Two new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwestern China

By

Wang, Jian (Herpetologist)
Lyu, Zhi-Tong
Qi, Shuo
Zeng, Zhaochi
Zhang, Wen-Xiang
Long, Shan-Lu
Wang, Ying-Yong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

995

Pages

97--125

Subjects

Leptobrachella aspera sp. nov , Leptobrachella dorsospina sp. nov , molecular phylogeny , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.995.55939

 

Abstract

Two new toad species of the genusLeptobrachellaare described from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China, based on the combination of molecular and morphological data. The description ofLeptobrachella asperaWang, Lyu, Qi & Wang,sp. nov.from Huanglianshan Nature Reserve represents the thirteenthLeptobrachellaspecies known from Yunnan Province, and the description ofLeptobrachella dorsospinaWang, Lyu, Qi & Wang,sp. nov.from Yushe Forest Park represents the sixthLeptobrachellaspecies known from Guizhou Province. These new discoveries further emphasize the extremely high diversity of theLeptobrachellatoads in these regions.