A new species of the odorous frog genus Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from southwestern China

The genus Odorrana is widely distributed in the mountains of East and Southeastern Asia. An increasing number of new species in the genus have been recognized especially in the last decade. Phylogenetic studies of the O. schmackeri species complex with wide distributional range also revealed several cryptic species. Here, we describe a new species in the species complex from Guizhou Province of China. Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial DNA indicated the new species as a monophyly clustered into the Odorrana clade and sister to O. schmackeri, and nuclear DNA also indicated it as an independent lineage separated from its related species. Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished from its congeners based on a combination of the following characters: (1) having smaller body size in males (snout-vent length (SVL) <43.3 mm); (2) head longer than wide; (3) dorsolateral folds absent; (4) tympanum of males large and distinct, tympanum diameter twice as long as width of distal phalanx of finger III; (5) two metacarpal tubercles; (6) relative finger lengths: II < I < IV < III; (7) tibiotarsal articulation reaching to the level between eye to nostril when leg stretched forward; (8) disks on digits with circum-marginal grooves; (9) toes fully webbed to disks; (10) the first subarticular tubercle on fingers weak; (11) having white pectoral spinules, paired subgular vocal sacs located at corners of throat, light yellow nuptial pad on the first finger in males

FIGURE 7 in A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China

FIGURE 7. Advertisement call of the holotype CIBFJS20180425013 of Microhyla fanjingshanensis sp. nov.. A, waveform showing one note. B, sonogram showing one note. C, waveform showing three notes of one advertisement call. D, sonogram showing three notes of one call.Published as part of Li, Shize, Zhang, Meihua, Xu, Ning, Lv, Jingcai, Jiang, Jianping, Liu, Jing, Wei, Gang & Wang, Bin, 2019, A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China, pp. 551-575 in Zootaxa 4624 (4) on page 569, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/326561

FIGURE 4. The holotype specimen CIBFJS20180425013 in A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China

FIGURE 4. The holotype specimen CIBFJS20180425013 of Microhyla fanjingshanensis sp. nov.. A, dorsal view. B, ventral view. C, ventral view of hand. D, ventral view of foot.Published as part of Li, Shize, Zhang, Meihua, Xu, Ning, Lv, Jingcai, Jiang, Jianping, Liu, Jing, Wei, Gang & Wang, Bin, 2019, A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China, pp. 551-575 in Zootaxa 4624 (4) on page 557, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/326561

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FIGURE 8. Habitats of Microhyla fanjingshanensis sp. nov. in the type locality, Fanjing Mountain, Yinjiang County, Guizhou Province, China. A, landscape of montane forests in the type locality. B, a mountain stream occupied by the species in its type locality; insert: mating couples of the species.Published as part of Li, Shize, Zhang, Meihua, Xu, Ning, Lv, Jingcai, Jiang, Jianping, Liu, Jing, Wei, Gang & Wang, Bin, 2019, A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China, pp. 551-575 in Zootaxa 4624 (4) on page 570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/326561

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FIGURE 6. Color variation in Microhyla fanjingshanensis sp. nov.. A, dorsal view of the male specimen CIBFJS20180425002. B, ventral view of the male specimen CIBFJS20180425002. C, dorsolateral view of the male specimen CIBFJS20180425006. D, ventral view of the male specimen CIBFJS20180425006. E, dorsal view of the female specimen CIBFJS20180425011..Published as part of Li, Shize, Zhang, Meihua, Xu, Ning, Lv, Jingcai, Jiang, Jianping, Liu, Jing, Wei, Gang & Wang, Bin, 2019, A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China, pp. 551-575 in Zootaxa 4624 (4) on page 560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/326561

A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China

Li, Shize, Zhang, Meihua, Xu, Ning, Lv, Jingcai, Jiang, Jianping, Liu, Jing, Wei, Gang, Wang, Bin (2019): A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China. Zootaxa 4624 (4): 551-575, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.

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FIGURE 5. Photos of the holotype CIBFJS20180425013 of Microhyla fanjingshanensis sp. nov. in life. A, dorsal view. B, ven- tral view. C, dorsolateral view showing the single external subgular vocal sac. D, ventral view of hand. E, ventral view of foot.Published as part of Li, Shize, Zhang, Meihua, Xu, Ning, Lv, Jingcai, Jiang, Jianping, Liu, Jing, Wei, Gang & Wang, Bin, 2019, A new species of the genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Guizhou Province, China, pp. 551-575 in Zootaxa 4624 (4) on page 558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/326561