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Fei
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFFE1020DFC48FD1FFC3AFD29" box="[940,996,716,741]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">et al.</emphasis>
1992
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).
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFFE1020DFF23FD3DFE16FCC4" bold="true" box="[199,456,751,776]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Examined specimens.</emphasis>
Adult male (CIB 873112photos only),
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFFE1020DFF23FCC6FD3CFCE1" bold="true" box="[199,738,788,813]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Provisionally referred examined specimens.</emphasis>
Two adult males (CAS 221395, CAS 221484), from two localities on the road between Ahtonga and Babaw (
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,
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and
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,
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), Machanbaw township, Putao district,
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state,
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, collected by H. Win and R. Shaung on 0
<date id="FFC1105CFFE1020DFAF5FC8EFF0CFC54" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" value="2001-09-05">5 September 2001</date>
, and J.B. Slowinski, D.-O. Rao, G.O.U. Wogan, H. Win, A.K. Shein and H. Tun on 0
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;
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one adult male (
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), from Aureinga Camp (
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,
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,
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state,
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, G.O.U.
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. Win and
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on 0
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.
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<paragraph id="8BC0369CFFE1020DFF23FBDDFEDEFBBC" blockId="63.[151,1437,500,2037]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFFE1020DFF23FBDDFE23FBE4" bold="true" box="[199,509,1039,1064]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Description of type series.</emphasis>
Refer to
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Fei
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFFE1020DFD77FBC3FD12FBE4" box="[659,716,1039,1064]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">et al.</emphasis>
(1992)
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for the description in Chinese language text, and
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Huang
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFFE1020DFF73FBE7FF0FFB81" box="[151,209,1076,1101]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">et al.</emphasis>
(1998)
</bibRefCitation>
for the English translation of
<bibRefCitation id="EFEE4B6DFFE1020DFD66FBE6FCE1FB80" author="Fei, L. &amp; Ye, C. - Y. &amp; Huang, Y. - Z." box="[642,831,1076,1101]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" pagination="5 - 12" refId="ref52880" refString="Fei, L., Ye, C. - Y. &amp; Huang, Y. - Z. (1992) Two new species of the genus Megophrys, Pelobatidae (Amphibia, Anura) from China. Zoological Research, 13 (1), 5 - 12." type="journal article" year="1992">
Fei
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFFE1020DFD4BFBE7FD37FB81" box="[687,745,1076,1101]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">et al.</emphasis>
(1992)
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. See
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for colouration in preservative of the
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.
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<paragraph id="8BC0369CFFE1020DFF23FBAEFD10F9EC" blockId="63.[151,1437,500,2037]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFFE1020DFF23FBAEFBFBFB59" bold="true" box="[199,1061,1148,1173]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Description of referred specimen CAS 22 1442 (measurements in mm).</emphasis>
Mature male (SVL 81.0). Head large (HW 31.3, HL 30.2, IFE 13.6, IBE 21.2), wider than long, snout broadly pointed in dorsal view, obtusely protruding beyond mandible in lateral view, without rostral appendage; loreal region acute, concave, with well developed canthus rostralis; dorsal surface of snout concave; eye diameter larger than maximum tympanum diameter, and shorter than snout (EL 7.9, TYD 5.1, SL 10.1); eyetympanum distance (TYE 6.7) longer than tympanum diameter; tympanum distinctly oval, obliquely orientated, upper ~10% concealed by supratympanic ridge; pupil vertically elliptical; nostril positioned laterally, oval, obliquely oriented with raised posterior rim, closer to eye than to snout (EN 4.6, SN 6.2); upper eyelid width subequal to narrowest point between upper eyelids, and less than internarial distance (UEW 7.5, IUE 7.6, IN 9.3); pineal ocellus absent; vomerine ridges well developed, ovoid, positioned between choanae, extending posterior to choanae, slightly closer to choanae than to each other; vomerine teeth present, moderately long; maxillary teeth present; tongue moderately large, distinctly notched posteriorly, medial lingual process absent.
</paragraph>
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Forelimbs moderately long, thick; forearms enlarged relative to upper forelimbs, and shorter than hand length (FAL 17.3, HAL 21.3); fingers moderately long, narrow, finger length formula IV&lt;I=II&lt;III (FIL 10.6, FIIL 10.6, FIIIL 13.1, FIVL 8.4); interdigital webbing, lateral fringes, subarticular and supernumerary tubercles absent; thenar tubercle distinct; metacarpal tubercles absent; digit tips slightly dilated, flattened, with subcircular pads, terminal grooves on pads absent. Hindlimbs relatively long, thin; thigh length slightly shorter than shanks, and longer than feet (TL 39.3, SHL 41.4, FOL 37.9); toes long, thin, relative toe lengths I&lt;II&lt;V&lt;III&lt;IV; digit tips not dilated but flattened, with subcircular pads, terminal grooves on pads absent; toes with thick basal webbing, rudimentary between digits I and II, remaining webbing formula as follows: II1.9
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2.33.9IV3.8
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; moderately wide lateral fringes present on all toes; outer metatarsal, subarticular and supernumerary tubercles all absent; inner metatarsal tubercle present but barely distinguishable; ridge of thickened skin absent on ventral surface of digits.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0369CFFE10272FF23F846FB24FE39" blockId="63.[151,1437,500,2037]" lastBlockId="64.[151,1437,151,501]" lastPageId="64" lastPageNumber="65" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Skin on dorsal surfaces of snout, head and back primarily smooth; throat, chest and limbs smooth; flanks with moderately large tubercles approximately forming two longitudinal rows, interspersed with densely scattered small granular tubercles; posterior thigh and cloacal region primarily smooth with small scattered weakly raised tubercles; tympanum mostly smooth, slightly concave; sides of head finely granular; palpebral horn absent, replaced by short fleshy bump; supratympanic ridge narrow anteriorly, extends from posterior orbital border, curves down along upper and posterior border of tympanum, considerably broadening posteriorly, terminating above shoulder; narrow, raised dorsolateral ridge extending posteriorly from behind supratympanic ridge to ~75% trunk length on both sides; weakly raised V-shaped parietoscapular ridge present, extending posteriorly from temporal region on each side, meeting medially at level of forelimb insertion; pectoral glands flat, level with axilla on chest; femoral glands slightly raised, on posterior surface of thighs, closer to knees than to cloaca; small black and white dermal asperities form a broad dense band circummarginally on gular region, moderately dense on tympanic regions between tympanum and eyes, and along upper lips, sparse on anterior dorsum of body restricted to dorsal ridges, increasing in density posteriorly across dorsum, absent from all remaining surfaces.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9E0272FF73F8A1FEFFF844" bold="true" box="[151,289,1907,1929]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">FIGURE 24.</emphasis>
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holotype: adult male (CIB 873112: SVL 78.4 mm [Fei
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9E0272FBB1F8A6FB54F845" box="[1109,1162,1907,1929]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">et al.</emphasis>
1992]) in preservation:
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. dorsal view;
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. ventral view;
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9E0272FE26F843FE0AF86B" bold="true" box="[450,468,1937,1959]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">C</emphasis>
. profile view of head;
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9E0272FD5FF843FD13F86A" bold="true" box="[699,717,1937,1958]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">D</emphasis>
. ventral view of hand;
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9E0272FC5CF843FC17F86A" bold="true" box="[952,969,1937,1958]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">E</emphasis>
. ventral view of foot.
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FF23FF45FE8EFF7C" box="[199,336,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Colouration</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FEBBFF4BFDD8FF7C" box="[351,518,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">In preservative</emphasis>
: Dorsal and lateral surfaces of head and body primarily plain brown; light-edged, dark brown triangular marking between eyes; faint darker brown V-shaped marking on anterior dorsum surrounding parietoscapular ridge, narrow broken dark brown stripe follows lower edge of dorsolateral ridges; larger tubercles on flanks dark brown with light tip; front of snout and lateral surfaces below canthus rostralis dark brown; greyish-white stripe on upper lip extends from nostril to rear of upper jaw, interrupted by wide dark brown vertical bar between lower edge of orbits and edge of mouth; besides narrow brown oblique stripe extending from posterior edge of orbits posteriorly to join light upper lip stripe, remaining lateral surfaces of head below supratympanic ridges solid dark brown; outer edges of eyelids dark brown; lower half of supratympanic ridges dark brown, upper half brown anteriorly, light yellowish-cream posteriorly; dorsal surfaces of forelimbs and hindlimbs brown; two dark brown blotches on anterior lateral surface of forearms; dorsal surface of outer three fingers with dark brown blotches; dorsal surfaces of hindlimbs with distinct brown transverse crossbars; outer lateral surfaces of thighs and shanks with dark brown spots and blotches; throat with large light brown blotches, few small white spots along its edge, light-edged wide dark brown stripe extends from posterior edge of lower jaw to ventral surface of upper forelimb on each side; chest and abdomen with faint large brown blotches on an otherwise pale greyishwhite background; ventral surfaces of forelimbs pale greyish-white; ventral surfaces of thighs densely mottled light brown and greyish-white, posterior surfaces of thighs (including area surrounding cloaca) and ventral surfaces of shanks and tarsi primarily mid to dark brown with pale greyish-white scattered spots; some large dark brown spots and blotches laterally along abdomen on both sides; ventral surfaces of hands and feet greyish-brown; pectoral and femoral glands creamish-white.
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FE1BFCF3FD9FFCF4" box="[511,577,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">In life</emphasis>
: Not documented for this specimen.
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FF23FC96FEE1FC91" bold="true" box="[199,319,836,861]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Variation.</emphasis>
Refer to
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for morphometric variation within the provisionally referred specimen series, consisting of three adult males. The two other referred specimens generally resemble the referred specimen described above for most morphological characters with the following exceptions: CAS 221484
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has more extensive webbing between Toes II to V (i.e., webbing formula:
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3.1
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4
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4
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V);
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has relative finger lengths II=I&lt;
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has
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&lt;II&lt;I&lt;
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vomerine teeth absent on
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dorsolateral ridges extend almost entire trunk length on
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510% of upper tympanum surfaces are concealed by supratympanic ridges; on
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dermal asperities moderately dense on lateral surfaces of snout, dorsal surface of eyelids and dorsally on head adjacent to supratympanic ridges, sparse on dorsal tibia, outer and ventral tarsal surfaces; on
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dermal asperities formed dense wide circummarginal band along lower jaw, sparse on tympanic regions (absent on tympanum) and on posterior lateral dorsum, absent on all remaining surfaces; V-shaped dorsal marking absent on
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.
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FF23FB26FDFCFAC1" bold="true" box="[199,546,1268,1293]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Secondary sexual characters.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FDCCFB26FDB2FAC1" box="[552,620,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Males</emphasis>
: nuptial pads present, weakly raised, covered with black micro-granules, covering almost entire dorsal surface of Finger I narrowing distally where it extends to base of distal phalange on inner dorsal side; nuptial pad small to moderately large on Finger II, positioned on base of digit on inner dorsal side (extending on to base of distal phalange on some individuals); external vocal sac indistinct; internal vocal slit present on floor of mouth on each side near rear of mandible; forearms enlarged relative to upper forelimbs.
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FF73FA75FF28FA0C" box="[151,246,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Females</emphasis>
: not examined in this study.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0369CFF9F0273FF23FA1EFD69F99C" blockId="65.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FF23FA1EFDC4FA29" bold="true" box="[199,538,1484,1509]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Morphological comparison.</emphasis>
Adult body size ranges provided for
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FC18FA1EFAD9FA29" box="[1020,1287,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Megophrys glandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
include the measurements given in
<bibRefCitation id="EFEE4B6DFF9F0273FE4FFA3DFDB5F9C4" author="Fei, L. &amp; Hu, S. - Q. &amp; Ye, C. - Y. &amp; Huang, Y. - Z." box="[427,619,1519,1544]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" refId="ref52932" refString="Fei, L., Hu, S. - Q., Ye, C. - Y. &amp; Huang, Y. - Z. (2009) Fauna Sinica. Amphibia. Folume 2. Anura. Chinese Academy of Science, Science, Beijing, XIII + 957 pp." type="book" year="2009">
Fei
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FE3EFA23FDC8F9C4" box="[474,534,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">et al.</emphasis>
(2009)
</bibRefCitation>
and the referred specimens examined in this study (total adult males,
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FF73F9C7FF74F9E0" box="[151,170,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">N</emphasis>
=13; adult females,
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FE77F9C7FE78F9E0" box="[403,422,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">N</emphasis>
=3). The remaining characters were assessed based only on the referred specimens and images of the
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(total: adult males,
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FD92F9EBFD57F99C" box="[630,649,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">N</emphasis>
=4).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FF23F98EFE17F9B9" authorityName="Fei, Ye and Huang" authorityYear="1990" box="[199,457,1628,1653]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="glandulosa">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FF23F98EFE17F9B9" box="[199,457,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Megophrys glandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FDB8F98FFCDAF9B9" authorityName="Fei, Ye and Huang" authorityYear="1983" box="[604,772,1628,1653]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="medogensis">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FDB8F98FFCDAF9B9" box="[604,772,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. medogensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FCF6F98FFC5CF9B9" authorityName="Ye and Fei" authorityYear="1992" box="[786,898,1628,1653]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zhangi">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FCF6F98FFC5CF9B9" box="[786,898,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. zhangi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FC74F98FFBFBF9B9" authorityName="&quot; sensu Anderson" authorityYear="1871" box="[912,1061,1628,1653]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Xenophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FC74F98FFBFBF9B9" box="[912,1061,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FBD7F98EFAD2F9B8" authority="Mahony &amp; Kamei &amp; Teeling, 2018" authorityName="Mahony &amp; Kamei &amp; Teeling" authorityYear="2018" box="[1075,1292,1628,1653]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FBD7F98EFAD2F9B8" box="[1075,1292,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Megophrys periosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23857F5FF9F0273FAF7F98EFAB3F9B9" box="[1299,1389,1628,1653]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FAF7F98EFAB3F9B9" bold="true" box="[1299,1389,1628,1653]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FF73F953FECFF954" authorityName=", Rai and Anders" authorityYear="2002" box="[151,273,1663,1688]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Xenophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="robusta">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FF73F953FECFF954" box="[151,273,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. robusta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of a distinct white upper lip stripe (vs. absent), presence of broad lateral fringes on toes (vs. absent on
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FEDEF977FE3CF971" authorityName="Fei, Ye and Huang" authorityYear="1983" box="[314,482,1700,1725]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="medogensis">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FEDEF977FE3CF971" box="[314,482,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. medogensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FE14F977FDBFF971" authorityName="Ye and Fei" authorityYear="1992" box="[496,609,1700,1725]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zhangi">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FE14F977FDBFF971" box="[496,609,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. zhangi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FD8BF977FCDBF971" authorityName="&quot; sensu Anderson" authorityYear="1871" box="[623,773,1700,1725]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Xenophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FD8BF977FCDBF971" box="[623,773,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FCA7F977FC63F971" authorityName=", Rai and Anders" authorityYear="2002" box="[835,957,1700,1725]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Xenophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="robusta">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FCA7F977FC63F971" box="[835,957,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. robusta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; usually absent, though very narrow when present on
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FEF7F915FE33F92C" authority="Mahony &amp; Kamei &amp; Teeling, 2018" authorityName="Mahony &amp; Kamei &amp; Teeling" authorityYear="2018" box="[275,493,1735,1760]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FEF7F915FE33F92C" box="[275,493,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Megophrys periosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23857F5FF9F0273FE11F915FD91F92C" box="[501,591,1735,1760]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FE11F915FD91F92C" bold="true" box="[501,591,1735,1760]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
), and differs further from
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FC9EF91BFBFAF92C" box="[890,1060,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. medogensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FBD6F91BFB7DF92C" authorityName="Ye and Fei" authorityYear="1992" box="[1074,1187,1735,1760]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zhangi">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FBD6F91BFB7DF92C" box="[1074,1187,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. zhangi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FB06F91BFAA6F92C" authorityName="&quot; sensu Anderson" authorityYear="1871" box="[1250,1400,1735,1760]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Xenophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FB06F91BFAA6F92C" box="[1250,1400,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its larger adult size, male SVL 76.381.0 mm, female SVL
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(vs. male SVL 57.268.0 mm,
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FAB1F93FFAB6F8C8" box="[1365,1384,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">N</emphasis>
=16; male SVL
<quantity id="4C879B79FF9F0273FEF6F8DDFE66F8EB" box="[274,440,1807,1832]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.485" metricValueMax="3.72" metricValueMin="3.25" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="34.85" valueMax="37.2" valueMin="32.5">32.537.2 mm</quantity>
,
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FE21F8C3FE06F8E4" box="[453,472,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">N</emphasis>
=3; male SVL
<quantity id="4C879B79FF9F0273FD64F8DDFCF8F8EB" box="[640,806,1807,1832]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.385" metricValueMax="4.95" metricValueMin="3.82" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="43.85" valueMax="49.5" valueMin="38.2">38.249.5 mm</quantity>
,
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FCD7F8C3FC98F8E4" box="[819,838,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">N</emphasis>
=17, female SVL
<quantity id="4C879B79FF9F0273FBF6F8DDFB66F8EB" box="[1042,1208,1807,1832]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.83" metricValueMax="5.61" metricValueMin="4.05" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="48.3" valueMax="56.1" valueMin="40.5">40.556.1 mm</quantity>
,
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FB20F8C3FB09F8E4" box="[1220,1239,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">N</emphasis>
=6, respectively); differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FEC2F8E6FDEFF881" authority="Mahony &amp; Kamei &amp; Teeling, 2018" authorityName="Mahony &amp; Kamei &amp; Teeling" authorityYear="2018" box="[294,561,1844,1869]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FEC2F8E6FDEFF881" box="[294,561,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Megophrys himalayana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FDDDF8E6FD4DF881" bold="true" box="[569,659,1844,1869]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FD28F8E7FC40F881" authorityName="Fei &amp; Ye" authorityYear="1990" box="[716,926,1844,1869]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mangshanensis">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FD28F8E7FC40F881" box="[716,926,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. mangshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its larger adult male size, SVL 76.381.0 mm (vs. male SVL 68.0
<quantity id="4C879B79FF9F0273FE5CF885FDC1F8A3" box="[440,543,1879,1904]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.35" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="73.5">73.5 mm</quantity>
,
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FDC8F88BFDE1F8BC" box="[556,575,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">N</emphasis>
=7; male SVL
<quantity id="4C879B79FF9F0273FD0DF885FC8EF8A3" box="[745,848,1879,1904]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.25" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="62.5">62.5 mm</quantity>
,
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FCBAF88BFCAFF8BC" box="[862,881,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">N</emphasis>
=1, respectively), and by broad lateral fringes on toes present (vs. absent); differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D1FFF9F0273FDD8F8AFFD7AF858" authority="Mahony &amp; Kamei &amp; Teeling, 2018" authorityName="Mahony &amp; Kamei &amp; Teeling" authorityYear="2018" box="[572,676,1917,1940]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megalophrys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="major">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FDD8F8AFFD7AF858" box="[572,676,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FCE7F8AEFBDCF858" box="[771,1026,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Megophrys oreocrypta</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9F0273FBECF8AEFBBEF859" bold="true" box="[1032,1120,1916,1941]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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by presence of broad lateral fringes on toes, and toe tips not expanded (vs. occasional presence of narrow lateral fringes on toes, and toe tips distinctly expanded relative to toe width), ventral surface of thighs densely spotted and speckled (vs. immaculate); differs from
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FEC7FF45FDE2FF7C" box="[291,572,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Megophrys flavipunctata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FDA6FF45FD42FF7C" bold="true" box="[578,668,151,176]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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by its larger adult size, male SVL 76.381.0 mm, female SVL
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(vs. male SVL
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,
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=4, female SVL 68.0
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,
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=3), by toe tips not expanded relative to toe width (vs. toe tips slightly expanded), ventral thighs densely spotted and speckled (vs. immaculate).
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF23FED6FE62FED1" bold="true" box="[199,444,260,285]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Systematic position.</emphasis>
The systematic position of
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FCF1FED6FBC0FED1" box="[789,1054,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Megophrys glandulosa</emphasis>
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within the MMC could not be resolved in this study possibly due to incomplete sampling of nuclear markers (i.e., absence of CXCR4, TTN and SACS; Appendix I, Table 2). Analyses of the mtDNA datasets (16S and CO1 gene trees, and 16S+CO1 concatenated tree), the RHOD gene, and the concatenated mt+nuDNA dataset indicated that this species is a distinct lineage (
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; Appendix II,
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), however, the RAG1 gene tree (not shown) and concatenated nuDNA analyses indicated that this species may have close affinity to the species referred to here as
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FAB1FE6BFAAAFE1C" box="[1365,1396,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF73FE0FFEF8FE38" box="[151,294,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">maosonensis</emphasis>
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[1], though this relationship received very low support (Appendix II,
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).
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF23FE2DFE90FDD4" bold="true" box="[199,334,511,536]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet “
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FDB7FE2DFD11FDD4" box="[595,719,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">glandulosa</emphasis>
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” is Latin, with
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FC68FE2DFC3CFDD4" box="[908,994,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">glandul</emphasis>
meaning “gland”, and the suffix -
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FA91FDD3FA45FDD4" box="[1397,1435,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">osa</emphasis>
meaning “abundant”, presumably a reference to the tubercles on the flanks of this species, a character that is not useful for diagnosing this species from other species in the MMC.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF23FDBEFE20FD49" bold="true" box="[199,510,620,645]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Suggested common name:</emphasis>
Glandular White-lipped Horned Frog.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF23FD5DFEBEFD64" bold="true" box="[199,352,655,680]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Distribution.</emphasis>
Besides the
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locality,
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FD6FFD43FCF1FD64" box="[651,815,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
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has been reported from numerous localities in Yunnan Province between
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1900 and
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m asl. (e.g.,
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Jiang
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FD02FD67FCC1FD01" box="[742,799,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">et al.</emphasis>
2003
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;
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Fu
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FC70FD67FC13FD01" box="[916,973,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">et al.</emphasis>
2006
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;
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Fei
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FBACFD67FB5FFD01" box="[1096,1153,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">et al.</emphasis>
2009
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), and
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state, northern
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by
<bibRefCitation id="EFEE4B6DFF9C0270FE76FD0AFDAEFD3C" author="Wogan, G. O. U. &amp; Vindum, J. V. &amp; Wilkinson, J. A. &amp; Koo, M. S. &amp; Slowinski, J. B. &amp; Win, H. &amp; Thin, T. &amp; Kyi, S. W. &amp; Oo, S. L. &amp; Lwin, K. S. &amp; Shein, A. K." box="[402,624,727,752]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" pagination="83 - 96" refId="ref59179" refString="Wogan, G. O. U., Vindum, J. V., Wilkinson, J. A., Koo, M. S., Slowinski, J. B., Win, H. Thin, T. Kyi, S. W., Oo, S. L., Lwin, K. S. &amp; Shein, A. K. (2008) New country records and range extensions for Myanmar amphibians and reptiles. Hamadryad, 33, 83 - 96." type="journal article" year="2008">
Wogan
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FE03FD0BFDC1FD3C" box="[487,543,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">et al.</emphasis>
(2008)
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(
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). Reports of this species from further west in Northeast
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and
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are not here considered reliable (see Remarks below).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3656517FF9C0270FF23FCCDFD74F92C" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BC0369CFF9C0270FF23FCCDFAF1FC90" blockId="66.[151,1437,151,1760]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF23FCCDFEE5FCF4" bold="true" box="[199,315,799,824]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FEA6FCCDFD9BFCF4" box="[322,581,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Megophrys glandulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described (in Chinese text) as new twice based on the same
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series (
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Fei
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF2FFC97FEDDFC91" box="[203,259,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">et al.</emphasis>
1990
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, 1992).
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Fei
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FE2EFC97FDDCFC91" box="[458,514,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">et al.</emphasis>
(1992)
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was subsequently translated into English by
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Huang
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FB7AFC97FB08FC91" box="[1182,1238,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">et al.</emphasis>
(1998)
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0369CFF9C0270FF23FCBAFECDFAC1" blockId="66.[151,1437,151,1760]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">
It is highly unlikely that the
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(
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) and Indian (
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,
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and
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states:
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Ao
<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF22FC5FFEDAFC69" box="[198,260,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">et al.</emphasis>
2003
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;
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;
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;
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) populations are conspecific with
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FEBCFC7DFD85FC04" box="[344,603,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Megophrys glandulosa</emphasis>
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Ao
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(2003)
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reported a specimen of this species from Puliebadze (
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,
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,
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asl.), Kohima district,
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state, Northeast
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. Though we have not examined this specimen, we report two species of MMC from Kohima district in this study (
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asl. and
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FEBAFBCEFDA5FBF9" box="[350,635,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Megophrys flavipunctata</emphasis>
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sp.
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asl.). Based on the elevation that
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Ao
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.s (2003)
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specimen was collected, we suspect that it might represent
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FC6EFBEDFB7AFB94" box="[906,1188,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Megophrys flavipunctata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FB48FBEDFAD9FB94" bold="true" box="[1196,1287,1087,1112]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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provided an undiagnostic description of
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FD11FBB7FC45FBB1" box="[757,923,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
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for
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with an accompanying photo of a specimen that appears to represent
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A report of two specimens of
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[as
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FAFFFB55FA4DFB6C" box="[1307,1427,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Xenophrys</emphasis>
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]
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF73FB7EFECAFB09" box="[151,276,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">glandulosa</emphasis>
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from Tura Peak, West Garo Hills, in
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state provided by
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: 2407, pl. 4a) appears to represent an adult
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FDC7FB1DFCF8FB24" box="[547,806,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Megophrys oreocrypta</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FCD5FB1DFC51FB24" bold="true" box="[817,911,1231,1256]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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based on the figure provided for one of the specimens.
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An additional report of
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FE07FACBFD54FAFC" box="[483,650,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
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by
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was based on a collection from Latpanchar, Darjeeling district,
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state, Northeast
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. The figured individual displays typical characters seen on
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FE8FFAB3FE3AFAB4" box="[363,484,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. robusta</emphasis>
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, i.e., slightly enlarged posterior supratympanic ridge (vs. greatly enlarged, and beanshaped on
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FEF4FA57FE6AFA51" box="[272,436,1412,1437]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
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[
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]); the distinctive white upper lip stripe of
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is not apparent on the figured animal, and the iris colour matches that of
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FCE0FA7BFCA0FA0C" box="[772,894,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. robusta</emphasis>
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perfectly. Although some of the characters that were described, such as ventral markings, could correspond with
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FC98FA1FFBC1FA29" box="[892,1055,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
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, other characters such as swollen digit tips, and rudimentary webbing between toes do not (see description provided above). Pending re-examination of the specimens reported by
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, we recommend that Darjeeling, and Northeast
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in general, are not included in the distribution of
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FD7BF9EBFC9EF99C" box="[671,832,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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reported
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FDEDF98FFD69F9B9" box="[521,695,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FCE0F98FFCA9F9B8" box="[772,887,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. major</emphasis>
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from
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, however, the two specimens photographed exhibit characters that allow a reasonable preliminary identification as
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FBB7F953FB12F954" box="[1107,1228,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. robusta</emphasis>
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, i.e., both lack the light upper lip stripe seen on
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FE3FF977FDA3F971" box="[475,637,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. glandulosa</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FD56F977FCC6F970" box="[690,792,1701,1724]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. major</emphasis>
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, and have pale iris colouration that is characteristic of the
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FF73F91BFECEF92C" box="[151,272,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. robusta</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEA8EFF9C0270FEFCF91BFE1FF92C" box="[280,449,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">M. medogensis</emphasis>
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clade in the MMSG.
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</subSubSection>
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