1. Two new
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Jian, Wang, Zhi-Tong, Lyu, Shuo, Qi, Zhao-Chi, Zeng, Wen-Xiang, Zhang, Long-Shan, Lu, and Ying-Yong, Wang
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Vertebrata ,China ,Asia ,Megophryidae ,Leptobrachella dorsospina sp. nov ,Amphibia ,Central Asia ,Systematics ,morphology ,Animalia ,Anura ,Chordata ,Leptobrachella aspera sp. nov ,molecular phylogeny ,Research Article ,Taxonomy - Abstract
Two new toad species of the genus Leptobrachella are described from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China, based on the combination of molecular and morphological data. The description of Leptobrachella aspera Wang, Lyu, Qi & Wang, sp. nov. from Huanglianshan Nature Reserve represents the thirteenth Leptobrachella species known from Yunnan Province, and the description of Leptobrachella dorsospina Wang, Lyu, Qi & Wang, sp. nov. from Yushe Forest Park represents the sixth Leptobrachella species known from Guizhou Province. These new discoveries further emphasize the extremely high diversity of the Leptobrachella toads in these regions.
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- 2020