A new species of stream-living toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Bufo) from Guangdong, China

A new species of stream-living toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Bufo) from Guangdong, China

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Abstract In this work, we describe a new species of genus Bufo, Bufo exiguus sp.nov.from Mt.Nankun, Guangdong Province, China.

This new species can be distinguished from all congeners B CALM by significant divergences in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and CO1 genes and by a combination of morphological characters: small body size, tympanum absent, parotoid glands small and olive-shaped, tarsal fold absent, dorsal body with a Interchangeable Wood Sign fine vertebral line and white nuptial spinules present on dorsal and inner surfaces of fingers I and II in males.At present, Bufo exiguus sp.nov.is only known from the slow-flowing montane streams from its type locality and its conservation status should be carefully addressed.