Morphological and molecular evidence reveal a new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from the northeastern hills of Yunnan, China

Liu, Nai-Yi; Chen, Lu; Xu, Wei; Wu, Yun-He

doi:10.3897/zse.101.148507

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Zoosystematics and evolution Article: Morphological and molecular evidence reveal a new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from the northeastern hills of Yunnan, China

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Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 1397, Date 2025-8-8
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A new species of Hoplias (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) from the Maranhão State, western Northeast Atlantic basin, Brazil
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Discovery of a new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Guizhou Province, China
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An integrative analysis and account of two new species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from the Hengduan Mountains, southwest China, with reflections on the historical biogeography of Eastern Palearctic/Oriental lineages
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 1513, Date 2025-8-19
The cavernicolous freshwater prawn in China, with description of two new species (Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Macrobrachium)
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 1531, Date 2025-8-22
A new species of the genus Plagiostomum (Platyhelminthes, Prolecithophora, Plagiostomidae), with description of its reproductive and developmental characteristics
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 1555, Date 2025-8-22
Balitora dehouensis, a new species of cave-dwelling hillstream loach (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) from the upper Red River, southwestern China
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Three new non-lacustrine species of the endemic freshwater gastropod genus Sulawesidrobia (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Tateidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, with additional records of species from ancient Lake Poso
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A new freshwater shrimp species of the genus Caridina (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) from Quang Ninh province, Northeast Vietnam
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Gibbosula sinensis, a new species on the verge of extinction of the world’s most threatened freshwater mussel family Margaritiferidae Henderson, 1929 from China (Bivalvia, Palaeoheterodonta, Unionida)
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Taxonomic and distributional revision of Pareas boulengeri (Reptilia, Squamata, Pareidae), including two new species from eastern and central China
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Mitogenomic analysis reveals two cryptic lineages and provides insights into the historical biogeography of the genus Pseudohynobius (Caudata, Hynobiidae)
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A new species of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia, Squamata, Viperidae) from Southwestern China
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Phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic contextualization and insight on the evolution of the freshwater crabs’ genus Dilocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Decapoda, Trichodactylidae): a widespread species complex in the largest South American lowland river basins
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An illustrated type catalogue of Born’s collection at the Natural History Museum Vienna. Part 1: Mollusca (Bivalvia and Scaphopoda), Brachiopoda
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 1691, Date 2025-9-3
Systematics of Stenocercus chrysopygus Boulenger, 1900 (Squamata, Tropiduridae) species complex using genetic and morphological evidence
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 1747, Date 2025-9-4
Description of a new species from eastern Guangxi within the Oreonectes polystigmus complex (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) by integrating morphological and genetic evidence
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 1763, Date 2025-9-9
Redescription of Plagiopholis styani (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae), with description of two new species from China
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One more new ring nematode of the Xenocriconemella macrodora species-complex (Nematoda, Criconematidae): Xenocriconemella persica sp. nov. from Iran
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New molecular resources of Loimia borealis (Annelida, Terebellidae) based on genome-skimming and RNA-seq approaches, with insights into monophyly of the genus
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Diversity of Niphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) in France, as revealed by DNA barcoding approach
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Two new species of the millipede genus Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 from Wuling Mountains, Hunan Province, China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae)
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Two new genera and species of river snails from the upper Changjiang River Basin in China (Gastropoda, Viviparidae)
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The centipede genera Alluropus Silvestri, 1911 and Rhysida Wood, 1862 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) in Vietnam, with a description of a new species
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Redescriptions have consequences: biogeographic and conservation insights from the redescription of a widespread freshwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Gammaridae)
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Yunnanilus mentibarbatus, a new species of loach from Yunnan, China (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae)
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A new moderate-toothed croaker, Johnius medidentatus sp. nov. (Acanthuriformes, Sciaenidae) from the Indian Ocean
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Description of a species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata, Salamandridae) from Guizhou, China, based on morphological and genomic evidence
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A new species of the genus Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China
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Mongolodiaptomus nakhonphanomensis sp. nov. (Copepoda, Calanoida, Diaptomidae) from north-eastern Thailand, with a note on M. pectinidactylus (Shen & Tai, 1964)
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The pseudoscorpion family Garypidae (Pseudoscorpiones) of Taiwan: a new species in the newly recorded genus Anchigarypus and the first females of Garypus wilsoni and Garypus sanasai
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On a new species of Chinapotamon Daiand Naiyanetr, 1994 and the first record of Chinapotamon pusillum (Song, 1984) and Songpotamon malipoense Shi, Pan & Sun, 2023 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from northern Vietnam
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Generic revision on the Biwia– Microphysogobio complex (Cypriniformes, Gobionidae) with descriptions of three new genera
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Integrative taxonomic evidence for a new species of genus Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Mao'er Mountain, Guangxi, China
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A new species of Plagiopholis Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae) from Guangdong, China
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2171, Date 2025-11-17
Pseudocuneopsis heqing sp. nov. (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from karst rivers of Guizhou, China: integrative species delimitation and mitogenomic phylogeny
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2181, Date 2025-11-17
First records of Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatidae) from China with mitogenomic evidence
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2191, Date 2025-11-17
Morphological and molecular evidence reveal a new species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata, Salamandridae) from Chongqing, China
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A new rock-dwelling gecko of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from northwestern Sichuan Province, China
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A new genus and species of freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Anhui, China
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2243, Date 2025-11-18
A new species of Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from northern Jiangxi, China
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2251, Date 2025-11-18
A ‘little dragon’ from Kunming City: a new green pit viper from Yunnan Province, China (Squamata, Viperidae, Trimeresurus)
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2267, Date 2025-11-18
Integrative taxonomy reveals the Caridina clinata Cai, Nguyen & Ng, 1999 species complex (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae), with descriptions of eight new species from Hainan Island, China
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2295, Date 2025-11-19
Unveiling hidden diversity in Odorrana (Anura, Ranidae) with description of a new species from Yingjiang, China and the first national records of Odorrana heatwolei in Thailand and Vietnam
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Taxonomy and phylogeny of Myxobolus branchiostegi sp. nov. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) infecting the gallbladder of Branchiostegus argentatus Cuvier, 1830 from the East China Sea
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2357, Date 2025-11-27
Limnocythere curvispinosa sp. nov. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from two ancient lakes in the Xiaojiang Fault zone, Yunnan Province, southwestern China
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2369, Date 2025-12-2
A new species of Alticola (Mammalia, Rodentia, Arvicolinae) from southern Tibet, China
Vol 101, Iss 4, Page 2387, Date 2025-12-3

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Morphological and molecular evidence reveal a new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from the northeastern hills of Yunnan, China

Liu, Nai-Yi
Chen, Lu
Xu, Wei
Wu, Yun-He

Sofia Pensoft

2025-8-8

https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.148507

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