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A new species of Leaf Litter Toad,    Leptobrachella   shimentaina    sp. nov. , is described from the Shimentai and Luokeng nature reserves of northern Guangdong Province, southern China. The new taxon can be distinguished from all recognized congeners by a combination of discrete morphological character state differences relating to its small body size ( SVL  26.4–28.9 mm in six adult males, 30.1 and 30.7 mm in two adult females); a number of apparently fixed color pattern character differences (including eye coloration and color pattern features from dorsal, ventral, and dorsolateral surfaces of its head, body, limbs, and ventrum); the morphological and discrete characteristics of the external phenotype (the skin texture of dorsum and ventrum, the presence of supra-axillary and ventrolateral glands, the wide dermal fringes and rudimentary webbing on toes, and the uninterrupted longitudinal ridges under toes). Two samples of this new species previously were proposed as representing a new, unnamed species. We now substantiate this claim by providing diagnostic comparisons of discrete character differences. In addition, we also discuss taxonomic uncertainty surrounding the identity of two congeners,    L.   chishuiensis    and    L.   purpurus   , which we interpret as indicative of taxonomic inflation in the species-rich subfamily   Megophryidae  .

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﻿A new    Leptobrachella    species (  Anura  ,   Megophryidae  ) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of    L.   chishuiensis    and    L.   purpurus

﻿A new Leptobrachella species ( Anura , Megophryidae ) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of L. chishuiensis and L. purpurus

A new Leptobrachella species ( Anura , Megophryidae ) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of L. chishuiensis and L. purpurus