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Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. Figures 2–5 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CDBD6461-6F4E-46F5-A65D-8E10AD89057D Holotype: SYNU 1907027, adult female, collected on 13 July 2019 by Tianyu Qian and Minghong Huang from Shangxi Nature Reserve (18.834167° N, 110.130833° E; 319 m a.s.l.), Hainan Province, China. Paratype: SYNU 1808001, adult female, collected on 17 August 2018 by Pipeng Li, Tianyu Qian and Minghong Huang from the same valley as the holotype (18.833611° N, 110.130556° E; 317 m a.s.l.). Etymology. The specific name comes from Latin words “ bi -” (double) and “ virgatus ” (striped), refers to this species has a dorsal color pattern made of two distinct dorsal stripes. The common name is recommended to read “Double Striped Kukri Snake” in English while it is “ Aäṁn'ḃ (Shuāng Xiàn Xiǎo Tóu Shé)” in Chinese. Diagnosis. Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners known to occur in Southern China and mainland Southeast Asia by having the following combination of characters: (1) eight maxillary teeth; (2) nasal divided; (3) absence of a loreal; (4) single preocular and two postoculars; (5) seven supralabials, third and fourth touching the orbit, sixth excluded from the lip; (6) seven infralabials, anterior four contacting chin shields; (7) internasals separate from prefrontals; (8) single anterior and two posterior temporals; (9) anal plate divided; (10) 15/15/15 dorsal scale rows; (11) dorsum reddish-brown in life, with two distinct narrow dark stripes, two dorsolateral lines are faintly visible; and (12) ventral surface reddish in life, edge cream with irregular dark blotches. Description of holotype. Body slender, TL 465 mm, TaL 61 mm, SVL 404 mm; tail robust, tapering and quite short, Tal/TL ratio 13.1%; head short, HL 16.8 mm, HW 9 mm, slightly flattened, HH 6.3 mm, neck moderately marked; snout elongate, SnL 5.1 mm, SnL/HL ratio 30%. Head scalation. Details of head scalation are shown in Figure 3. Head scalation includes single rostral, two internasals, two prefrontals, two supraoculars, single frontal, and two parietals from dorsal view. Rostral shield large, thick, in contact with first supralabial, nasal and internasals posteriorly, curved onto upper snout surface, well visible from above; internasals in narrow contact, separated by a median suture; prefrontals sub-rectangular, width greater than length, separated by a suture; suture between internasals about equal to that between prefrontals; frontal large, pentagonal, posterior portion pointed, contacting parietal; supraoculars sub-rectangular, length greater than width distinctly, anterior narrower; parietals large, suture between parietals slightly shorter than length of frontal; nasal vertically divided, posterior part distinctly smaller, nostrils open in anterior part of nasal; loreal absent; pupil round, ED 2.2 mm, IO 5.4 mm; 1/1 vertically elongate, rectangular preocular; 2/2 rectangular postoculars; 1/1 anterior temporals, sub-rectangular, twice longer than wide, 2/2 posterior temporals, upper one smaller; 2 pair of chin shields, anterior pair elongate, the length is one third of the width, posterior pair sub-rectangular; SL 7/7, 1 st and 2 nd contacting nasal, 2 nd contacting internasal, 2 nd and 3 rd contacting preocular, 3 rd and 4 th contacting orbit, 4 th and 5 th contacting lower postocular, 6 th excluded from the lip, 5 th and 7 th barely distinguishable in size; IL 7/7, 1 st pair in contact with each other, 1 st– 4 th contact with anterior chin shields, 4 th largest, touching posterior chin shields. Body scalation. Dorsal scale rows 15/15/15, all smooth; vertebral scales similar to other dorsal scales in shape and size; ventral scales 173, angulate laterally; anal plate divided; subcaudals 37, all paired, terminal caudal scale forming a tip. Coloration of holotype. In life: Dorsal surface of head reddish-brown as dorsum, but paler on snout and rostral. Three pointing forward chevrons on head and neck. Chevrons maroon, somewhat paler maroon in the mesial, edged by darker pigmentation. The first chevron with its apex at the level of the posterior edge of the rostral, covering part of internasals, prefrontals, supraoculars and frontal, and descending through the eye to cover 3 rd– 5 th SL. The apex of the second chevron starts at the middle of head and covers the posterior part of frontal, extending to neck on both sides of the head, through parietals, upper anterior temporals, two posterior temporals, and descending behind the head, covering part of 7 th SL and 7 th IL. The third chevron, with its anterior tip on the suture of parietals is connected to the second chevron in the middle, forming an arrow, this arrow gradually widens and extends from parietals to the nape. The two edges of this arrow extend to dorsal as two narrow dark stripes, ending at the tip of tail. At the beginning of dorsal stripes, there are small blotches at the lateral of neck, about 3 rows scale rows behind head. The dorsal stripes are about 1/3 scale wide, covering 6 th and 10 th scale rows; another two dashed lines are faintly visible on the flanks. Ventral surface of head cream with black spots on the anterior portion of 1 st, 3 rd– 6 th SL, anterior chin-shields, other small spots at the midline of the gular scales. Belly is coral-red with its edge cream and black blotches irregularly distributed on each side. The blotches are small on the body, at intervals of one or two ventral scales, sometimes continuous, 95 on left and 100 on right. Ventral surface of the tail shows the same pattern as the belly. On the tail, the blotches become denser and no more intervals at the end 10 pairs of subcaudals, 27 on left and 25 on right. Iris bicolored, upper part light yellow, lower part brown, matching the dorsal pattern; pupil round, black with golden edge. In preservative: The dorsal color became paler and, eventually, totally grey. The head mark and the dorsum stripe remained maroon. The coral belly faded to white, black blotches on belly lightened and, as a consequence, reduced in size. Skull. The description of the skull of Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. is based on the three dimensional (3D) reconstructed model of the holotype (SYNU 1907027, Figure 5) and paratype (SYNU 1808001). Dorsally, the skull of Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. is roughly oval in shape. Nasal bones are slender and triangularly shaped, bilateral nasal bones fused at the posterior 2/3 part. The anterior part of the maxilla (in front of the ectopterygoid process) presents as lamella shaped. Dorsal-lateral ridge conspicuously ranges throughout the maxilla. Maxilla bears eight maxillary teeth on each side: two small normal teeth and six blade-like teeth, increasing in size posteriorly (the rearmost one largest), not separated by any diastema. The cutting edge of the blade-like teeth bulges posteriorly. Thus, the blade teeth look quite similar to the kukri knives. In contrast to most colubrid snakes, a small empty tooth position (one diastema in size) presents on the rostral tip of the ventral edge of the maxilla, which forms a small round-cornered process with the anterior part of the maxilla. Septomaxilla quite wide and flat. The conchal process of septomaxilla slightly curved posteriorly. Vomer quite robust and short. The anterior tip of vomer is rounded and bunt. The ascending process of premaxilla is quite short and considerably slanted anteriorly, barely contacting the nasals near the rostral bottom tip of the vertical laminae. The palatine is lamellar, the choanal process of palatine is quite slender, round cornered and ventrally curled. The maxilla process of palatine is round and bunt, slightly ventrally curved. One section of small vacuity (approximately two palatine teeth in distance) presents at the tip of the ventral edge of the rostral, which form a small round-corner process in the anterior part of palatine. Ectopterygoid quite short, thick and robust, the angular surface to the maxilla is spanner-shaped. Postorbital slender, rostrally curved and elongated, not contacting the frontal. Supratemporal bone is slender and triangular; the quadrate-connecting surface takes up about 3/4 the length of the total supratemporal. The anterior and posterior tip are slightly sharp in shape. Quadrate bone triangular, roughly perpendicular to the mandible, the angular surface to the supratemporal is quite wide and the one to mandible is thick and robust. Mandible: Compound bone quite slender and prominently curved ventrally. A prearticular crest is prominent and rounded. Two large oval foramina nutricia on the labial side of the dental bone. Dentition. Maxillary teeth 8/8 (2+6); palatine teeth 4/4 (3/4); dentary teeth 13/11 (11/10); pterygoid teeth: asymmetry in number, 9/4 (8/4), degenerated in size, significantly smaller than the ones on the palatomaxillary arch and dental bones. Variation. Morphological traits and pholidosis of two type specimens are listed in Table 4. The paratype matches most characters of the holotype, but there are little differences between them. Scalation. The internasals are not in contact with the posterior part of nasal in holotype (SYNU 1907027), but contacting in the paratype (SYNU 1808001). ......continued on the next page Coloration. There are two differences in dorsal coloration on head between the paratype (SYNU 1808001) and the holotype (SYNU 1907027): 1. (Paratype) The tip of the second chevron on head is in the middle of frontal and in contact with first chevron, a gap is formed in back of the middle, but no contact and divided posterior portion in holotype; 2. (Paratype) The third chevron commences at the posterior end of parietals with a blunt tip. The condition of the third chevron in the holotype differs in that it commences at the middle of the parietals and forms a sharp angle. Comparisons. Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. share similar scale patterns with O. ornatus, but differs from the latter by having different dorsal coloration (longitudinal stripes vs. crossbars in O. ornatus), and ventral coloration (wide red band vs. narrow red line in O. ornatus). The dorsal coloration of O. bivirgatus is also similar with O. pseudotaeniatus, but this new species can be distinguished from the latter by having 15/15/15 dorsal scale rows (vs. 17/17/ 15 in O. pseudotaeniatus), a divided anal plate (vs. entire in O. pseudotaeniatus), absence of a loreal (vs. present in O. pseudotaeniatus), a larger count of 173–176 ventrals (vs. 137–156 in O. pseudotaeniatus), and smaller count of 8 maxillary teeth (vs. 15 in O. pseudotaeniatus). Additional morphological comparative data of Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. and 41 recognized Oligodon species occurred in mainland Southeast Asia are shown in Table 5. By having 15/15/15 dorsal scale rows, Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners occurring in mainland Southeast Asia having different numbers of MSR: O. albocinctus (19), O. annamensis (13), O. barroni (17), O. catenatus (13), O. cattienensis (17), O. chinensis (17), O. cinereus (17), O. condaoensis (17), O. cruentatus (17), O. culaochamensis (17 or 19), O. deuvei (17), O. eberhardti (13), O. fasciolatus (21 or 23), O. formosanus (19 or 17), O. joynsoni (17), O. lipipengi (19), O. macrurus (17), O. mcdougalli (13), O. melanozonatus (17), O. moricei (17), O. mouhoti (17), O. nagao (17 or 15), O. ocellatus (19), O. pallidocinctus (17), O. planiceps (13), O. saintgironsi (17 or 18), and O. taeniatus (19). By having a divided nasal, Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners occurring in mainland Southeast Asia having an entire nasal scale: O. catenatus, O. cattienensis, O. eberhardti, O. erythrorhachis, O. hamptoni, O. lacroixi, O. lungshenensis, O. melanozonatus, O. planiceps, and O. torquatus. By having a divided anal plate, Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners occurring in mainland Southeast Asia having an entire anal plate: O. albocinctus, O. annamensis, O. barroni, O. cattienensis, O. chinensis, O. cinereus, O. condaoensis, O. culaochamensis, O. deuvei, O. fasciolatus, O. formosanus, O. inornatus, O. joynsoni, O. kampucheaensis, O. lipipengi, O. macrurus, O. moricei, O. mouhoti, O. nagao, O. ocellatus, and O. pallidocinctus. By the absence of a loreal, Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners occurring in mainland Southeast Asia having one loreal or two: O. albocinctus, O. barroni, O. cattienensis, O. chinensis, O. cinereus, O. condaoensis, O. cruentatus, O. culaochamensis, O. deuvei, O. dorsalis, O. eberhardti, O. fasciolatus, O. formosanus, O. inornatus, O. jintakunei, O. joynsoni, O. kampucheaensis, O. lipipengi, O. melaneus, O. moricei, O. mouhoti, O. nagao, O. ocellatus, O. pallidocinctus, O. planiceps, O. saintgironsi, and O. torquatus. By having eight maxillary teeth, Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners occurred in mainland Southeast Asia having a larger or smaller number of maxillary teeth: O. albocinctus (10–12), O. barroni (10–13), O. chinensis (9–10), O. cinereus (10–12), O. condaoensis (11–13), O. cruentatus (14–16), O. culaochamensis (9–10), O. deuvei (12–15), O. fasciolatus (9–10), O. formosanus (10–11), O. inornatus (10–11), O. joynsoni (11–12), O. kampucheaensis (11), O. lipipengi (11), O. macrurus (13), O. melaneus (7), O. moricei (12), O. mouhoti (14–16), O. nagao (9–10), O. ocellatus (10), O. pallidocinctus (10–12), O. planiceps (10), O. pseudotaeniatus (15), O. rostralis (6), O. saintgironsi (10–12), O. taeniatus (14–17), and O. torquatus (15–16). By having a dorsal coloration of longitudinal stripes, Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. differs from its congeners occurred in mainland Southeast Asia having a dorsal coloration of crossbars or blotches: O. albocinctus, O. annamensis, O. barroni, O. cattienensis, O. chinensis, O. culaochamensis, O. erythrorhachis, O. fasciolatus, O. formosanus, O. jintakunei, O. joynsoni, O. kampucheaensis, O. lipipengi, O. melanozonatus, O. nagao, O. ocellatus, O. pallidocinctus, O. rostralis, and O. saintgironsi. Distribution and natural history. The new species is currently known only from Shangxi NR, Hainan, China. Both specimens were found at the same site in a stream of tropical lowland evergreen forest (Figure 6A). Snakes were observed about 19:30 hr–20:00 hr at night, so we believe that Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. is nocturnal. The paratype (SYNU 1808001) was found swimming in the slow stream, but crawled quickly when disturbed. The holotype (SYNU 1907027) was found on rock bank covered with moss along the stream (Figure 6B). O. bivirgatus sp. nov. are found to be sympatric with its congener O. formosanus, while the latter are larger in body size and more common in Shangxi NR. The other sympatric reptile species include Hebius boulengeri (Gressitt, 1937), Bungarus multicinctus Blyth, 1861, Trimerodytes percarinatus (Boulenger, 1899), Goniurosaurus hainanensis Barbour, 1908, Tropidophorus hainanus Smith, 1923, Sphenomorphus incognitus (Thompson, 1912) and Sphenomorphus tonkinensis Nguyen, Schmitz, Nguyen, Orlov, Böhme and Ziegler, 2011.

Zhou, Zhengyan, Sun, Zhiyong, Qi, Shuo, Lu, Yuyan, Lyu, Zhitong, Wang, Yingyong, Li, Pipeng, Ma, Jianzhang (2019): A new species of the genus Hebius (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Hunan Province, China. Zootaxa 4674 (1): 68-82, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.3

Background. Feirana quadranus and Feirana taihangnica, two species of frogs inhabiting in waterbodies in the Tsinling Mountains, China, are believed to be sister species that diverged 46,000 years ago. In their sympatric area, morphological variations found between the two species imply that the two species had inter-bred. Additionally, F. taihangnica’s polyandrous breeding behavior, without amplexus, would not hinder the potential hybridization. Methods. To verify the hybridization, 117 specimens of F. quadranus and F. taihangnica were collected from eight sampling sites in their sympatric area, and 110 of the specimens were classified morphologically into VV, vw&wv, and ww, representing the putative parental and suspected hybrid types. Their maternal bloodlines were identified using a phylogenetic tree based on a region of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. In total, 34 morphometric indices were selected to analyze the morphological variation between 16S-types or among morphotypes. A principal component analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) were conducted on total or partial indices for females, males, and total specimens, as well as simulated populations with falsified morphotypes. The most important indices for differentiation among morphotypes were revealed with the assistance of heat-maps. Results. In the mitochondrial DNA tree, most of the VV were in the same clade as the reference F. quadranus, labeled as Q, while most of the ww and vw&wv were grouped with the reference F. taihangnica, labeled as T. According to the PCA, there was a clear differentiation between VV and ww, while vw&wv specimens were in the middle area close to ww. According to the LDA, VV, vw&wv, and ww were clustered into three separate groups. An ambiguous differentiation between Q and T was shown both in mtDNA tree and in multivariate analyses. Seven of the specimens with conflicting classifications blurred the morphological boundary between Q and T. In both the PCA and LDA, indices that were based on the extent of bumps and skin coloration discriminated VV, vw&wv, and ww better than ratio indices that were derived from measurements. Discussion. The distribution of VV, vw&wv, and ww in multivariate spaces, especially vw&wv being scattered between VV and ww, demonstrated an introgressive hybridization pattern. The extents of bumps in the shape of an inverted "V" between the shoulder blades, spot pattern on the back, and large bumps above the anal region were the most important characteristics for differentiating between three morphotypes or between F. quadranus and F. taihangnica.

Hou, Mian, Wu, Yunke, Yang, Kelin, Zheng, Sheng, Yuan, Zhiyong, Li, Pipeng (2014): A missing geographic link in the distribution of the genus Echinotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) with description of a new species from southern China. Zootaxa 3895 (1): 89-102, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3895.1.5

Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. (Figs. 1���2) Holotype. KIZ 011111 (Fig. 3���4), an adult male from 62 K of Medog (Muotuo County), Tibet (Xizang Autonomous Region), People���s Republic of China (29 �� 42 ��� 33.6 ���N, 95 �� 34 ���56.0���E, elevation 2705 m). Collected by Ke Jiang at night of 7 June 2011. Paratypes. Four adult males: KIZ 011101, KIZ 011102, KIZ 011109, KIZ 011110, and one adult female: KIZ 011116. All of them were collected by Ke Jiang and Pipeng Li at the same date and locality as holotype. Etymology. The species epithet is a patronym, dedicated to Prof. Guanfu Wu, following the Chinese style of placing the given name after the family name. Prof. Wu is a noted Chinese herpetologist, who contributed to the taxonomy, karyology, and osteology of amphibians and reptiles, especially on anura. Prof. Wu was a member of Herpetological Team under ���The Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Chinese Academy of Sciences���, and did fieldwork in Medog for about one month in the summer of 1973, later he described the beautiful new treefrog Rhacophorus translineatus Wu, 1977 which collected from Medog. At present, Prof. Wu still works in Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, at the age of 77 years. Suggested common name. Wu's Lazy Toad or Medog Lazy Toad. Diagnosis. Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. was placed in the genus Scutiger by the following diagnosis: maxillary teeth absent; vomerine teeth absent; tympanum and tympanic ring absent entirely; pupil vertically elliptic; outer metatarsals united; pectoral and axillary gland very large and covered by black spines. Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. is distinguished from all other species of Scutiger by the following combination of characters: (1) large adult size, female (SVL 116.7 mm) is much larger than male (males SVL 77.5���83.8 mm); (2) maxillary teeth absent; (3) male with a pair of pectoral glands and a pair of axillary glands, axillary glands similar to pectoral glands, all of them covered by black spines in breeding season; (4) in breeding male, nuptial spines on dorsal surface of firs and second fingers, and inner side of third finger; (5) male with an internal single subgular vocal sac, a pair of slit-like openings of vocal sac near corners of the mouth. Description of the holotype (KIZ 0 11111, adult male): SVL 77.5 mm; body stout, moderately slender at waist; head large, nearly was broad as long (HW/HL ratio 1.03), flat; snout rounded, slightly projecting beyond jaw; canthus rostralis obtuse, loreal region oblique and concave; internarial distance larger than distance from anterior margin of eye to nostril (IN/EN ratio 1.39); eye moderate (ED/HL ratio 0.37), its diameter larger than eye to nostril distance (ED/EN ratio 2.16); interorbital space flat, interorbital width less than upper eyelid width (IO/UE ratio 0.63); pupil vertical; tympanum and tympanic rim absent; a small knob on anterior edge of mandible; jaws without teeth; tongue oval, slightly emarginate behind, without papillae; choanae located against anterior border of palate, visible when viewed from below; vomerine teeth absent; an internal single subgular vocal sac present,, with a pair of slit-like opennings near corners of the mouth; supratympanic fold from posterior corner of orbit to shoul- der fold, distinctly developed. Forelimbs long; forearm about as long as hand (FLL / HAL ratio 1.09), enlarged; fingers slender, free of web or dermal fringes; relative length of fingers:I���IIColoration. Back, head and upper limbs dark brown, lighter on flanks; loreal region and supratympanic fold brownish-black; upper and lower lip light brown; ventral surface of belly grayish-brown, chin and ventral surface of limbs rather darker. Iris yellowish-brown with vertical pupil. In formalin or ethanol, back, head and upper limbs brownish-black; loreal region and supratympanic fold a little darker; ventral surface of belly grayish-brown, chin and ventral surface of limbs gray, chin and ventral surface of limbs a little darker than belly; iris black, pupil white. Variation. Measurements of the type series are shown in Table 1. Individuals of the type series are generally uniform in morphology, except for the sexual dimorphism. Sexual dimorphism. In male, a pair of pectoral glands and a pair of axillary glands present on breast, axillary glands similar to pectoral glands, all of them covered by black spines in breeding season; scattered warts with black spines on back, upper lip, chin, side of head and body, upper arm, dorsal side of thigh and leg, inner side of foot. Dorsal surface of first and second fingers, and inner side of third finger with nuptial black spines. Spines disappeared gradually after breeding season. Forearm of male much stronger than in female. In female, snout-vent length much bigger than in males, other measurement ratios (ratios to SVL), is similar to males, except NS and HW, slightly wider than males; FLL, HAL, FOL, IMT, and TFL, slightly shorter than males (Table 1). Female without spine on whole body, skin smoother, the warts flater than males. Tadpoles. The tadpoles had elongate bodies and muscular tails with narrow tail fins (Fig. 5). The tail length is about 1.5 times body length and about as high as the body. The tadpole has clasping mounth parts with strong jaw sheath. The labial tooth row formula is I: 3 ��� 3 / 3 ��� 3: 1 at stage 36. In life tadpole is dark grey, getting slightly paler in preservative. The tadpoles live in still water and remain at the bottom of the water. A detailed description of the tadpole will be published separately. Distribution. This species is currently known only from the type locality (Fig. 6). Ecological notes. Figure 7 shows the habitat and microhabitat of the type locality. All specimens were collected in a sluggish stream in mixed broadleaf-conifer forest at an elevation of 2705 m. The sluggish and shallow stream was near the road, with few big stones and with many fallen trees, leaf litter and weeds. Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. hid under the logs in daytime, was active after sundown, always squatted on leaf litter or under the fallen trees, peeped head out. The loud call of male is a toneless croaking like���ong...ong...ong...��� and can be heared nightlong, even sometimes in the afternoon. Three other amphibian species were found at the site, including Liurana xizangensis (Hu), Nanorana medogensis (Fei & Ye), and Scutiger nyingchiensis Fei. Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. and S. nyingchiensis reproduced at the same period and shared the same mating places, but the egg masses of the former are bigger, based on observation in the field. The black spines of male fade away after breeding season. Comparisons. The most obvious differences of Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. distinguishing it from other known species of Scutiger are summarized in Table 2. Most species of Scutiger without vocal sac, should be attributed in part to the high-altitude distributions. It is not easy to determine this character by only external observation in the genus Scutiger, but easily by the observation on openning of vocal sac in mouth. Eminently, three species of the genus Scutiger with vocal sac are known. Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. with an internal single subgular vocal sac; Scutiger gongshanensis with a pair of internal subgular vocal sacs. The vocal sac type of Scutiger adungensis Dubois is currently unknown (Dubois 1979). This organ might enable these three species having some differences of sexual behavior from congeners. In the males of Scutiger, the nuptial spines on breast, belly, fingers or other parts are important and rather stable characters in breeding season. All available references described these characters (Delorme & Dubois 2001; Dubois 1973, 1979; Fei et al. 2009), including one pair or two pairs of spine patches on breast, spines on the first and second fingers or the first, second and third finger, spine patches present or absent on belly. Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. is similar to Scutiger bhutanensis, Scutiger nepalensis, Scutiger muliensis and Scutiger tuberculatus. Except the different characters shown in Table 1, Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. differs from S. bhutanensis, S. nepalensis and S. tuberculatus by with flatter warts on back and dorsolateral sides of back (developed in S. bhutanensis, S. nepalensis and S. tuberculatus); Scutiger wuguanfui sp. nov. differs from S. muliensis by without exiguous furrows on back and belly (present at S. muliensis)., Published as part of Jiang, Ke, Rao, Dingqi, Yuan, Siqi, Wang, Jishan, Li, Pipeng, Hou, Mian, Che, Maihe & Che, Jing, 2012, A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from southeastern Tibet, China, pp. 29-40 in Zootaxa 3388 on pages 30-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213659, {"references":["Dubois, A. (1979) Une espece nouvelle de Scutiger (Amphibiens, Anoures) du nord de la Birmanie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 86, 631 - 640.","Delorme, M. & Dubois, A. 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