A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Nanshan National Park, Hunan Province, China
Abstract
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Xiao, Bei, Zhu, Leqiang, Wang, Lu, Li, Hui, Maimaiti, Ayinuer, Li, Shize, Zhang, Guoai, Liu, Wuzhou, Fei, Dongbo, Liao, Changle, Tang, Xiaoquan, Shi, Shengchao, Mo, Xiaoyang (2026): A new species of the genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Nanshan National Park, Hunan Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102 (1): 53-70, DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.175092AbstractA new species of Asian horned toad, Boulenophrys youran sp. nov., is described from Nanshan National Park in southwestern Hunan Province, China. Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial 16 S rRNA and COI genes place it within the Boulenophrys omeimontis species group as a distinct lineage. The new species can be diagnosed by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) Body size relatively large, SVL 45.3–51.1 mm in nine adult males, 55.6–58.2 mm in two adult females; (2) head wider than long, males HDL / HDW 0.69–0.83; (3) margin of tongue feebly notched posteriorly; (4) subarticular tubercles present on fingers I, relative finger lengths II
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Publication date
- 5 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Dataset