shagreened, the region between eyes relatively smooth, dense large warts present on the posterior part of dorsum; upper eyelids and limbs with small tubercles; flanks with distinct glandular warts forming two rows; skin on ventral surfaces of trunk, head and forelimbs smooth; white conical spines present on lateral and ventral surface of tarsus, surface of tibia-tarsal, inner-side surface of shank and surface around cloacal region; pectoral gland elongate, and femoral gland oval; pectoral glands greater than femoral glands, PEC/FEM 1.08; femoral glands situated on the posteroventral surface of thigh, closer to knee than to vent; supra-axillary gland raised; ventrolateral gland line distinctly visible.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7C282E75BB601DFBEAFDE7" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75BB601DFD98FE53" bold="true" box="[199,540,368,395]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
Coloration of
<typeStatus id="54AC57C8CD7C282E7410601CFE57FE53" box="[364,467,369,395]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
in life
</emphasis>
. Dorsal surface brown with a dark inverted triangular marking in the interorbital region and followed by a &quot;W&quot; shaped mark between axillae; a “Y” shape mark between the loreal region linked to the triangular marking between the eyes; three vertical bars present at the rostral-eye region; supratympanic line weak, lower edge black; granules present on dorsum, flanks and limbs having dark orange pigmentation in the center; moderate black spots presents on flanks; glandular warts on flanks white to orange; transverse bars presents on lower arms and legs, as well as fingers and toes; elbow and upper arms coppery orange.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7C282E75BB6324FBBCFD2B" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">Ventral surface of throat and limbs greyish-pink, chest greyish pink with creamy white pigmentation, belly creamy white but translucent with greyish-pink skin color; dense small tubercle-like white dots present on chest; marbled texture present on belly; vaguely visible brown flecks present on chest and margin of belly, close to the ventrolateral gland line; supra-axillary gland orange, ventrolateral glands whitish orange, femoral and pectoral glands white; iris bicolored, golden in the upper half, and fade to dark silver in lower half.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7C282E75BB6391FBB7FC7F" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75BB6391FD08FCCF" bold="true" box="[199,652,764,791]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
Coloration of
<typeStatus id="54AC57C8CD7C282E74116390FE50FCCF" box="[365,468,765,791]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
in preservative
</emphasis>
. The background color on the dorsum faded to dark grey; dorsalateral markings have become hardly visible; dark vertical bars, transverse bars and black spots distinct; the orange color on tubercles, glands, and elbow has faded to white-grey; ventral surfaces of body and limbs grey-white with dark pigmentations present at the edge of jaw and margin of belly, sparse pigmentations vaguely visible on the chin and chest; iris uniformly dark grey, the upper half and lower half are indistinguishable.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7C282E75BB62DCFC9CFC37" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75BB62DCFDE2FC13" bold="true" box="[199,614,944,971]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
Measurements of
<typeStatus id="54AC57C8CD7C282E74E662DCFD85FC13" box="[410,513,945,971]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(in mm)
</emphasis>
. SVL 31.1; HDL 10.8; HDW 10.5; SNT 4.2; EYE 4.2; IOD 3.4; TMP 1.7; TEY 1.1; TIB 14.5; ML 7.9; PL 13.1; PEC 1.4; FEM 1.3.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7C282E75BB6295FE89FB33" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75BB6295FEDFFBCB" bold="true" box="[199,347,1016,1043]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">Comparison</emphasis>
. Comparative morphological data of
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E766F6294FBC9FBCB" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[787,1101,1017,1043]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E766F6294FBC9FBCB" box="[787,1101,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">Leptobrachella wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E71246294FB31FBCB" bold="true" box="[1112,1205,1017,1043]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7C282E71246294FB31FBCB" box="[1112,1205,1017,1043]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and 53 recognized
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E75EB6570FEC6FBEF" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1925" box="[151,322,1053,1079]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75EB6570FEC6FBEF" box="[151,322,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">Leptobrachella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species occurring north of the Isthmus of Kra are listed in
<tableCitation id="C695DCD1CD7C282E769C6570FBB1FBEF" box="[992,1077,1053,1079]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="28.[151,239,474,500]" captionText="TABLE 3. Selected diagnostic characters for the species in the genus Leptobrachella occurring north of the Isthmus of Kra (Modified from Ohler et al., 2011; Rowley et al., 2016; Rowley et al., 2017b; Yuan et al., 2017; Yang et al., 2018; Wang et al., 2019; Hoang et al., 2019; Chen et al., 2020)." pageId="11" pageNumber="502">Table 3</tableCitation>
. Genetically,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E71AC6573FAF7FBEF" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[1232,1395,1053,1079]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E71AC6573FAF7FBEF" box="[1232,1395,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E70076570FF4CFB83" bold="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7C282E70076570FF4CFB83" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is most closely related to
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E7493652FFDD1FB83" box="[495,597,1089,1115]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpina">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E7493652FFDD1FB83" box="[495,597,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. alpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E771F652FFD37FB83" box="[611,691,1089,1115]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bijie">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E771F652FFD37FB83" box="[611,691,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. bijie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E77BD652FFCBEFB83" box="[705,826,1089,1115]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bourreti">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E77BD652FFCBEFB83" box="[705,826,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E7634652FFC0FFB83" box="[840,907,1090,1115]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eos">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E7634652FFC0FFB83" box="[840,907,1090,1115]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. eos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E76E6652FFBB7FB83" baseAuthorityName="Liu" baseAuthorityYear="1950" box="[922,1075,1089,1115]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E76E6652FFBB7FB83" box="[922,1075,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E713D652FFA86FB83" box="[1089,1282,1090,1115]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpuraventra">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E713D652FFA86FB83" box="[1089,1282,1090,1115]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. purpuraventra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E706D652FFA18FB83" box="[1297,1436,1090,1115]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E706D652FFA1DFB83" box="[1297,1433,1090,1115]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurus">L. purpurus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E75BB650BFEF0FBA7" box="[199,372,1126,1151]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="suiyangensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75BB650BFEF0FBA7" box="[199,372,1126,1151]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. suiyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The uncorrected 16S rRNA between
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E765D650BFC47FBA7" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[801,963,1125,1151]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E765D650BFC47FBA7" box="[801,963,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E76B66508FBA0FBA7" bold="true" box="[970,1060,1125,1151]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7C282E76B66508FBA0FBA7" box="[970,1060,1125,1151]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and above mentioned species are 3.6%4.6% (
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E745665E7FE0AFB7B" box="[298,398,1161,1187]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpina">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E745665E7FE0AFB7B" box="[298,398,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. alpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 2.3%2.9% (
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E774B65E7FD2BFB7B" box="[567,687,1161,1187]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bourreti">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E774B65E7FD2BFB7B" box="[567,687,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 4.0% (
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E767365E7FCD5FB7B" box="[783,849,1162,1187]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eos">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E767365E7FCD5FB7B" box="[783,849,1162,1187]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. eos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 3.9%4.3% (
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E768765E7FB17FB7B" baseAuthorityName="Liu" baseAuthorityYear="1950" box="[1019,1171,1161,1187]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E768765E7FB17FB7B" box="[1019,1171,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 4.0% (
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E718F65E7FF3CFB1F" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpuraventra">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E718F65E7FF3CFB1F" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. purpuraventra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 4.3% (
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E746565C3FE1AFB1F" box="[281,414,1198,1223]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurus">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E746565C3FE1AFB1F" box="[281,414,1198,1223]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. purpurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and 4.3% (
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E775265C3FD5EFB1F" box="[558,730,1198,1223]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="suiyangensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E775265C3FD5EFB1F" box="[558,730,1198,1223]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. suiyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Morphological characters can further distinguish them by the following:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7C282E75BB659BFC57FAA3" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E75BB659BFEEDFAD7" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[199,361,1269,1295]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75BB659BFEEDFAD7" box="[199,361,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E740C6598FE4EFAD7" bold="true" box="[368,458,1269,1295]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7C282E740C6598FE4EFAD7" box="[368,458,1269,1295]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the phylogenetically close congener,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E7682659BFB06FAD7" box="[1022,1154,1270,1295]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurus">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E7682659BFB06FAD7" box="[1022,1154,1270,1295]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. purpurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having narrow lateral fringes on toes (vs. wide in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E74A86477FDBFFAEB" box="[468,571,1306,1331]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurus">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E74A86477FDBFFAEB" box="[468,571,1306,1331]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">purpurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), brown/reddish brown above in life (vs. purplish brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E71996477FAC8FAEB" box="[1253,1356,1306,1331]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurus">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E71996477FAC8FAEB" box="[1253,1356,1306,1331]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">purpurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), presence of longitudinal skin folds on dorsum (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E76776453FCF6FA8F" box="[779,882,1342,1367]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurus">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E76776453FCF6FA8F" box="[779,882,1342,1367]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">purpurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), supratympanic line weak (vs. distinct and black in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E75C8640FFE9FFAA3" box="[180,283,1378,1403]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurus">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75C8640FFE9FFAA3" box="[180,283,1378,1403]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">purpurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and dorsal tubercles orange in life (vs. reddish in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E7620640FFC47FAA3" box="[860,963,1378,1403]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpurus">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E7620640FFC47FAA3" box="[860,963,1378,1403]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">purpurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7C282E75BB64EBFB35F9F7" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E75BB64EBFEEFFA47" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[199,363,1413,1439]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75BB64EBFEEFFA47" box="[199,363,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E740864E8FE4BFA47" bold="true" box="[372,463,1413,1439]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7C282E740864E8FE4BFA47" box="[372,463,1413,1439]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the phylogenetically close congener,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E717264EBFBF2FA47" box="[1038,1142,1413,1439]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpina">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E717264EBFBF2FA47" box="[1038,1142,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. alpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by dorsum without white tiny flecks (vs. distinct white tiny flecks present on dorsum in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E761D64C4FC2DFA1B" box="[865,937,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">alpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see
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Yang
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E715964C7FBDBFA1B" box="[1061,1119,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">et al.</emphasis>
, 2018
</bibRefCitation>
:
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), absence of distinct dark brown spots/blotches on belly (present in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E767C64A0FCCCFA3F" box="[768,840,1485,1511]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpina">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E767C64A0FCCCFA3F" box="[768,840,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">alpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see
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Yang
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E76BD64A3FC7EFA3F" box="[961,1018,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">et al.</emphasis>
, 2018
</bibRefCitation>
:
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) in life, tibiotarsal articulation reaches to middle of the eye (vs. reaches to anterior corner of the eye in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E7157649CFBF7F9D3" box="[1067,1139,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">alpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), narrow lateral fringes on toes (vs. wide in males in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E74C76778FD87F9F7" box="[443,515,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">alpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and indistinct dorsolateral markings (vs. distinct in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E71256778FB25F9F7" box="[1113,1185,1557,1583]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpina">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E71256778FB25F9F7" box="[1113,1185,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">alpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7C282E75BB6757FCD8F8DF" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E75BB6757FEE8F98B" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[199,364,1593,1619]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75BB6757FEE8F98B" box="[199,364,1593,1619]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E740A6754FE57F98B" bold="true" box="[374,467,1593,1619]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7C282E740A6754FE57F98B" box="[374,467,1593,1619]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the phylogenetically close congener,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E71666757FB12F98B" box="[1050,1174,1593,1619]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bourreti">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E71666757FB12F98B" box="[1050,1174,1593,1619]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a relatively smaller body size (males SVL
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vs. 28.0
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in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E76F56730FC60F9AF" box="[905,996,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; females SVL
<quantity id="4CEF448FCD7C282E71F06731FAABF9AF" box="[1164,1327,1628,1655]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.42" metricValueMax="3.85" metricValueMin="2.9899999999999998" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" unit="mm" value="34.2" valueMax="38.5" valueMin="29.9">29.938.5 mm</quantity>
vs. 41.8 45.0 mm in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E745967ECFE04F943" box="[293,384,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), dermal ridges under toes distinct (vs. indistinct in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E76A067ECFBB3F943" box="[988,1079,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), absence of dermal fringes on fingers (vs. present on Fingers II and III in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E770C67C8FD4FF967" box="[624,715,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), head longer than or as long as wide (vs. head wider than long in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75EB67A4FF76F93B" box="[151,242,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), indistinct dorsolateral markings (vs. distinct in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E766C67A4FCEFF93B" box="[784,875,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and indistinct supra-axillary glands in specimens reaching metamorphosis (see
<figureCitation id="132CF5EFCD7C282E74996780FDB8F8D0" box="[485,572,1773,1800]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1642,1667]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,775,1616]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[168,1419,774,1617]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Living Leptobrachella wulingensis sp. nov. from Tianzishan Nature Reserve, individuals not collected. (A) Young metamorph toad with remnants of its tadpole tail, sitting on a rock; (B) and (C) adult individuals sitting on wet forest floor; (D) female toad laying on the ground. Photos by Tianyu Qian on August (A) and September (B, C and D) in 2019." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3954635" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3954635/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">Fig. 6A</figureCitation>
) (vs. distinct in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E778D6780FCC8F8DF" box="[753,844,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">bourreti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7C282E75BB667FFE4FF863" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E75BB667FFEECF8F3" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[199,360,1809,1835]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E75BB667FFEECF8F3" box="[199,360,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E7412667CFE42F8F3" bold="true" box="[366,454,1809,1835]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7C282E7412667CFE42F8F3" box="[366,454,1809,1835]" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the phylogenetically close congener,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E768E667FFBB7F8F3" box="[1010,1075,1810,1835]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eos">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E768E667FFBB7F8F3" box="[1010,1075,1810,1835]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">L. eos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having narrow lateral fringes on toes (vs. wide in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E7404665BFE19F897" box="[376,413,1846,1871]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">eos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), presence of black spots on flanks (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E76B4665BFC69F897" box="[968,1005,1846,1871]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">eos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), large warts present on dorsal surface (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E74446637FED9F8AB" box="[312,349,1882,1907]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eos">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E74446637FED9F8AB" box="[312,349,1882,1907]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">eos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), orange dorsal surface of elbow and upper arms in life (vs. reddish-brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E71A36637FA80F8AB" box="[1247,1284,1882,1907]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eos">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E71A36637FA80F8AB" box="[1247,1284,1882,1907]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">eos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and ventral surface creamy white with distinct/indistinct brown speckling in life (vs. throat with orange/yellow spots, chest and belly pearly-orange in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7C282E74E966CFFE3EF863" box="[405,442,1954,1979]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="502" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eos">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7C282E74E966CFFE3EF863" box="[405,442,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="502">eos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7B282975BB61F7FC99FEBF" blockId="12.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282975BB61F7FEE8FF6B" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[199,364,153,179]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282975BB61F7FEE8FF6B" box="[199,364,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829740B61F4FE50FF6B" bold="true" box="[375,468,153,179]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7B2829740B61F4FE50FF6B" box="[375,468,153,179]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the phylogenetically close congener,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829716361F7FB3FFF6B" box="[1055,1211,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of webbing and lateral fringes on toes (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977A361D0FCDEFF0F" box="[735,858,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), longitudinal ridges under toes interrupted at the articulations (vs. not interrupted in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B28297751618CFD2CFF23" baseAuthorityName="Liu" baseAuthorityYear="1950" box="[557,680,225,251]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297751618CFD2CFF23" box="[557,680,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), large warts present on dorsal surface (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829706D618CFA08FF23" baseAuthorityName="Liu" baseAuthorityYear="1950" box="[1297,1420,225,251]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829706D618CFA08FF23" box="[1297,1420,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), supratympanic line weak (vs. distinct and black in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282977B96068FCC4FEC7" baseAuthorityName="Liu" baseAuthorityYear="1950" box="[709,832,261,287]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977B96068FCC4FEC7" box="[709,832,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), pectoral gland lager than femoral gland (vs. reversed condition in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829745B6044FE26FE9B" baseAuthorityName="Liu" baseAuthorityYear="1950" box="[295,418,297,323]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829745B6044FE26FE9B" box="[295,418,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), femoral gland closer to knee than to vent (vs. reversed condition in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971C66044FAB1FE9B" box="[1210,1333,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and indistinct dorsolateral markings (vs. distinct in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977ED6020FC88FEBF" box="[657,780,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">oshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7B282975BB601FFC2EFDC3" blockId="12.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282975BB601FFEECFE53" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[199,360,369,395]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282975BB601FFEECFE53" box="[199,360,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297413601CFE4DFE53" bold="true" box="[367,457,369,395]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7B28297413601CFE4DFE53" box="[367,457,369,395]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the phylogenetically close congener,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297685601FFB21FE53" box="[1017,1189,370,395]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. suiyangensis</emphasis>
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by having large warts present on dorsal surface (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829771860FBFD77FE77" box="[612,755,406,431]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">suiyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), brown/reddish brown above in life (vs. greyish brown in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282975EB60D7FEA2FE0B" box="[151,294,442,467]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">suiyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), supratympanic line weak (vs. deep and black in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829761C60D7FC6BFE0B" box="[864,1007,442,467]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">suiyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), indistinct dorsolateral markings (vs. distinct in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829747360B3FE1AFE2F" box="[271,414,478,503]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">suiyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), upper parts of iris bright orange/golden in life (vs. coppery in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829710F60B3FA86FE2F" box="[1139,1282,478,503]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">suiyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and smaller tympanum (TMP/EYE ratio 0.320.52 vs.
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297676636FFC1DFDC3" box="[778,921,514,539]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">suiyangensis</emphasis>
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7B282975BB634BFB8CFCCF" blockId="12.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282975BB634BFEEDFDE7" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[199,361,549,575]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282975BB634BFEEDFDE7" box="[199,361,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829740C6348FE4DFDE7" bold="true" box="[368,457,549,575]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7B2829740C6348FE4DFDE7" box="[368,457,549,575]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the phylogenetically close congener,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297687634BFB3FFDE7" box="[1019,1211,550,575]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. purpuraventra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829718E634BFAC5FDE7" box="[1266,1345,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. bijie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having large warts present on dorsal surface (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977836327FC26FDBB" box="[767,930,586,611]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">purpuraventra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976A56324FB8FFDBB" box="[985,1035,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bijie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), supratympanic line weak (vs. distinct and black in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829741D6303FD80FD5F" box="[353,516,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">purpuraventra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977476300FDE9FD5F" box="[571,621,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bijie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), ventral surface creamy white with/without brown speckling in life (vs. grey purple with nebulous greyish speckling in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977D163FFFCD4FD73" box="[685,848,658,683]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">purpuraventra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and white with nebulous greyish speckling in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829702663FCFA08FD73" box="[1370,1420,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bijie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), longitudinal ridges under toes interrupted at the articulations (vs. not interrupted in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829714663DBFB59FD17" box="[1082,1245,694,719]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpuraventra">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829714663DBFB59FD17" box="[1082,1245,694,719]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">purpuraventra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829706863D8FAC2FD17" box="[1300,1350,693,719]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bijie">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829706863D8FAC2FD17" box="[1300,1350,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bijie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), indistinct dorsolateral markings (vs. distinct in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829771063B7FC8BFD2B" box="[620,783,730,755]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpuraventra">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829771063B7FC8BFD2B" box="[620,783,730,755]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">purpuraventra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829763863B4FCF2FD2B" box="[836,886,729,755]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bijie">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829763863B4FCF2FD2B" box="[836,886,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bijie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and absence of tiny conical spines on surface of chest in males during breeding season (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282977906393FC0BFCCF" box="[748,911,766,791]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="purpuraventra">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977906393FC0BFCCF" box="[748,911,766,791]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">purpuraventra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282976BA6390FC7CFCCF" box="[966,1016,765,791]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bijie">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976BA6390FC7CFCCF" box="[966,1016,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bijie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7B282975BB624CFD5BFAEB" blockId="12.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
Compared with the members from the
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282977FF624FFC86FCE3" baseAuthorityName="Rowley &amp; Cao" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[643,770,801,827]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="applebyi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977FF624FFC86FCE3" box="[643,770,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. applebyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group.
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282976C9624FFBDDFCE3" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[949,1113,801,827]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976C9624FFBDDFCE3" box="[949,1113,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829711D624CFB39FCE3" bold="true" box="[1121,1213,801,827]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7B2829711D624CFB39FCE3" box="[1121,1213,801,827]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs by having a creamy white chest and belly in life (vs. reddish brown or greyish violet in all members, except
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971C26228FAA0FC87" box="[1214,1316,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">rowleyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), presence of webbing and lateral fringes on toes (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829778A6204FCC5FC5B" box="[758,833,873,899]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ardens">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829778A6204FCC5FC5B" box="[758,833,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">ardens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829762D6204FC43FC5B" box="[849,967,873,899]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kalonensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829762D6204FC43FC5B" box="[849,967,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">kalonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282976A46204FBC7FC5B" box="[984,1091,873,899]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculosa">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976A46204FBC7FC5B" box="[984,1091,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">maculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829712F6204FB26FC5B" box="[1107,1186,873,899]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallida">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829712F6204FB26FC5B" box="[1107,1186,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">pallida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282971CF6204FA9DFC5B" box="[1203,1305,873,899]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rowleyae">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971CF6204FA9DFC5B" box="[1203,1305,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">rowleyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829702F6204FF59FC7F" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tadungensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829702F6204FF59FC7F" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">tadungensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), bicolored iris (vs. uniform in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829773D62E0FD08FC7F" box="[577,652,909,935]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ardens">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829773D62E0FD08FC7F" box="[577,652,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">ardens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977B862E0FCB8FC7F" box="[708,828,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">tadunensis</emphasis>
), distinct ventrolateral glandular line (vs. indistinct or absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829747962DFFEE0FC13" box="[261,356,946,971]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">macrops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829740F62DCFE5CFC13" box="[371,472,945,971]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyrrhops">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829740F62DCFE5CFC13" box="[371,472,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">pyrrhops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829749B62DCFDC9FC13" box="[487,589,945,971]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rowleyae">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829749B62DCFDC9FC13" box="[487,589,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">rowleyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829772062DCFD66FC13" box="[604,738,945,971]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tadungensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829772062DCFD66FC13" box="[604,738,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">tadungensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829766662DCFCE1FC13" box="[794,869,945,971]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melica">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829766662DCFCE1FC13" box="[794,869,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">melica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), dorsal skin texture shagreened with sparse large warts (vs. mostly smooth in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282974AD62B8FDB5FC37" baseAuthorityName="Rowley &amp; Cao" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[465,561,981,1007]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="applebyi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974AD62B8FDB5FC37" box="[465,561,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">applebyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829774262B8FD40FC37" box="[574,708,981,1007]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidoupensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829774262B8FD40FC37" box="[574,708,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bidoupensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977AD62B8FCC3FC37" box="[721,839,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">kalonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829762962B8FC44FC37" box="[853,960,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">maculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829768962B8FBC4FC37" box="[1013,1088,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">melica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), supratympanic line weak (vs. distinct and black in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282974FC6294FE4FFBCB" box="[384,459,1017,1043]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ardens">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974FC6294FE4FFBCB" box="[384,459,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">ardens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974A56294FDCBFBCB" box="[473,591,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">kalonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282977226294FD4DFBCB" box="[606,713,1017,1043]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculosa">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977226294FD4DFBCB" box="[606,713,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">maculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977836294FC01FBCB" box="[767,901,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">tadungensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), upper parts of iris bright orange/golden in life (vs. reddish or copper in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974CE6570FDBCFBEF" box="[434,568,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bidoupensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829773A6570FD35FBEF" box="[582,689,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">maculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977956570FCBCFBEF" box="[745,824,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">pallida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and lower parts of iris silver in life (vs. gold, golden green, or silver green in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974D0652FFD8FFB83" box="[428,523,1090,1115]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">macrops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297766652CFD01FB83" box="[538,645,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">maculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977E8652CFD67FB83" box="[660,739,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">pallida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829778D652CFCD2FB83" box="[753,854,1089,1115]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pyrrhops">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829778D652CFCD2FB83" box="[753,854,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">pyrrhops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282976F2652CFC70FB83" box="[910,1012,1089,1115]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rowleyae">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976F2652CFC70FB83" box="[910,1012,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">rowleyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and further differs from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297062652FFA18FB83" box="[1310,1436,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. applebyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a larger body size (males SVL
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vs.
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in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282976826508FBDAFBA7" baseAuthorityName="Rowley &amp; Cao" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1022,1118,1125,1151]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="applebyi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976826508FBDAFBA7" box="[1022,1118,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">applebyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the presence of dermal fringes on toes (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282974A465E4FDBCFB7B" baseAuthorityName="Rowley &amp; Cao" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[472,568,1161,1187]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="applebyi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974A465E4FDBCFB7B" box="[472,568,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">applebyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977F065E7FCAAFB7B" box="[652,814,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. bidoupensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a larger body size (males SVL
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vs.
<quantity id="4CEF448FCD7B282975C365C0FEE7FB1F" box="[191,355,1197,1223]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.41" metricValueMax="2.46" metricValueMin="2.36" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" unit="mm" value="24.1" valueMax="24.6" valueMin="23.6">23.624.6 mm</quantity>
in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282974F465C0FD8AFB1F" box="[392,526,1197,1223]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidoupensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974F465C0FD8AFB1F" box="[392,526,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bidoupensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the presence of glandular warts on flanks (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282971BB65C0FAC9FB1F" box="[1223,1357,1197,1223]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidoupensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971BB65C0FAC9FB1F" box="[1223,1357,1197,1223]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">bidoupensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282975EB65BFFE97FB33" box="[151,275,1234,1259]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. macrops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of longitudinal ridges on dorsum (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976A165BFFBB8FB33" box="[989,1084,1234,1259]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">macrops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and lateral fringes on toes (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829747E659BFEE5FAD7" box="[258,353,1270,1295]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">macrops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974CA659BFD9AFAD7" box="[438,542,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. melica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of dermal fringes on fingers (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282971CE6598FB79FAD7" box="[1202,1277,1269,1295]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melica">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971CE6598FB79FAD7" box="[1202,1277,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">melica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the presence of lateral fringes on toes (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282977F86474FD4BFAEB" box="[644,719,1305,1331]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melica">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977F86474FD4BFAEB" box="[644,719,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">melica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7B282975BB6450FACAF9D3" blockId="12.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
Compared with a congener occurring in
<collectingRegion id="49D32788CD7B282977F46450FCBFFA8F" box="[648,827,1341,1367]" country="China" name="Hunan" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">Hunan province</collectingRegion>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282976376453FB97FA8F" box="[843,1043,1341,1367]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mangshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976376453FB97FA8F" box="[843,1043,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. mangshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282971566453FB4FFA8F" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[1066,1227,1341,1367]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971566453FB4FFA8F" box="[1066,1227,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971AE6450FAAFFA8F" bold="true" box="[1234,1323,1341,1367]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7B282971AE6450FAAFFA8F" box="[1234,1323,1341,1367]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs by having narrow lateral fringes on toes (vs. weak in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977B9640CFCF4FAA3" box="[709,880,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">mangshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), distinct longitudinal ridges under toes interrupt- ed at the articulations (vs. longitudinal ridges indistinct and not interrupted at the articulations in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829719D64E8FA08FA47" box="[1249,1420,1413,1439]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mangshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829719D64E8FA08FA47" box="[1249,1420,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">mangshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), supratympanic line weak (vs. distinct and black in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282977B364C4FCFEFA1B" box="[719,890,1449,1475]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mangshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977B364C4FCFEFA1B" box="[719,890,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">mangshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), tibiotarsal articulation reaches to middle of the eye (vs. reaches anterior margin of snout in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282977FC64A0FCAFFA3F" box="[640,811,1485,1511]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mangshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977FC64A0FCAFFA3F" box="[640,811,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">mangshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), dorsal skin texture shagreened with sparse large warts (vs. mostly smooth in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974ED649CFDB8F9D3" box="[401,572,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">mangshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and indistinct dorsolateral markings (vs. distinct in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282971EF649CFABAF9D3" box="[1171,1342,1521,1547]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mangshanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971EF649CFABAF9D3" box="[1171,1342,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">mangshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7B282975BB6778FEC9F807" blockId="12.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
Compared with three congeners recently described by
<bibRefCitation id="EF86949BCD7B282976586778FC69F9F7" author="Chen, J. M. &amp; Xu, K. &amp; Poyarkov, N. A. &amp; Wang, K. &amp; Yuan, Z. Y. &amp; Hou, M. &amp; Suwannapoom, C. &amp; Wang, J. &amp; Che, J." box="[804,1005,1557,1583]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" pagination="292 - 313" refId="ref20083" refString="Chen, J. M., Xu, K., Poyarkov, N. A., Wang, K., Yuan, Z. Y., Hou, M., Suwannapoom, C., Wang, J. &amp; Che, J. (2020) How little is known about &quot; the little brown frogs &quot;: description of three new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura: Megophryidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Zoological Research, 41 (3), 292 - 313. https: // doi. org / 10.24272 / j. issn. 2095 - 8137.2020.036" type="journal article" year="2020">
Chen
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297619677BFC19F9F7" box="[869,925,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">et al.</emphasis>
(2020)
</bibRefCitation>
from
<collectingRegion id="49D32788CD7B282971536778FB74F9F7" box="[1071,1264,1557,1583]" country="China" name="Yunnan" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">Yunnan Province</collectingRegion>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297187677BFA18F9F7" box="[1275,1436,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282975EB6754FF76F98B" bold="true" box="[151,242,1593,1619]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7B282975EB6754FF76F98B" box="[151,242,1593,1619]" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282974F56757FDADF98B" box="[393,553,1594,1619]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. niveimontis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a creamy white chest and belly (vs. marbled with distinct irregular black speckling on bluish-white background in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282977DF6733FCA0F9AF" box="[675,804,1630,1655]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niveimontis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977DF6733FCA0F9AF" box="[675,804,1630,1655]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">niveimontis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), orange supra-axillary glands (vs. white in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282970776733FA08F9AF" box="[1291,1420,1630,1655]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niveimontis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282970776733FA08F9AF" box="[1291,1420,1630,1655]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">niveimontis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), orange dorsal surface of elbow and upper arms (vs. reddish-brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282976CE67EFFBB7F943" box="[946,1075,1666,1691]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niveimontis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976CE67EFFBB7F943" box="[946,1075,1666,1691]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">niveimontis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in life, and longitudinal ridges under toes interrupted at the articulations (vs. not interrupted in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829760567CBFC7EF967" box="[889,1018,1702,1727]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niveimontis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829760567CBFC7EF967" box="[889,1018,1702,1727]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">niveimontis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829712867CBFAA5F967" box="[1108,1313,1701,1727]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviglandulosa">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829712867CBFAA5F967" box="[1108,1313,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. flaviglandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having small white spines around cloacal region (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829778567A4FC23F93B" box="[761,935,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">flaviglandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), orange supra-axillary glands (vs. yellowish in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282975C86780FEE6F8DF" box="[180,354,1773,1799]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviglandulosa">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282975C86780FEE6F8DF" box="[180,354,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">flaviglandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), orange dorsal surface of elbow and upper arms (vs. yellowish in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282971366780FB7CF8DF" box="[1098,1272,1773,1799]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviglandulosa">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971366780FB7CF8DF" box="[1098,1272,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">flaviglandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), greyish-pink ventral surface of throat and limbs (vs. dark brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B28297674667CFC32F8F3" box="[776,950,1809,1835]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviglandulosa">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297674667CFC32F8F3" box="[776,950,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">flaviglandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and lacking yellow markings on dorsum in scapular region (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282977726658FD38F897" box="[526,700,1845,1871]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviglandulosa">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282977726658FD38F897" box="[526,700,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">flaviglandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in life; from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B28297621665BFC1BF897" box="[861,927,1845,1871]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="feii">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B28297621665BFC1BF897" box="[861,927,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">L. feii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by weak supratympanic line (vs. distinct and black in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829758B6634FE9FF8AB" box="[247,283,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">feii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), absence of distinct black blotches scattered on chest and belly (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282971F36634FB37F8AB" box="[1167,1203,1881,1907]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="feii">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282971F36634FB37F8AB" box="[1167,1203,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">feii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), longitudinal ridges under toes interrupted at the articulations (vs. not interrupted in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B282976126610FC16F84F" box="[878,914,1917,1943]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="feii">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B282976126610FC16F84F" box="[878,914,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">feii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), small to moderate black spots on flanks (vs. large blotches in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829742B66CCFEFFF863" box="[343,379,1953,1979]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="feii">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829742B66CCFEFFF863" box="[343,379,1953,1979]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">feii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and absence of nuptial spines on the dorsal surfaces of first and second fingers (vs. presence in males in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7B2829746566A8FEB9F807" box="[281,317,1989,2015]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="503" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="feii">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7B2829746566A8FEB9F807" box="[281,317,1989,2015]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="503">feii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7A282875BB61F4FA13FCEF" blockId="13.[151,1437,153,2030]" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">
For the other congeners known from
<collectingCountry id="F300A9FACD7A2828771461F4FD2AFF6B" box="[616,686,153,179]" name="China" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">China</collectingCountry>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877C561F7FCDFFF6B" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[697,859,153,179]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877C561F7FCDFFF6B" box="[697,859,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828761E61F4FC3FFF6B" bold="true" box="[866,955,153,179]" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7A2828761E61F4FC3FFF6B" box="[866,955,153,179]" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs by having narrow lateral fringes on toes (vs. broad or wide in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282874BD61D0FE69FF0F" box="[449,493,189,215]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laui">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874BD61D0FE69FF0F" box="[449,493,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">laui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828748761D0FDA4FF0F" baseAuthorityName="Pope" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[507,544,189,215]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="liui">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828748761D0FDA4FF0F" box="[507,544,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">liui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828774C61D3FD56FF0F" box="[560,722,190,215]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yingjiangensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828774C61D3FD56FF0F" box="[560,722,190,215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">yingjiangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828767661D0FC09FF0F" box="[778,909,189,215]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828767661D0FC09FF0F" box="[778,909,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828717561D3FBB4FF0F" box="[1033,1072,190,215]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyx">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828717561D3FBB4FF0F" box="[1033,1072,190,215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828711561D3FA88FF0F" box="[1129,1292,190,215]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ventripunctata">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828711561D3FA88FF0F" box="[1129,1292,190,215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">ventripunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), absence of lateral fringes on fingers (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828771C618CFD08FF23" box="[608,652,225,251]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laui">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828771C618CFD08FF23" box="[608,652,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">laui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877B8618FFCE2FF23" box="[708,870,226,251]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yingjiangensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877B8618FFCE2FF23" box="[708,870,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">yingjiangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), supratympanic line weak (vs. distinct and black in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282875CA6068FEEEFEC7" box="[182,362,261,287]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maoershanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875CA6068FEEEFEC7" box="[182,362,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">maoershanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282874076068FD8DFEC7" box="[379,521,261,287]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shangsiensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874076068FD8DFEC7" box="[379,521,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">shangsiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A28287765606BFD38FEC7" box="[537,700,262,287]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ventripunctata">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287765606BFD38FEC7" box="[537,700,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">ventripunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877846068FC2DFEC7" box="[760,937,261,287]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wuhuangmontis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877846068FC2DFEC7" box="[760,937,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">wuhuangmontis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), longitudinal ridges under toes interrupted at the articulations (vs. not interrupted in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877096044FD25FE9B" box="[629,673,297,323]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laui">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877096044FD25FE9B" box="[629,673,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">laui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877CD6044FCE1FE9B" box="[689,869,297,323]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maoershanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877CD6044FCE1FE9B" box="[689,869,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">maoershanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282876096044FBA2FE9B" box="[885,1062,297,323]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wuhuangmontis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876096044FBA2FE9B" box="[885,1062,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">wuhuangmontis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828711D6044FB60FE9B" box="[1121,1252,297,323]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828711D6044FB60FE9B" box="[1121,1252,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), indistinct dorsalateral markings (vs. distinct in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828775C6020FDC1FEBF" baseAuthorityName="Pope" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[544,581,333,359]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="liui">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828775C6020FDC1FEBF" box="[544,581,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">liui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828772A6020FC8EFEBF" box="[598,778,333,359]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maoershanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828772A6020FC8EFEBF" box="[598,778,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">maoershanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282876606020FC2EFEBF" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[796,938,333,359]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pelodytoides">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876606020FC2EFEBF" box="[796,938,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pelodytoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282876C66020FBE3FEBF" box="[954,1127,333,359]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tengchongensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876C66020FBE3FEBF" box="[954,1127,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tengchongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282871046023FA9FFEBF" box="[1144,1307,334,359]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ventripunctata">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871046023FA9FFEBF" box="[1144,1307,334,359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">ventripunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282870506020FF66FE53" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wuhuangmontis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282870506020FF66FE53" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">wuhuangmontis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A28287464601CFE1FFE53" box="[280,411,369,395]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287464601CFE1FFE53" box="[280,411,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), absence of black spots or dark blotches on ventral surface (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828719D601CFA11FE53" box="[1249,1429,369,395]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maoershanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828719D601CFA11FE53" box="[1249,1429,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">maoershanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282875EB60F8FEC0FE77" box="[151,324,405,431]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tengchongensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875EB60F8FEC0FE77" box="[151,324,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tengchongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828740060FBFD9BFE77" box="[380,543,406,431]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">ventripunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), black spots on flanks small to moderate in size (vs. large in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828719D60F8FA11FE77" box="[1249,1429,405,431]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maoershanensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828719D60F8FA11FE77" box="[1249,1429,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">maoershanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282875EB60D4FEA1FE0B" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[151,293,441,467]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pelodytoides">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875EB60D4FEA1FE0B" box="[151,293,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pelodytoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828741D60D4FD8AFE0B" box="[353,526,441,467]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tengchongensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828741D60D4FD8AFE0B" box="[353,526,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tengchongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), distinct dermal ridges under toes (vs. indistinct in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828710C60D7FB13FE0B" box="[1136,1175,442,467]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyx">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828710C60D7FB13FE0B" box="[1136,1175,442,467]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282871AF60D4FAE5FE0B" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[1235,1377,441,467]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pelodytoides">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871AF60D4FAE5FE0B" box="[1235,1377,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pelodytoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and distinct ventrolateral glandular line (vs. indistinct in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877A160B3FC80FE2F" box="[733,772,478,503]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nyx">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877A160B3FC80FE2F" box="[733,772,478,503]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828764560B0FC62FE2F" box="[825,998,477,503]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tengchongensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828764560B0FC62FE2F" box="[825,998,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tengchongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and further differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828707560B3FAD6FE2F" box="[1289,1362,477,503]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laui">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828707560B3FAD6FE2F" box="[1289,1362,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. laui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of longitudinal ridges on dorsum (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A28287669636CFCC5FDC3" box="[789,833,513,539]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laui">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287669636CFCC5FDC3" box="[789,833,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">laui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282876EB636FFC5EFDC3" baseAuthorityName="Pope" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[919,986,513,539]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="liui">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876EB636FFC5EFDC3" box="[919,986,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. liui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of light dorsal markings in preservatives (vs. large, dark dorsal markings edged with light margins in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828717E6349FBA3FDE6" baseAuthorityName="Pope" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[1026,1063,548,574]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="liui">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828717E6349FBA3FDE6" box="[1026,1063,548,574]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">liui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see
<bibRefCitation id="EF86949BCD7A2828711F6348FAAEFDE7" author="Sung, Y. H. &amp; Yang, J. H. &amp; Wang, Y. Y." box="[1123,1322,548,575]" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" pagination="80 - 90" refId="ref22982" refString="Sung, Y. H., Yang, J. H. &amp; Wang, Y. Y. (2014) A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from southern China. Asian Herpetological Research, 5 (2), 80 - 90. https: // doi. org / 10.3724 / SP. J. 1245.2014.00080" type="journal article" year="2014">
Sung
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871D96348FB5BFDE6" box="[1189,1247,548,574]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
:
<figureCitation id="132CF5EFCD7A2828704A6349FA0AFDE7" box="[1334,1422,548,575]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1842,1867]" captionTargetBox="[167,1419,189,1808]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[159,1428,181,1817]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 4. Dorsal and ventral view of living paratypes of Leptobrachela wulingensis sp. nov showing different body sizes. (A, K) CSUFT 200, adult male; (B, L) CSUFT 180, adult male; (C, M) CSUFT 193, adult male; (D, N) CSUFT 179, adult male; (E, O) CSUFT 202, subadult female; (F, P) CSUFT 178, subadult female; (G, Q) CSUFT 203, subadult female; (H, R) CSUFT 204, subadult female; (I, S) CSUFT 177, adult female; (J, T) CSUFT 194, adult female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3954631" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3954631/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282875A96324FE06FDBA" box="[213,386,584,610]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shangsiensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875A96324FE06FDBA" box="[213,386,584,610]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. shangsiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having shagreened dorsal skin texture with sparse large warts (vs. smooth with numerous tiny tubercles in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282874296306FE67FD5D" box="[341,483,619,645]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shangsiensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874296306FE67FD5D" box="[341,483,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">shangsiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877456301FD61FD5D" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[569,741,619,645]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pelodytoides">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877456301FD61FD5D" box="[569,741,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. pelodytoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having distinct dermal fringes under toes (vs. indistinct in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282875EB63E2FEA1FD71" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[151,293,655,681]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pelodytoides">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875EB63E2FEA1FD71" box="[151,293,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pelodytoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828740463FDFDC5FD71" box="[376,577,655,681]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tengchongensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828740463FDFDC5FD71" box="[376,577,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. tengchongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having bicolored iris (vs. uniform in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828768363E2FB28FD71" box="[1023,1196,655,681]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tengchongensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828768363E2FB28FD71" box="[1023,1196,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tengchongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828718363FDFF47FD14" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ventripunctata">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828718363FDFF47FD14" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. ventripunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by upper parts of iris bright orange/golden in life (vs. copper in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282876EE63DEFBB1FD14" box="[914,1077,691,716]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ventripunctata">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876EE63DEFBB1FD14" box="[914,1077,691,716]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">ventripunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and lower parts of iris silver in life (vs. grey-brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282874DC63BAFDC7FD28" box="[416,579,727,752]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ventripunctata">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874DC63BAFDC7FD28" box="[416,579,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">ventripunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877E763BAFCD8FD28" box="[667,860,727,752]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yingjiangensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877E763BAFCD8FD28" box="[667,860,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. yingjiangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having orange supra-axillary glands in life (vs. brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828747E6397FE20FCCB" box="[258,420,762,787]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yingjiangensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828747E6397FE20FCCB" box="[258,420,762,787]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">yingjiangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the absence of white and dark brown mottling on ventral surface of thigh (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282875C86273FED2FCEF" box="[180,342,798,823]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yingjiangensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875C86273FED2FCEF" box="[180,342,798,823]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">yingjiangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282874D76273FDC8FCEF" box="[427,588,797,823]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874D76273FDC8FCEF" box="[427,588,797,823]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having creamy white ventral surface (vs. pinkish in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282871C66270FAB9FCEF" box="[1210,1341,797,823]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871C66270FAB9FCEF" box="[1210,1341,797,823]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in life.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA8E96ACD7A282875BB622CFD2EF85B" blockId="13.[151,1437,153,2030]" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">
For the other 18 congeners occurring north of the Isthmus of Kra,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282876BB622CFBEFFC82" authority="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang, 2020" authorityName="Qian &amp; Xia &amp; Cao &amp; Xiao &amp; Yang" authorityYear="2020" box="[967,1131,832,858]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wulingensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876BB622CFBEFFC82" box="[967,1131,832,858]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287108622DFB54FC82" bold="true" box="[1140,1232,832,858]" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2508803CD7A28287108622DFB54FC82" box="[1140,1232,832,858]" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs by having indistinct dorsalateral markings (vs. distinct in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877C46209FC98FCA6" box="[696,796,868,894]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="botsfordi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877C46209FC98FCA6" box="[696,796,868,894]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">botsfordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282876516209FC19FCA6" baseAuthorityName="Matsui" baseAuthorityYear="2006" box="[813,925,868,894]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosa">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876516209FC19FCA6" box="[813,925,868,894]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">fuliginosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282876D26209FBA0FCA6" box="[942,1060,868,894]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="khasiorum">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876D26209FBA0FCA6" box="[942,1060,868,894]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">khasiorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828714A6209FB17FCA6" baseAuthorityName="Anderson" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[1078,1171,868,894]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lateralis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828714A6209FB17FCA6" box="[1078,1171,868,894]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">lateralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282871D86209FB7CFCA5" box="[1188,1272,868,893]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minima">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871D86209FB7CFCA5" box="[1188,1272,868,893]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">minima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282870756209FA11FCA6" box="[1289,1429,868,894]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nahangensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282870756209FA11FCA6" box="[1289,1429,868,894]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nahangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282875EB62EAFE9EFC79" baseAuthorityName="Mathew &amp; Sen" baseAuthorityYear="2010" box="[151,282,903,929]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nokrekensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875EB62EAFE9EFC79" box="[151,282,903,929]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nokrekensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828745562EAFE0DFC79" box="[297,393,903,929]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pluvialis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828745562EAFE0DFC79" box="[297,393,903,929]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pluvialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282874E462EAFD9AFC79" box="[408,542,903,929]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="puhoatensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874E462EAFD9AFC79" box="[408,542,903,929]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">puhoatensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828775162E5FDEEFC79" box="[557,618,904,929]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sungi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828775162E5FDEEFC79" box="[557,618,904,929]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">sungi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828770462EAFD44FC79" box="[632,704,903,929]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tamdil">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828770462EAFD44FC79" box="[632,704,903,929]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tamdil</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828778B62EAFC0AFC79" box="[759,910,903,929]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zhangyapingi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828778B62EAFC0AFC79" box="[759,910,903,929]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">zhangyapingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), presence of black spots on flanks (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282875C962C6FF70FC1C" box="[181,244,939,964]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aerea">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875C962C6FF70FC1C" box="[181,244,939,964]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">aerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828747E62C6FEE2FC1D" box="[258,358,939,965]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">botsfordi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828740962C6FE29FC1D" box="[373,429,939,965]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">firthi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828749A62C6FDC3FC1D" box="[486,583,939,965]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tuberosa</emphasis>
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), creamy white ventral surface (vs. reddish brown or bright orange in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828701862C6FF48FC30" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">botsfordi</emphasis>
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,
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and
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) in life, dorsal skin texture shagreened with sparse large warts (vs. mostly smooth in
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287469629FFEEDFBD3" box="[277,361,1010,1035]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">minima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828740A629CFD86FBD3" box="[374,514,1009,1035]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nahangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287773629CFDEBFBD3" box="[527,623,1009,1035]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pluvialis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877D9629CFCB8FBD3" box="[677,828,1009,1035]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">zhangyapingi</emphasis>
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), presence of narrow lateral fringes on toes (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875C8657BFF7BFBF7" box="[180,255,1046,1071]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">crocea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287472657BFEE6FBF7" box="[270,354,1046,1071]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">minima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828740D6578FD95FBF7" box="[369,529,1045,1071]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">namdongensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877346578FD2CFBF7" box="[584,680,1045,1071]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pluvialis</emphasis>
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; wide in males in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876056578FC35FBF7" box="[889,945,1045,1071]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">firthi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), supratympanic line weak (vs. distinct and black in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875846555FEEAFB8A" box="[248,366,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">khasiorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874006555FE5DFB8A" box="[380,473,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">lateralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874946554FDB8FB8A" box="[488,572,1081,1106]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">minima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877366555FD52FB8A" box="[586,726,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nahangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877986555FC00FB8A" box="[740,900,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">namdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876EE6555FB91FB8A" box="[914,1045,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nokrekensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871306555FB67FB8A" box="[1100,1251,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">zhangyapingi</emphasis>
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), head longer or as long as wide (vs. head wider than long in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877006530FD43FBAE" box="[636,711,1117,1142]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">crocea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877A86531FC88FBAE" box="[724,780,1116,1142]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">firthi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876646531FC0AFBAE" box="[792,910,1116,1142]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">khasiorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876E76531FC7CFBAE" box="[923,1016,1116,1142]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">lateralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282871796531FB21FBAE" box="[1029,1189,1116,1142]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namdongensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871796531FB21FBAE" box="[1029,1189,1116,1142]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">namdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282871CE6531FAB1FBAE" baseAuthorityName="Mathew &amp; Sen" baseAuthorityYear="2010" box="[1202,1333,1116,1142]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nokrekensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871CE6531FAB1FBAE" box="[1202,1333,1116,1142]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nokrekensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282870156530FF31FB41" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tamdil</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), distinct ventrolateral glandular line (vs. indistinct or absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876F365EDFC5EFB41" box="[911,986,1152,1177]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">crocea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828769565EDFBB8FB41" box="[1001,1084,1152,1177]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">petrops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828710965EDFB36FB41" box="[1141,1202,1152,1177]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">sungi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), distinct tympanum (vs. indistinct in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828742965C9FE24FB65" box="[341,416,1188,1213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">crocea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874AB65CEFDBCFB65" box="[471,568,1187,1213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tuberosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), bicolored iris (vs. uniform in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876E765C9FC5EFB65" box="[923,986,1188,1213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">aerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828769465CEFBF0FB65" box="[1000,1140,1187,1213]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nahangensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828769465CEFBF0FB65" box="[1000,1140,1187,1213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nahangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282871D065C9FB6DFB65" box="[1196,1257,1188,1213]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sungi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871D065C9FB6DFB65" box="[1196,1257,1188,1213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">sungi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), upper parts of iris bright orange/golden in life (vs. reddish orange in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828778565ABFCEDFB38" baseAuthorityName="Matsui" baseAuthorityYear="2006" box="[761,873,1222,1248]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosa">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828778565ABFCEDFB38" box="[761,873,1222,1248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">fuliginosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and coppery in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828716365ABFB3BFB38" box="[1055,1215,1222,1248]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namdongensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828716365ABFB3BFB38" box="[1055,1215,1222,1248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">namdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and lower parts of iris silver in life (vs. golden in
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282877F86587FCA0FADC" box="[644,804,1258,1284]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="namdongensis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877F86587FCA0FADC" box="[644,804,1258,1284]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">namdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and further differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828713A6586FB26FADC" box="[1094,1186,1259,1284]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aerea">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828713A6586FB26FADC" box="[1094,1186,1259,1284]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. aerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by tibiotarsal articulation reaching to middle of the eye (vs. reaching to tip of snout in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828761C6463FC1BFAFF" box="[864,927,1294,1319]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">aerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828768E6463FBF7FAFF" box="[1010,1139,1293,1319]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. botsfordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having smaller femoral glands (
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, 2%4% SVL vs.
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, 7%14% SVL in
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); from
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by the absence of dermal fringes on fingers (vs. most males with wide lateral dermal fringes on Finger II in
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</taxonomicName>
); from
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by the absence of brown network laterally on ventral surface (vs. present in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828716F6415FB07FA4A" box="[1043,1155,1400,1426]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">fuliginosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282871A36415FAF2FA4A" box="[1247,1398,1400,1426]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. khasiorum</emphasis>
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by having orange supra-axillary glands (vs. pinkish-red in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828767B64F6FCF9FA6D" box="[775,893,1435,1461]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">khasiorum</emphasis>
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) in life; from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828716264F1FB14FA6D" box="[1054,1168,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. minima</emphasis>
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by the canthus rostralis gently rounded (vs. angular in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828748A64D2FDCEFA00" box="[502,586,1471,1496]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">minima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877DE64D2FCC9FA01" box="[674,845,1471,1497]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. nahangensis</emphasis>
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by having smaller body size (males SVL
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vs.
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in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828740B648FFD87FA24" box="[375,515,1506,1532]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nahangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and small to moderate spots on flanks (vs. large in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287137648FFB53FA24" box="[1099,1239,1506,1532]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">nahangensis</emphasis>
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); from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287050648EFA18FA24" box="[1324,1436,1507,1532]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. petrops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having rudimentary webbing on toes (vs. lacking in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A28287787676BFCCAF9C7" box="[763,846,1542,1567]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">petrops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876DE676BFB9BF9C7" box="[930,1055,1541,1567]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. pluvialis</emphasis>
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by having larger body size (males SVL
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vs.
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in
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828770F6744FD57F99B" box="[627,723,1577,1603]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pluvialis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828770F6744FD57F99B" box="[627,723,1577,1603]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pluvialis</emphasis>
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), relatively shorter hindlimbs (males TIB/SVL ratio 0.440.49 vs.
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<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828742E6721FE36F9BE" box="[338,434,1612,1638]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pluvialis">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828742E6721FE36F9BE" box="[338,434,1612,1638]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pluvialis</emphasis>
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), tibiotarsal articulation reaches to middle of the eye (vs. reaches the nostril in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282870576721FA0FF9BE" box="[1323,1419,1612,1638]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pluvialis</emphasis>
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), creamy white ventral surface with distinct/indistinct brown speckling (vs. dirty white with dark brown marbling in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875EB67FEFF73F975" box="[151,247,1683,1709]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pluvialis</emphasis>
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) in life, and presence of webbing on toes (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828760A67FEFC52F975" box="[886,982,1683,1709]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">pluvialis</emphasis>
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); from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828715267F9FB0EF975" box="[1070,1162,1684,1709]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sungi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828715267F9FB0EF975" box="[1070,1162,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. sungi</emphasis>
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by having smaller body size (males SVL
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vs.
<quantity id="4CEF448FCD7A2828775D67DBFD40F909" box="[545,708,1718,1745]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.05" metricValueMax="5.27" metricValueMin="4.83" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" unit="mm" value="50.5" valueMax="52.7" valueMin="48.3">48.352.7 mm</quantity>
in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828779967D5FCA6F909" box="[741,802,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">sungi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828760A67D5FC77F909" box="[886,1011,1719,1745]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. tuberosa</emphasis>
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by having a creamy white ventral surface with distinct/indistinct brown speckling (vs. white or pale creamy orange with blackish grey specks or streaks in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875CA6793FE93F8C0" box="[182,279,1790,1816]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">tuberosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see
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Rowley
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282874CF6792FE69F8C0" box="[435,493,1790,1816]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">et al.</emphasis>
2010c
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:
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) in life; from
<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A282876346792FC7BF8C0" box="[840,1023,1790,1816]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zhangyapingi">
<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282876346792FC7BF8C0" box="[840,1023,1790,1816]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">L. zhangyapingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having smaller body size (males SVL
<quantity id="4CEF448FCD7A282875AD664DFEF7F8E4" box="[209,371,1824,1852]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8649999999999998" metricValueMax="3.28" metricValueMin="2.45" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" unit="mm" value="28.65" valueMax="32.8" valueMin="24.5">24.532.8 mm</quantity>
vs.
<quantity id="4CEF448FCD7A282874E2664DFDC4F8E4" box="[414,576,1824,1852]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.915" metricValueMax="5.25" metricValueMin="4.58" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" unit="mm" value="49.15" valueMax="52.5" valueMin="45.8">45.852.5 mm</quantity>
in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A2828771D664CFD7CF8E3" box="[609,760,1825,1851]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">zhangyapingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), ventral surface creamy white with distinct/indistinct brown speckling (vs. nearly immaculate white in
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282877066628FC95F887" box="[634,785,1861,1887]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">zhangyapingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in life, and relatively longer hindlimbs (males TIB/SVL ratio 0.440.49 vs.
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<taxonomicName id="4C1792E9CD7A2828777F6605FD1EF85A" box="[515,666,1896,1922]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Leptobrachium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="504" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zhangyapingi">
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD7A282875BB66E6FEBCF87E" bold="true" box="[199,312,1931,1958]" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">Variation</emphasis>
.
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Measurements of type series are shown in
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, and photographs of
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are shown in
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and
<figureCitation id="132CF5EFCD7A282875A266C2FF6AF812" box="[222,238,1967,1994]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,692,717]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,182,665]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[169,1418,181,666]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Iris coloration of paratypes of Leptobrachella wulingensis sp. nov.: (A) CSUFT 178; (B) CSUFT 180; (C) CSUFT 177; (D) CSUFT 194; (E) CSUFT 193; (F) CSUFT 200; (G) CSUFT 204; (H) CSUFT 179; (I) CSUFT 202; (J) CSUFT 203." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3954633" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3954633/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="504">5</figureCitation>
. Specimens show a large variation in body size. The smallest male measured
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, whereas the largest male measured
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. Size variation may be due to specimen age.
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match most characters of the
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, except males having indistinct slit-like paired vocal sac openings present posteriorly on floor of mouth. Specimens also varied in dorsal color, translucency of ventral surface, brightness of iris color, and size of black spots on flanks. Dorsal coloration varied from brown to reddish brown, except
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(adult male,
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) being greenish brown in poor body condition. Individuals with larger sizes displayed less translucency on the white abdomen, and usually have distinct brown speckles on chest and lateral side of belly. The white abdomen in small individuals is usually translucent, and brown speckles are indistinct. For the bicolored iris, the upper part varies from bright orange to golden (
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), and a bit greenish in 1/5 upper part of
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(
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). Due to the poor condition of
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(
<figureCitation id="132CF5EFCD79282B74B860F8FD9BFE77" box="[452,543,404,431]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,692,717]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,182,665]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[169,1418,181,666]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Iris coloration of paratypes of Leptobrachella wulingensis sp. nov.: (A) CSUFT 178; (B) CSUFT 180; (C) CSUFT 177; (D) CSUFT 194; (E) CSUFT 193; (F) CSUFT 200; (G) CSUFT 204; (H) CSUFT 179; (I) CSUFT 202; (J) CSUFT 203." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3954633" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3954633/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="505">Fig. 5H</figureCitation>
), only the upper golden part is visible in the photo. The division of upper and lower part are unclear in
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,
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,
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and
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(
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, and J), and also in the
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(
<figureCitation id="132CF5EFCD79282B74B860B0FD98FE2F" box="[452,540,477,503]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1902,1927]" captionTargetBox="[168,1416,192,1865]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[161,1426,181,1876]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 3. Holotype of Leptobrachella wulingensis sp. nov. (CSUFT 201, adult female) in life: (A) lateral view, (B) iris, (C) ventral view, (D) volar view of left hand, (E) plantar view of right foot, and (F) black spots on flanks." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3954629" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3954629/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="505">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
), which are all from
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populations. The division is clear in other specimens from
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populations. More investigations are needed to determine if this is a subpopulation character or an effect of timing in which the specimens were photographed (we photographed individuals of the
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population an hour after time of collection at night, while individuals of the
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population were photographed during the day, 16 hours after time of collection). The black spots on flanks varied from small to moderate, and were indistinct in
<specimenCode id="DBB14111CD79282B75EB63FCFEA5FD73" box="[151,289,657,683]" collectionCode="CSUFT" pageId="14" pageNumber="505">CSUFT 194</specimenCode>
. The pectoral glands were indistinct in all specimens except
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(subadult female), and became hardly visible in
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,
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,
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after preservation. Specimens collected in early August were smaller in body size compared to specimens collected in early September
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.
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One gravid female (CSUFT 194) had large (diameter
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), well-developed, yellowish-white oocytes in her ovaries; whereas the other two adult females (CSUFT 177 and 201) had smaller (
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and
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respectively), less developed, yellowish-white oocytes. Females with elongate, translucent white ovaries, and lacking macroscopicly visible oocytes were considered subadults. Males with large testes and having vocal sac openings were considered as adults; others without vocal sac openings and having small, unformed testes were considered as subadults.
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD79282B75BB62B9FE69FC37" bold="true" box="[199,493,980,1007]" pageId="14" pageNumber="505">Distribution and habitat</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B9633578CD79282B748062B8FCB0FC37" box="[508,820,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="505">Leptobrachella wulingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9633578CD79282B764162B8FC1CFC37" bold="true" box="[829,920,981,1007]" pageId="14" pageNumber="505">
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</emphasis>
is currently known from two localities in the Wuling Mountains. These are Tianquanshan Forest Park (TFP) and Tianzishan Nature Reserve (TNR), both in Zhangjiajie,
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,
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. These two localities were separated by a straight line distance of approximately
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. All of the specimens were found at night in mixed forest between
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414
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. The new species was observed on rocks, stream banks, vegetation, or on soils adjacent to rocky streams. One female was gravid, indicating that the breeding season includes early September. No advertisement calls were detected and this may be because of the dry weather. A froglet and three adults were photographed in the TNR habitat (
<figureCitation id="132CF5EFCD79282B714B65C0FBF8FB10" box="[1079,1148,1197,1224]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1642,1667]" captionTargetBox="[170,1418,775,1616]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[168,1419,774,1617]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Living Leptobrachella wulingensis sp. nov. from Tianzishan Nature Reserve, individuals not collected. (A) Young metamorph toad with remnants of its tadpole tail, sitting on a rock; (B) and (C) adult individuals sitting on wet forest floor; (D) female toad laying on the ground. Photos by Tianyu Qian on August (A) and September (B, C and D) in 2019." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3954635" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3954635/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="505">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
). We also found breeding adults of
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Shen, Mo &amp; Li
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(
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Mo
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2010
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) in sympatry in TNR during the August and September field surveys.
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