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Description of a new species of the genus Xenophrys Günther, 1864 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Mount Jinggang, China, based on molecular and morphological data

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol / The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol / The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, Ciping, 343600, Jinggangshan City, Jiangxi, P.R. China
Kadoorie Conservation China, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol / The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol / The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, Ciping, 343600, Jinggangshan City, Jiangxi, P.R. China
Amphibia Megophryidae Xenophrys jinggangensis sp. nov. morphology mitochondrial DNA taxonomy

Abstract

A new species, Xenophrys jinggangensis sp. nov., is described based on a series of specimens collected from Mount Jing-gang, Jiangxi Province, Eastern China. The new species can be easily distinguished from other known congeners by mor-phology, morphometrics and molecular data of the mitochondrial 16SrRNA gene. The new species is characterized by itssmall size with adult females measuring 38.4–41.6 mm in snout-vent length and males measuring 35.1–36.7 mm; headlength approximately equal to head width; tympanum large and distinct, about 0.8 times of eye diameter; vomerine teethon two weak ridges; tongue not notched behind; relative finger length II < I < IV < III; slight lateral fringes present ondigits; toes bases with thick, fleshy web; dorsum with tubercles and swollen dorsolateral folds; large pustules scattered on flanks; and unique color patterns. The new species represents the thirty-first known Xenophrys in China.

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