taxonID	type	description	language	source
B9AA6A3F73325C69AD91BBDDD5B1EFDD.taxon	description	Table 2; Suppl. material 7; Figs 6, 7	en	Luo, Tao, Zhao, Zi-Fa, Wang, Zhong-Lian, Lan, Chang-Ting, Xiao, Ming-Yuan, Deng, Huai-Qing, Xiao, Ning, Zhou, Jiang (2025): Diversification outbreaks and dynamics of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae), with the description of a new species from Guizhou Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 223-243, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.137392
B9AA6A3F73325C69AD91BBDDD5B1EFDD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ xishuiensis ” refers to the name of the type locality, Xishui County, Guizhou, China. We suggest the English name “ Xishui Leaf-litter Toad ” and the Chinese name “ Xí Shuǐ Zhǎng Tū Chán (习水掌突蟾) ”.	en	Luo, Tao, Zhao, Zi-Fa, Wang, Zhong-Lian, Lan, Chang-Ting, Xiao, Ming-Yuan, Deng, Huai-Qing, Xiao, Ning, Zhou, Jiang (2025): Diversification outbreaks and dynamics of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae), with the description of a new species from Guizhou Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 223-243, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.137392
B9AA6A3F73325C69AD91BBDDD5B1EFDD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Leptobrachella xishuiensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) SVL 28.1 – 36.2 mm in males; (2) toes rudimentary webbed, lateral fringes on toes absent; (3) dorsal surface shagreened with small, raised tubercles and longitudinal ridges; (4) ventral surface greyish-white without dark brown spots; (5) throat, chest and ventral surfaces of limbs purplish-grey; (6) iris bicoloured, upper 1 / 3 copper, transitioning to silver in lower 2 / 3; (7) distinct black spots present on flanks; and (8) prominent inner palmar tubercle separated from the small outer palmar tubercle; (9) tibia-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of snout.	en	Luo, Tao, Zhao, Zi-Fa, Wang, Zhong-Lian, Lan, Chang-Ting, Xiao, Ming-Yuan, Deng, Huai-Qing, Xiao, Ning, Zhou, Jiang (2025): Diversification outbreaks and dynamics of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae), with the description of a new species from Guizhou Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 223-243, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.137392
B9AA6A3F73325C69AD91BBDDD5B1EFDD.taxon	description	Description of the holotype. Adult male, body size moderate, SVL 36.2 mm. Head length slightly wider than head width; snout short, rounded, protruding, projecting over the lower jaw, longer than eye diameter; nostril oval, closer to the tip of snout than eye; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region sloping and slightly concave; interorbital region flat, slightly longer than internarial distance; pupil vertical; eyes large, diameter near equal to snout length (EYE / SNT = 0.9); tympanum distinct, rounded and slightly concave and its diameter conspicuously less than eye diameter (TD / EYE = 0.6); supra-tympanic fold distinct, raised from corner of eye to supra-axillary gland; vocal sac openings located laterally on the floor of mouth; tongue cordiform, shallow notch at the posterior tip. Fore-limbs slender and short, length of lower arm and hand 45.1 % of SVL; tips of fingers rounded and slightly swollen; relative finger lengths I <II <IV <III; nuptial pad absent; subarticular tubercles absent; prominent inner palmar tubercle, separated from the small outer palmar tubercle; finger webbing and dermal fringes absent. Hind-limbs slender, tibia slightly nearly equal to thigh length (THL / TIB = 0.9); TIB / SVL = 0.5; tips of toes rounded, slightly swollen; relative toe length I <II <V <III <IV; subarticular tubercles absent, replaced by distinct dermal ridges; pronounced large, oval inner metatarsal tubercle; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; 1 / 3 toe webbing; lateral fringes absent; tibia-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of snout; heels overlapping when thighs are appressed at right angles to body. Dorsal surface shagreened with small, raised tubercles and longitudinal ridges; ventral and chest skin smooth without tubercles; anterior throat with several tubercles; pectoral glands oval; femoral glands oval, located on the posteroventral surface of thighs, closer to the knee than to the vent; supra-axillary glands distinct and rounded; a pair of glands under the vent; and ventrolateral glands distinctly visible and raised, forming an incomplete line.	en	Luo, Tao, Zhao, Zi-Fa, Wang, Zhong-Lian, Lan, Chang-Ting, Xiao, Ming-Yuan, Deng, Huai-Qing, Xiao, Ning, Zhou, Jiang (2025): Diversification outbreaks and dynamics of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae), with the description of a new species from Guizhou Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 223-243, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.137392
