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- Title
A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from northwest Guizhou Province, China.
- Authors
Yan-Lin Cheng; Sheng-Chao Shi; Jiaqi Li; Jing Liu; Shi-Ze Li; Bin Wang
- Abstract
A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella is described from Guizhou Province, China. Molecular phylogenetic analyses support the new species as an independent lineage deeply nested in the Leptobrachella clade. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: body size medium (SVL 29.7-31.2 mm in five adult males); dorsal skin shagreened, some of the granules forming longitudinal short skin ridges; tympanum distinctly discernible, slightly concave; supra-axillary, femoral, pectoral and ventrolateral glands distinctly visible; absence of webbing and lateral fringes on fingers; toes with narrow lateral fringes but without webbing; heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body; tibia-tarsal articulation reaching the middle of eye when leg stretched forward. The discovery highlighted the underestimated species diversity in the Leptobrachella toads in southwestern China.
- Subjects
GUIZHOU Sheng (China); CHINA; FOREST litter; ANURA; TOADS; SPECIES; SPECIES diversity; INSECT anatomy
- Publication
ZooKeys, 2021, Issue 1021, p81
- ISSN
1313-2989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/zookeys.1021.60729