Brachytarsophrys wui Lyu, Zhou & Long 2026, sp. nov.

Brachytarsophrys wui Lyu, Zhou & Long sp. nov. Type material. Holotype • GIB 1972747, adult male, from Lengshui River of Mt. Foding Nature Reserve, Shiqian County, Guizhou Province, China (27.326006°N, 108.142440°E, elevation 740–1000 m. a. s. l.; Fig. 1), collected by Jingcai Lyu on 28 July 2019. Paratypes • Six specimens (two adult females, four adult males): GIB 1972746, GIB 1972748 –50, adult males, from the type locality collected by Jingcai Lyu on 28 July 2019 • GIB 1972725, adult female, collected by Shenglun Zhou on 27 July 2019, from Binjia River • GIB 1972751, adult female, collected by Shenglun Zhou on 23 July 2020 from Lengshui River of Mt. Foding. Reference specimens. GIB 1972709, GIB 20408, two tadpoles were collected by Jingcai Lyu on 29 July 2019 and 8 April 2020 from Lengshui River of Mt. Foding. Diagnosis. Brachytarsophrys wui sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) medium body size (SVL 88.1–93.2 mm in five adult males and 108.7–111.2 mm in two adult females); (2) head very large, wider than long, and nearly one-half as broad as the SVL; (3) tympanum hidden; (4) pupils black, iris brownish red; (5) upper eyelid with tubercles, one of which is enlarged and becoming a prominent, bluntly conical horn; (6) dorsal skin slightly rough with irregularly shaped dark blotches and stripes; (7) belly, chest, and limbs smooth with irregular off-white spots; (8) chin, ventral surface of throat rough with dark brown, irregularly shaped markings, two large longitudinal black-brown stripes on lateral throat; (9) single subgular vocal sac openings slit-like, located posterolateral on floor of mouth in male; (10) indistinct brown nuptial pad on the dorsal surface of the first and second fingers base, with dense, tiny, black nuptial spines in adult male during breeding season; (11) forelimb short and thick, webbing absent, One third as broad as distal toe phalanx; (12) relative length of fingers I