A New Species of the Amolops mantzorum Group (Anura: Ranidae: Amolops) from Northwestern Hunan Province, China  

作　　者：Tianyu QIAN Jianjun XIANG Jianping JIANG Daode YANG Jian GUI 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Wildlife Conservation,Central South University of Forestry and Technology,Changsha 410004,Hunan,China [2]Administration Bureau of Hunan Badagongshan National Nature Reserve,Sangzhi 427100,Hunan,China [3]Chengdu Institute of Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Chengdu 610041,Sichuan,China

出　　处：《Asian Herpetological Research》2023年第1期54-64,共11页亚洲两栖爬行动物研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31472021);the National Key Wildlife Subsidy Fund Project of Hunan Province(No.2021-326);the project for Endangered Wildlife Investigation,Supervision and Industry Regulation of the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau of China(No.202207-HN-001);the project for Endangered Wildlife Protection of Hunan Forestry Bureau of China(No.HNYB-202201)。

摘　　要：We described anew species of the Amolops mantzorum group(Anura:Ranidae) from northwestern Hunan Province,China based on morphological and molecular evidence.The new species differs from its congeners by a combination of the following characteristics:moderate body size of SVL 403-409 mm in adult males(N=3),and 52.6-57.7 mm in adult females(N=3);head length about equal to or larger than head width(HDL/HDW 1.01-1.03);skin on dorsum smooth;dorsolateral folds absent,but developed a series of elongated glands forming an incomplete line;dense small spiny tubercles on lower flanks,and sparse flat tubercles on upper flanks;skin on belly slightly granular,posterior half of ventral surface of thigh glandular;tympanum indistinct,small,covered by glandular skin;presence of dense spiny tubercles around the mouth corner;vomerine teeth present,attached on two oblique ridges;presence of supernumerary tubercles below the bases of fingers Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳ;several protruding tubercles around the cloacal region,with a pair of larger tubercles on sides of the anus;webs on each side of toe Ⅳ reaches the region between third subarticular tubercle and digit;and absence of vocal sacs and linea masculine in males.

关 键 词：Amolops sangzhiensis sp.nov. morphology phylogeny taxonomy torrent frogs 

分 类 号：Q959[生物学—动物学]