taxonID	type	description	language	source
053962FC528B50BD97E46EBE1E8F38D7.taxon	description	Shimentai Leaf Litter Toad (in English) / Shi Men Tai Zhang Tu Chan (石门台掌突蟾in Chinese) Figs 3, 4, 5, 6	en	Wang, Jian, Qi, Shuo, Dai, Ke-Yuan, Lyu, Zhi-Tong, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Chen, Hong-Hui, Li, Yuan-Qiu, Zhao, Yong-You, Wang, Yun-Ze, Wang, Ying-Yong (2022): A new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of L. chishuiensis and L. purpurus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (1): 165-180, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162
053962FC528B50BD97E46EBE1E8F38D7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet " shimentaina " is an adjective derived from " shimentai ", referring to the type locality of the new species, Shimentai Nature Reserve, " ina " is used as a feminine suffix which indicates the relationship of position.	en	Wang, Jian, Qi, Shuo, Dai, Ke-Yuan, Lyu, Zhi-Tong, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Chen, Hong-Hui, Li, Yuan-Qiu, Zhao, Yong-You, Wang, Yun-Ze, Wang, Ying-Yong (2022): A new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of L. chishuiensis and L. purpurus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (1): 165-180, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162
053962FC528B50BD97E46EBE1E8F38D7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. (1) small body size [SVL 26.4 - 28.9 mm in six adult males, SVL 30.1 and 30.7 mm in two adult females], (2) iris bicolored, upper half coppery orange and lower half silver, (3) tympanum distinct, (4) supratympanic line black, (5) fingers unwebbed, with distinct lateral fringes in males [absence in females], (6) toes with rudimentary webbing, lateral fringes wide in males [narrow in females], (7) longitudinal ridges under toes continuous, with constrictions at interphalangeal articulations, (8) heels slightly overlapping when adpressed, tibial-tarsal articulation reaching mid-orbit, (9) relative lengths of fingers I = II = IV <III, and toe I <II <III = V <IV, (10) dorsal surface shagreened and granular, lacking enlarged warts, with some granules forming short longitudinal folds, (11) dorsum grayish brown to yellowish brown, with small light orange granules and distinct darker brown scattered markings with irregular light orange pigmentation, (12) flanks with several dark spots, (13) ventral surface grayish pink, with distinct hazy brown speckling on chest and ventrolateral flanks, (14) densely-distributed, small, raised pectoral and abdominal tubercles present; (15) dorsal surfaces of forelimbs and digits with dark transverse bars.	en	Wang, Jian, Qi, Shuo, Dai, Ke-Yuan, Lyu, Zhi-Tong, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Chen, Hong-Hui, Li, Yuan-Qiu, Zhao, Yong-You, Wang, Yun-Ze, Wang, Ying-Yong (2022): A new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of L. chishuiensis and L. purpurus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (1): 165-180, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162
053962FC528B50BD97E46EBE1E8F38D7.taxon	description	Description of holotype. Adult male. Body size small, SVL in 28.6 mm. Head length slightly larger than head width, HDW / HDL 0.91; snout slightly protruding, projecting slightly beyond margin of lower jaw; nostril closer to snout than eye; canthus rostralis gently rounded; loreal region slightly concave; interorbital space flat, internarial distance larger than interorbital distance, IND / IOD 1.10; pineal ocellus absent; pupil vertical; snout longer than eye diameter, SNT / EYE 1.19; tympanum distinct, rounded, diameter smaller than that of eye and larger than tympanum-eye distance, TMP / EYE 0.41, TEY / TMP 0.48; upper margin of tympanum in contact with supratympanic ridge; vomerine teeth absent; a single vocal sac; vocal sac openings slit-like, paired, located posterolaterally on floor of mouth, close to margins of mandible; tongue deeply notched posteriorly; supratympanic ridge distinct, extending from posterior corner of eye to supra-axillary gland. Tips of fingers rounded, slightly swollen; relative finger lengths I = II = IV <III; nuptial pad absent; subarticular tubercles absent; inner palmar tubercle large, rounded, distinctly separated from outer palmar tubercle; outer palmar tubercle small, rounded; fingers lacking interdigital webbing, with distinct lateral fringes. Tips of toes rounded, slightly swollen; relative toe length I <II <III = V <IV; longitudinal ridges under toes continuous, with constrictions at interphalangeal articulations; inner metatarsal tubercle large, oval; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; interdigital webbing between toes rudimentary; wide lateral fringes present on all toes. Tibia 47 % of snout-vent length; tibiotarsal articulation reaches to middle of eye; heels slightly overlapping when thighs are appressed at right angles with respect to body. Dorsal surface shagreened and granular, lacking enlarged tubercles or warts, some granules forming short longitudinal folds; ventral skin smooth, densely-distributed small raised scapular and abdominal tubercles present; pectoral and femoral glands oval; both larger in diameter than tip of fingers; femoral glands larger in diameter than tip of toes; femoral gland situated on posteroventral surface of thigh, closer to knee than to vent; supra-axillary gland raised. Ventrolateral gland distinctly visible, forming an longitudinal uncontinuous series.	en	Wang, Jian, Qi, Shuo, Dai, Ke-Yuan, Lyu, Zhi-Tong, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Chen, Hong-Hui, Li, Yuan-Qiu, Zhao, Yong-You, Wang, Yun-Ze, Wang, Ying-Yong (2022): A new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of L. chishuiensis and L. purpurus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (1): 165-180, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162
053962FC528B50BD97E46EBE1E8F38D7.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. Leptobrachella shimentaina sp. nov. is known from its type locality Shimentai Nature Reserve, Yingde City, and the adjacent Luokeng Nature Reserve, Shaoguan City, Guangdong, China (Fig. 1; ca. 300 - 600 m a. s. l.). In the Hengshitang Protection Station of the Shimentai Nature Reserve, the new species is sympatric with L. mangshanensis. The new species inhabits primitive clear-water rocky streams surrounded by broad-leaved forest in karst landforms or granite landforms. From April to June, males were observed calling while perched on the rocks or under rocks in flowing streams, and females possessed mature oocytes.	en	Wang, Jian, Qi, Shuo, Dai, Ke-Yuan, Lyu, Zhi-Tong, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Chen, Hong-Hui, Li, Yuan-Qiu, Zhao, Yong-You, Wang, Yun-Ze, Wang, Ying-Yong (2022): A new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of L. chishuiensis and L. purpurus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (1): 165-180, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.73162
