A new species of Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from northern Jiangxi, China

By

Shen, Deming
Zhou, Haiying
Wang, Chaoyang
Xu, Jun
Xu, Shi
Zhong, Yifeng
Wang, Zhen-Yu
Cai, Hao
Wu, Yahui
Wei, Meicai
Li, Yankuo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-11-18

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

101

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

2251--2266

Subjects

Asian horned toads , Biodiversity , Boulenophrys nebulosa sp. nov. , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.166556

 

Abstract

<br> A new species of the genus<br> Boulenophrys<br> (Anura, Megophryidae),<br> Boulenophrys nebulosa<br> sp. nov.<br> , is described from Mt. Lushan, Jiangxi Province, China. Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial<br> COI<br> and<br> 16S rRNA<br> genes show that the new species forms a sister lineage to<br> B. mufumontana<br> . Morphologically,<br> B. nebulosa<br> sp. nov.<br> differs from all known congeners by a unique combination of characters and from its closest relative,<br> B. mufumontana<br> , by the following combination of characters: (1) relative finger lengths I &amp;lt; II &amp;lt; IV &amp;lt; III; (2) indistinct subarticular tubercle at the base of each finger; (3) larger male body size (SVL 31.8–32.3 mm); (4) heels just meeting when hindlimbs are folded; (5) tibiotarsal articulation reaching the center of the eye when the leg is stretched forward; and (6) vomerine teeth present. This study expands the known distribution of<br> Boulenophrys<br> in Jiangxi and provides baseline data for biodiversity conservation efforts in Mt. Lushan.<br>