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<mods:title>Comprehensive approaches reveal three cryptic species of genus Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from China</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="2F2B32F6-F797-5F1E-AFF6-5EFD6B51D9F4" authority="Lyu, Wan, &amp; YY Wang" authorityName="Lyu, Wan, &amp; YY Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana guangdongensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guangdongensis" status="sp. nov.">Nidirana guangdongensis Lyu, Wan, &amp; YY Wang</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a 005767 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov. in life. (A) dorsolateral view; (B) ventral view; (C) left hand; (D) nuptial pad; (E) right foot; (F) close-up of head showing the dense white horny spinules on dorsum, upper eyelid, while absent on temporal regions." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382089" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figures 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a 005767 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov. in preservative. (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) lateral view; (D) right hand; (E) right foot." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382090" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. (A) adult female paratype SYS a 005766 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov.; (B) adult male paratype SYS a 005765; (C) eggs in the water surface found in Mt Bamian." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382091" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">, 7</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Chresonymy.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana adenopleura" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="adenopleura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Nidirana adenopleura</emphasis>
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: 
<bibRefCitation author="Fei, L" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" refId="B12" refString="Fei, L, Hu, SQ, Ye, CY, Huang, YZ, 2009. Fauna Sinica. Amphibia Vol. 3 AnuraRanidae. Science Press, Beijing, 959-1847. [In Chinese]" title="Fauna Sinica. Amphibia Vol. 3 AnuraRanidae. Science Press, Beijing, 959 - 1847. [In Chinese]" year="2009">Fei et al. 2009</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Fei, L" journalOrPublisher="Sichuan Publishing Group / Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Chengdu" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" refId="B14" refString="Fei, L, Ye, CY, Jiang, JP, 2012. Colored atlas of Chinese amphibians and their distributions. Sichuan Publishing Group/Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Chengdu" title="Colored atlas of Chinese amphibians and their distributions." year="2012">2012</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Li, ZC" journalOrPublisher="Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" refId="B18" refString="Li, ZC, Xiao, Z, Liu, SR, 2011. Amphibians and reptiles of Guangdong. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou" title="Amphibians and reptiles of Guangdong." year="2011">Li et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Holotype.</paragraph>
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SYS a005767 (Figs 
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, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a 005767 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov. in preservative. (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) lateral view; (D) right hand; (E) right foot." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382090" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">6</figureCitation>
), adult male, collected by Zhi-Tong Lyu on 24 April 2017 from Shimentai Nature Reserve (
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, 
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; ca. 320 m a.s.l.), Yingde City, Guangdong Province, China.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a005767 of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lyu, Wan, &amp; YY Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana guangdongensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guangdongensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Nidirana guangdongensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. in life. (
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) dorsolateral view; (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
) ventral view; (
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) left hand; (
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) nuptial pad; (
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) right foot; (
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) close-up of head showing the dense white horny spinules on dorsum, upper eyelid, while absent on temporal regions.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 6.</emphasis>
Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a005767 of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lyu, Wan, &amp; YY Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana guangdongensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guangdongensis">
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sp. nov. in preservative. (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
) dorsal view; (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
) ventral view; (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
) lateral view; (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">D</emphasis>
) right hand; (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">E</emphasis>
) right foot.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Paratypes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Seven adult specimens from the same locality as the holotype. Male SYS a005765 and female SYS a005766, collected by Zhi-Tong Lyu and Yuan-Qiu Li at the same time as the holotype; male SYS a005995 and females SYS a005997-98, collected by Zhi-Tong Lyu, Yong-You Zhao and Chao-Yu Lin on 20 June 2017; male SYS a006879/ CIB 107273 collected by Zhi-Tong Lyu, Yong-You Zhao and Yuan-Qiu Li on 20 April 2018; male SYS a007688 collected by Yu-Long Li, Can-Zhong Rong and Yuan-Qiu Li on 23 April 2019.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The species name 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">guangdongensis</emphasis>
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refers to Guangdong (广东), also known as Yue (粤), which is the province where the type locality, Shimentai Nature Reserve, belongs to.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Nidirana guangdongensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of the morphological characteristics: (1) body large and elongated, with SVL 50.0-58.4 (53.9 
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3.3, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 5) mm in adult males, and SVL 55.3-59.3 (57.0 
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2.1, 
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= 3) mm in adult females; (2) disks of digits dilated, rounded; (3) lateroventral grooves present on every digit except finger I; (4) heels overlapping; (5) tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the nostril; (6) mid-dorsal stripe present on posterior dorsum; (7) week supernumerary tubercles below the base of each finger, palmar tubercles prominent and distinct; (8) supratympanic fold absent; (9) white horny spinules on the entirely dorsum, dorsolateral folds, flanks and dorsal hindlimbs, while absent on temporal regions in males; (10) a pair of subgular vocal sacs present; (11) one single nuptial pad present on the finger I, nuptial spinules invisible; (12) suprabrachial gland large and smooth, prominent; (13) calling: 2-4 identical regular notes.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Comparison.</paragraph>
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Morphologically, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Nidirana guangdongensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is unique when compared with all known congeners by the combination of the following characteristics: (1) large body size, SVL 50.0-58.4 mm in males and 55.3-59.3 mm in females vs. &lt;48.0 mm in males or &lt;53.0 mm in females in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. nankunensis</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. okinavana</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. daunchina</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. yaoica</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. chapaensis</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. hainanensis</emphasis>
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; (2) relative finger lengths II &lt;I &lt;IV &lt;III vs. II &lt;I = IV &lt;III in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. chapaensis</emphasis>
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; vs. II &lt;IV &lt;I &lt;III in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. leishanensis</emphasis>
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; (3) presence of lateroventral groove on every digit except finger I vs. absent on fingers and toes in 
<taxonomicName lsidName="N. pleuraden" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pleuraden">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. pleuraden</emphasis>
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; vs. absent or barely visible on fingers in 
<taxonomicName lsidName="N. daunchina" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="daunchina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. daunchina</emphasis>
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; vs. present on finger I in 
<taxonomicName lsidName="N. yaoica" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="yaoica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. yaoica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. leishanensis</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. hainanensis</emphasis>
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; (4) tibio-tarsal articulation reaches at the nostril vs. beyond the snout tip in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. lini</emphasis>
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; (5) white horny spinules on the entirely dorsum and flanks in males vs. absent on dorsum and flanks or few above vent in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. nankunensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. okinavana</emphasis>
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, 
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. yaoica</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. chapaensis</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. leishanensis</emphasis>
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and 
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; vs. present on dorsum while absent on flanks in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. adenopleura</emphasis>
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, 
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and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. pleuraden</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (6) the presence of a single nuptial pad on finger I vs. absent in 
<taxonomicName lsidName="N. hainanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. hainanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; vs. divided into two parts in 
<taxonomicName lsidName="N. chapaensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="chapaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. chapaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; vs. two nuptial pads on fingers I and II respectively; (7) the presence of a pair of subgular vocal sacs vs. absent in 
<taxonomicName lsidName="N. okinavana" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="okinavana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. okinavana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Description of holotype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
SYS a005767 (Figs 
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, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a 005767 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov. in preservative. (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) lateral view; (D) right hand; (E) right foot." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382090" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">6</figureCitation>
), adult male. Body large and elongated, SVL 55.2 mm; head longer than wide (HDW/HDL 0.90), flat above; snout rounded in dorsal and lateral views, slightly protruding beyond lower jaw, longer than horizontal diameter of eye (SNT/ED 1.30); canthus rostralis distinct, loreal region concave; nostril round, directed laterally, closer to the snout than to the eye; a longitudinal swollen mandibular ridge extending from below nostril through lower edges of eye and tympanum to above insertion of arm, where the ridge is intermittent, forming a maxillary gland and shoulder gland; supratympanic fold absent; interorbital space flat, narrower than internasal distance (IND/IOD 1.24); pupil elliptical, horizontal; tympanum distinct, round, TD/ED 0.86, and close to eye, TED/TD 0.32; pineal ocellus slightly visible; vomerine ridge present, bearing small teeth; tongue large, cordiform, notched behind; a pair of subgular vocal sacs present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Forelimbs moderately robust, lower arm 0.17 of SVL and hand 0.27 of SVL; fingers thin, relative finger lengths II &lt;I &lt;IV &lt;III; tip of each finger slightly dilated, forming rounded disks; lateroventral grooves on all fingers except finger I, not meeting at the tip of disks; fingers free of webbing; presence of distinct lateral fringes on inner and outer sides of fingers II, III and IV, and on outer side of finger I; subarticular tubercles prominent and rounded; week supernumerary tubercles below the base of each finger; three elliptic, large, prominent and very distinct palmar tubercles; a single nuptial pad on the dorsal surface of first finger, nuptial spinules invisible.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Hindlimbs relatively robust, tibia 0.54 of SVL and foot 0.77 of SVL; heels overlapping when hindlimbs flexed at right angles to axis of body; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the nostril when hindlimb is stretched along the side of the body; toes relatively long and thin, relative lengths I &lt;II &lt;V &lt;III &lt;IV; tip of each toe slightly dilated with remarkable elongated ventral callous pad, forming long and pointed disk; well-developed lateroventral grooves on toes, not meeting at the tip of disks; webbing moderate, webbing formula: I 1⅓ - 2 II 1⅓ - 2⅓ III 1⅔ - 3 IV 3⅓ - 1⅓ V; presence of lateral fringes on inner and outer sides of each toes, forming distinct dermal flap on the lateral edges of toes I and V; subarticular tubercles rounded, prominent; inner metatarsal tubercle elliptic, length triple the width; outer metatarsal tubercle indistinct, small and rounded; tarsal folds and tarsal tubercle absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Dorsal surface rough with dense horny spinules; developed dorsolateral fold with sparse horny spinules from posterior margin of upper eyelid to above groin but intermittent posteriorly; flank rough with dense tubercles and dense horny spinules; a large and smooth suprabrachial gland behind base of forelimb, prominent; dorsal surface of forelimb relatively smooth without horny spinules, weak longitudinal ridges on upper arms and slightly extending to lower arm; the dorsal surfaces of thigh and tibia rough with dese tubercles and dense horny spinules, forming several longitudinal ridges. Ventral surface of throat, body, and limbs smooth; large flattened tubercles densely arranged on the rear of thigh and around vent.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="coloration of holotype">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Coloration of holotype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
In life (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a 005767 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov. in life. (A) dorsolateral view; (B) ventral view; (C) left hand; (D) nuptial pad; (E) right foot; (F) close-up of head showing the dense white horny spinules on dorsum, upper eyelid, while absent on temporal regions." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382089" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">5</figureCitation>
), dorsal surface reddish brown; horny spinules on the skin white; pineal ocellus yellowish; a yellowish mid-dorsal stripe on the posterior dorsum; dorsolateral fold dark brown; upper flank dark brown; lower flank light brown; suprabrachial gland light brown. Dorsal forelimbs light brown; a longitudinal black stripe on the anterior surface of the forelimb; dorsal hindlimbs dark brown, four dark crossbars on the thigh, three on the tibia and three on the tarsus. Loreal and temporal regions dark brown, tympanum light brown; upper ⅓ iris brownish white and lower ⅔ iris reddish brown; maxillary gland and shoulder gland white. Throat dark purplish brown; ventral surface of body and limbs creamy white; rear thigh tinged with pink; ventral hand white with large purplish brown patches; ventral foot purplish brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
In preservative (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Morphological features of the adult male holotype SYS a 005767 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov. in preservative. (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) lateral view; (D) right hand; (E) right foot." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382090" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">6</figureCitation>
), dorsal surface faded with the pineal ocellus and mid-dorsal stripe clearer; white spinules more distinct; dorsal limbs faded with the crossbars more distinct; ventral surface faded, throat grey.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Variations.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
Measurements of type series are given in Table 
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 6" captionStartId="T7" captionText="Table 6. Measurements (in mm) of the type series of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov. An asterisk denotes the holotype." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/41A73531C4B9D9E18E98F5D14C879A92" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" tableUuid="41A73531C4B9D9E18E98F5D14C879A92">6</tableCitation>
. All specimens were similar in morphology. Females (57.0 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
2.1 mm, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 3) (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. (A) adult female paratype SYS a 005766 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov.; (B) adult male paratype SYS a 005765; (C) eggs in the water surface found in Mt Bamian." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382091" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">7A</figureCitation>
) are not significantly larger than males (53.9 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
3.3 mm, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 5), but relatively smooth than males, not bearing white horny spinules on the dorsum, dorsolateral folds, and flanks. Pineal ocellus invisible in SYS a005765 (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. (A) adult female paratype SYS a 005766 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov.; (B) adult male paratype SYS a 005765; (C) eggs in the water surface found in Mt Bamian." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382091" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">7B</figureCitation>
); numerous black spots on flanks in SYS a005766.
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="41A73531C4B9D9E18E98F5D14C879A92" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/41A73531C4B9D9E18E98F5D14C879A92" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" start="Table 6" startId="T7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Table 6.</emphasis>
Measurements (in mm) of the type series of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Nidirana guangdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. An asterisk denotes the holotype.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<table pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">SYS a005767</emphasis>
*
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">SYS a005765</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">SYS a005995</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">SYS a006879 / CIB 107273</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">SYS a007688</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">SYS a005766</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">SYS a005997</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">SYS a005998</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Sex</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Male</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Female</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Female</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Female</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">SVL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">55.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">51.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">50.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">58.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">54.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">56.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">59.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">55.3</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">HDL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">19.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">18.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">18.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">20.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">20.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">20.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">22.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">21.0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">HDW</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">17.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">17.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">17.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">18.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">18.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">18.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">18.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">18.5</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">SNT</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">7.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">7.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">7.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">7.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">8.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">8.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">8.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">8.0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">IND</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">6.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">IOD</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">ED</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">6.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">6.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">6.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.8</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">TD</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">5.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">3.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">4.7</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">TED</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">1.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">1.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">1.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">HND</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">14.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">13.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">13.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">14.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">14.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">14.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">14.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">15.8</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">RAD</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">9.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">8.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">8.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">9.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">8.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">9.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">9.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">9.7</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">FTL</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">42.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">39.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">40.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">45.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">43.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">45.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">46.9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">47.0</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">TIB</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">29.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">27.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">25.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">30.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">29.2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">30.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">31.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">31.9</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382091" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 7.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
) adult female paratype SYS a005766 of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Nidirana guangdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.; (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
) adult male paratype SYS a005765; (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
) eggs in the water surface found in Mt Bamian.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Distribution and ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
Currently, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Nidirana guangdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is known from northern Guangdong, southern Jiangxi and southeastern Hunan, indicating that this frog is distributed in the Nanling Mountains and southern Luoxiao Mountains of southern China. The frog inhabits in natural ponds. The adult males call at the water surface and the females oviposit directly into the water (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. (A) adult female paratype SYS a 005766 of Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov.; (B) adult male paratype SYS a 005765; (C) eggs in the water surface found in Mt Bamian." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.914.36604.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382091" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">7C</figureCitation>
) from April to June. The tadpoles of this species remain unknown. In Mt Nankun, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="N. guangdongensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="guangdongensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. guangdongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is sympatric with 
<taxonomicName lsidName="N. nankunensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="nankunensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N. nankunensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the same pond and is more abundant.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="vocalization">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Vocalization.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
The advertisement call (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 54) of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Nidirana guangdongensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. contains 2-4 repeated, identical, regular notes. The two-note call has a duration of 445.0-559.0 (520.6 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
27.4, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 19) ms; the three-note call has a duration of 681.5-875.8 (794.6 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
46.4, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 28) ms; the four-note call has a duration of 1117.6-1198.1 (1152.9 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
29.8, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 7) ms. The notes last 134.0-226.7 (164.3 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
16.2, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 150) ms with the rise time 0.0-138.5 (28.7 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
32.4, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 150) ms, and the intervals last 79.9-262.6 (162.1 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
26.4, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
= 96) ms.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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