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Abstract A new species of the genus Megophrys is described from Guizhou Province, China. Molecular phylogenetic analyses supported the new species as an independent clade nested into the Megophrys. The new species could be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: body size moderate (SVL 49.3-58.2 mm in males); vomerine ridges present distinctly, vomerine teeth present; tongue feebly notched behind; tympanum distinctly visible, oval; two metacarpal tubercles in hand; toes with one-third webbing and wide lateral fringes; heels overlapped when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body; tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level between tympanum and eye when leg stretched forward; an internal single subgular vocal sac present in male; in breeding male, the nuptial pads with large and sparse black nuptial spines present on the dorsal bases of the first two fingers. Keywords: China, molecular phylogenetic analysis, morphology, new species, taxonomy
Author(s): Haijun Su [1]; Shengchao Shi [1]; Yanqing Wu [3]; Guangrong Li [4]; Xiaogang Yao [4]; Bin Wang (corresponding author) [2]; Shize Li (corresponding author) [2] Introduction The toad genus [...]