@article {58429, title = {A New Leaf Litter Toad of Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, China with Supplementary Description of L. oshanensis}, journal = {Asian Herpetological Research}, volume = {12}, year = {2021}, pages = {143-166}, chapter = {143}, abstract = {

A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella is described from Sichuan Province, China. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences clustered the new species as an independent clade nested into L. oshanensis species group. The new species could be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of following characters: body size moderate (25.8\–32.6 mm in male, 33.7\–34.1 mm in female); distinct black spots present on flanks; toes rudimentary webbed, with narrow lateral fringes, dermal ridges under toes interrupted at articulations; ventral belly cream white with variable brown specking; skin on dorsum relatively smooth with fine tiny granules or short ridges; iris copper above, silver bellow; greyish black patches on posterior thigh absent or small; spines on surface of chest absent in male during breeding season; nasals entirely or partially separated from sphenethmoid in male; dorsal surface of tadpoles semitransparent light brown, spots on tail absent, keratodont row formula I: 3+3(2+2)/2+2: I; calls simple, call series basically consist of repeated long calls, at dominant frequency(4831.9 \± 155.8)Hz and call duration(544.5 \± 146.8)ms. In addition, we made supplementary description on L. oshanensis including holotype, variations, tadpoles, skull and bioacoustics. Besides, this paper reports cases\ of femoral adipose glands in the genus Leptobrachella as first known sexual dimorphism skin glands for males of Megophryidae.

}, keywords = {multiple data, new species, sympatric distribution, taxonomy}, doi = {10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200118}, author = {Shengchao SHI and Yinmeng HOU and Zhaobin SONG and Jianping Jiang and Bin Wang} } @article {57543, title = {A new species of~Megophrys Kuhl \& Van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Borneo allied to~M. nasuta (Schlegel, 1858)}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Within Sundaland, the species diversity of the genus Megophrys is richest in Borneo, with some species restricted to the northern highlands of the island. On the basis of molecular, morphological and acoustic evidence, we describe a new species of large-sized Megophrys, once confused with M. nasuta. The new species Megophrys kalimantanensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from all its congeners by large genetic distance more than 6.11\% in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene, much shorter rostral and orbital appendages, and unique advertisement call. This new species has been recorded from medium to high altitudes of mountain forest in southern and northernmost Borneo.

}, keywords = {Megophrys kalimantanensis sp. nov., molecular phylogeny, new species, Southeast Asia, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4679.110.11646/zootaxa.4679.1.1}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4679.1https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4679.1.1}, author = {MUNIR, MISBAHUL and HAMIDY, AMIR and Matsui, Masafumi and ISKANDAR, DJOKO T. and SIDIK, IRVAN and SHIMADA, TOMOHIKO} } @article {53535, title = {A New Species of Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from the Gaoligongshan Mountain Range, China}, journal = {Copeia}, volume = {107}, year = {2019}, month = {Jan-01-2019}, pages = {10}, abstract = {

During recent surveys in Gaoligongshan Mountain Range, Yunnan Province of China, we collected specimens of Scutiger from a montane stream area at an elevation of 3000 m. Subsequent study based on morphological, molecular, and acoustic data reveals that the newly collected specimens represent an unknown taxon and is described herein: Scutiger tengchongensis, new species. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) relatively small size (adult male SVL 36.0\–40.1 mm, n = 8); (2) vomerine teeth absent; (3) dorsum with large prominent, conical-shaped and longitudinal tubercles; (4) large tubercles on dorsum covered by numerous tiny black spines in males in breeding condition; (5) a pair of pectoral glands and a pair of axillary glands present on the chest, and covered by dense tiny black spines in males in breeding condition; (6) pectoral gland about twice the size of axillary gland; (7) inner three fingers with black nuptial spines in males in breeding condition; (8) nuptial spines on first and second fingers larger than those on third finger; (9) black spines on the belly absent; (10) vocal sac absent; and (11) toe webbing rudimentary. The discovery of S. tengchongensis, new species, represents the southernmost record of the genus worldwide, and the new species is the smallest known member of the genus in body size.

}, doi = {10.1643/CH-17-661}, url = {https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-107/issue-1/CH-17-661/A-New-Species-of-Scutiger-Anura--Megophryidae-from-the/10.1643/CH-17-661.full}, author = {Yang, Jian-Huan and Huang, Xiang-Yuan} } @article {12364, title = {On Leptobrachium from Thailand with a Description of a New Species (Anura: Pelobatidae)}, journal = {Japanese Journal of Herpetology}, volume = {18}, year = {1999}, month = {06/1999}, pages = {19-29}, chapter = {19}, abstract = {

We compared morphological characters among Thai populations of Leptobrachium currently assigned to L. hasseltii or L. pullum. We also examined syntypes of the latter, which was first described from Vietnam as Megalophrys hasseltii var. pullus Smith, 1921, and designated the lectotype. The Thai populations are slightly variable in adult and larval morphology, but are collectively different from L. hasseltii (originally described form Java) or L. pullum. We therefore describe a new species, L. smithi, for those populations on the basis of the smaple from Khao Cong, southern Thailand.

}, keywords = {Biogeography, Leptobrachium, Peloblatidae, systematics, Thailand}, url = {http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/18830254/2047785231/name/paper.pdf}, author = {Matsui, Masafumi and Nabhitabhata, Jarujin and Panha, Somsak} }