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Description of two new species of the Genus Megophiys, 

 Pelobatidae ( Amphibia: Anura ) from China 



Liang Fei, Chang-yiian Ye 

 (Chengdu Institute of Biology, Academia Sinica 610015) 



Yong-zhao Huang 

 (Chongqing Museum of Natural History, Sichuan 630700) 



Abstract: In 1975 and 1987, two species of Megophrys were collected separately 

 in Yizhang, Hunan and Jingdong, Yunnan. Afterwards, we compared them to existing 

 species of Megophrys, especially to the similar species M lateralis (Anderson) using 

 extemal morophology and characters of the skull. We found they were greatly different, 

 so we regard them as two new species, M mangshanensis and M. glandulosa. This article 

 gives a description of the morphology and ecology of these two new species. 



Key words: Amphibia, Pelobatidae, Megophrys mangshanensis new species, M. 

 glandulosa new species, systematics. 



During our expeditions to Yizhang, Hunan in 1975, and Jingdong, Yunnan in 1987, 

 we found two types of species of Megophrys, Pelobatidae. After a comparison of these 

 species to existing species of the genus, we found their body sizes, shapes, and 

 morphological characters to be very close to M. lateralis. After further studies of these 

 three similar species using their extemal morphology and the characters of skull, we found 

 them distinctly different (please see Table 1, figure 1-4 and Liu, 1961). Therefore, we 

 believe the two specimens collected from Jingdong, Yunnan and Mangshan, Hunan are 

 new species and we name them as M. glandulosa and M. mangshanensis. 



Type specimens are all kept in Chengdu Institute of Biology, Academia Sinica. 



Now the description of the morphology and ecology are recorded as follows: 



Megophrys glandulosa Fei, Ye et Huang, new species 



Holotype: No. 873112, adult male; Wuliang Shan, Jmgdong, Yunnan Province, 

 elevation 1900m, collected on March 29, 1987 by Fei Liang. 



Allotype: No.873201, adult female; Wuliang Shan, Jingdong, Yunnan Province, 

 elevation 2100m; collected on May 2, 1975. 



Paratype: 25 cfcf, 2 9, collected in the same place as the holotype, elevation 

 1900-2100m; collected on March 29-30, 1987 by Fei Liang, Huang Yongzhao, Luo Jiarui. 



