Abstract
A new species of the genre Nidarana Dubois, 1992 is described from Cangshan Mountain, prefecture of Dali, Yunnan province, China. The new species is morphologically more similar to N. Pleuraden (Boulenger, 1904) and N. Western Lyu, Yang and Wang, 2020, but it can be different from the last two species by having a relatively shorter and more wide head, relatively larger eyes, relatively smaller Tympana, a relatively shorter foot and a big difference in the body size between men and femals. Phylogenetically, the new species differs from its peers by a genetic divergence of 2.6–8.6% and 6.1–14.1% in genes 16s and COI, respectively. This study emphasizes even more than the diversity of gender Nidarana It is still severely underestimated.
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| Holotype (KIZ2024164) of Nidarana Cangshanensis sp. nov. In life. (A) dorsal view; (B) left view; (C) Ventral view; (D) Correct view. |
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| Parathypes of Nidarana Cangshanensis sp. nov. In life. (D – f) The male KIZ2024171; (G – i) The male KIZ2024174; (J – L) The female KIZ2024166. |
Nidarana Cangshanensis sp. nov.
Diagnosis. Body size medium, SVL 43.6–52.1 mm in adult men and 59.7–64.1 mm in adult women; relatively short head, HDL/SVL 0.34-0.36; head length approximately equal to the width of the head, HDL/HDW 0.99–1.05; relatively large eye, ED/HDL 0.29-0.33; Relatively small eardrum, TD/HDL 0.17–0.20, TD/ED 0.52–0.71; tip of each non -extensive digit; absent LateroVentral slot in each digit; Short foot, FTL/SVL 0.52–0.57; warm-tarsal articulation that reaches the eardrum and eye or eye; heels just gather; posterior of the rough dorsal skin with tubers; a pair of subgular vocal bags in reproductive males; Individual bridal pad present in the first finger in adult men; large and soft suprabraquial gland.
Etymology. The specific name Cangshanensis refers to the type town Cangshan mountainIn the prefecture of Dali, province of Yunnan, China. We suggest that the common name in English is “Cangshan mountain music” and the common Chinese name is “苍山琴蛙 (Pinyin: cāng shān qín wā)”.
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