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Skull characters: Based on the skull moq^hology of a female specimen 75 I 0689 

 and male specimen 75 1 0907, premaxilla inclined forward, from ventral view, alary 

 process of premaxilla large; anterior part of ethmoid cartiliage wide and round; right and 

 left nasals far separated from each other, but in contact with the sphenethmoid and 

 frontoparietal bones; from dorsal view, sphenethmoid does not enter the orbit; center of 

 frontoparietal weakly ossified (75 I 0689) or not ossified (75 1 0907); squamosal and 

 frontoparietal bone in contact (or ftised), prootic does not enter the orbit from dorsal part. 



Ecological data: This species of frogs lives either in sfreams of evergreen 

 broad-leaf areas or in rich vegetated forests at about 1 000m. Fallen leaves below the 

 frees are thick, and streams are very clear; many small and big rocks occur in the 

 sfreams. In middle and late June, this frog hides under fallen leaves on the roadside 

 slopes about 20-30m from sfreams. 



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