A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS VIBRISSAPHORA (ANURA: MEGOPHRYIDAE) FROM YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA

A new species in the genus Vibrissaphora was found during a 2003 survey of the southern part of Yunnan Province, China. The new species appears intermediate between the genera Vibrissaphora and Leptobrachium. Unlike other species of Vibrissaphora, it has a small body size similar to L. chapaense, bu...

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Published in:Herpetologica 2006-03, Vol.62 (1), p.90-95
Main Authors: Rao, Ding-Qi, Wilkinson, Jeffery A., Zhang, Ming-Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anura
Biological taxonomies
Body size
China
Female animals
Hand bones
Head
Herpetology
Holotypes
Leptobrachium
Male animals
Megophryidae
New species
Point of View
Sympatric species
Taxonomy
Vibrissaphora
Vibrissaphora, Vibrissaphora promustache sp. nov
Yunnan
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Summary:A new species in the genus Vibrissaphora was found during a 2003 survey of the southern part of Yunnan Province, China. The new species appears intermediate between the genera Vibrissaphora and Leptobrachium. Unlike other species of Vibrissaphora, it has a small body size similar to L. chapaense, but has spines on each side of the upper lip characteristic of Vibrissaphora. The spines are much smaller and more numerous than are those of any species of Vibrissaphora, including the sympatric V. ailaonica.
ISSN:0018-0831
1938-5099
DOI:10.1655/05-05.1