A new species of the Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Hubei, China
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Food Science and Engineering, Moutai Institute, Renhuai, China|Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- 2. Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China|Jianghan University, Wuhan, China
- 3. Department of Food Science and Engineering, Moutai Institute, Renhuai, China
- 4. Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing, China
- 5. Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
Description
A new species of Asian horned toad, Boulenophrys, is described from Changyang County, Hubei Province, China. The new species differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body size moderate (SVL 39.4–43.3 mm in males); (2) a small horn-like tubercle at the edge of each upper eyelid; (3) vomerine ridges weak and vomerine teeth absent; (4) tongue not notched posteriorly; (5) head width greater than head length; (6) no large, pale-white circular spots on the shoulders; (7) toes without webbing or lateral fringes; (8) heels overlapping when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body; (9) tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of the middle of the eye when the leg is stretched forward; (10) an internal single subgular vocal sac in males; and (11) in breeding males, nuptial pads bearing black nuptial spines on the dorsal bases of the first and second fingers.
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