A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou, China
Based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses, a new species of the genus Boulenophrys is described from Yezhong Nature Reserve, Shuicheng County, Guizhou Province, China. Phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial genes 16S rRNA and COI indicate that this new species represents a...
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| author | Jing Liu Chao-Bo Feng Tuo Shen Shi-Ze Li Yanlin Cheng Gang Wei Bin Wang Haijun Su |
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| description | Based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses, a new species of the genus Boulenophrys is described from Yezhong Nature Reserve, Shuicheng County, Guizhou Province, China. Phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial genes 16S rRNA and COI indicate that this new species represents an independent species-level lineage, closely related to B. fanjingmontis, B. qianbeiensis, B. sangzhiensis, and B. spinata. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characteristics: (1) body size moderate (SVL 41.2–46.2 mm in adult males and 51.8–58.6 mm in adult females); (2) a single small horn-like tubercle at the edge of each upper eyelid; (3) vomerine teeth absent; (4) tongue not notched posteriorly; (5) tympanum distinctly visible, round; (6) toes with rudimentary webbing and narrow lateral fringes; (7) heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body; (8) tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of the middle of the eye when the leg is stretched forward; (9) a single internal subgular vocal sac in males; (10) in breeding males, the nuptial pads have black nuptial spines on the bases of the first and second fingers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-51d368dc09e94b5283de8d1ee2ccb3442025-08-20T02:40:14ZengPensoft PublishersHerpetozoa2682-955X2025-06-013811713610.3897/herpetozoa.38.e155430155430A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou, ChinaJing Liu0Chao-Bo Feng1Tuo Shen2Shi-Ze Li3Yanlin Cheng4Gang Wei5Bin Wang6Haijun Su7Guizhou UniversityGuizhou UniversityGuizhou UniversityGuizhou UniversityMoutai InstituteGuiyang CollegeChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesGuizhou UniversityBased on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses, a new species of the genus Boulenophrys is described from Yezhong Nature Reserve, Shuicheng County, Guizhou Province, China. Phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial genes 16S rRNA and COI indicate that this new species represents an independent species-level lineage, closely related to B. fanjingmontis, B. qianbeiensis, B. sangzhiensis, and B. spinata. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characteristics: (1) body size moderate (SVL 41.2–46.2 mm in adult males and 51.8–58.6 mm in adult females); (2) a single small horn-like tubercle at the edge of each upper eyelid; (3) vomerine teeth absent; (4) tongue not notched posteriorly; (5) tympanum distinctly visible, round; (6) toes with rudimentary webbing and narrow lateral fringes; (7) heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body; (8) tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of the middle of the eye when the leg is stretched forward; (9) a single internal subgular vocal sac in males; (10) in breeding males, the nuptial pads have black nuptial spines on the bases of the first and second fingers.https://herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/155430/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Jing Liu Chao-Bo Feng Tuo Shen Shi-Ze Li Yanlin Cheng Gang Wei Bin Wang Haijun Su A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou, China Herpetozoa |
| title | A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou, China |
| title_full | A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou, China |
| title_fullStr | A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou, China |
| title_short | A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou, China |
| title_sort | new species of the genus boulenophrys anura megophryidae from guizhou china |
| url | https://herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/155430/download/pdf/ |
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