Oreolalax rhodostigmatus Found in Zhaotong, Yunnan Province
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1.①College?of?Chemistry?and?Life?Sciences,Sichuan?Provincial?Key?Laboratory?for?Development?and?Utilization?of?Characteristic?Horticultural?Biological?Resources, Chengdu?Normal?University;2.②College?of?Chemistry?and?Life?Sciences, Chengdu?Normal?University;3.College?of?Chemistry?and?Life?Sciences, Chengdu?Normal?University;4.Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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    One adult male and 12 tadpole specimens of Oreolalax were collected from Xujiaba, Weixin County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, China in August 2019. The morphological characteristics of the specimens are consistent with the type specimen: the tympanum is relatively obvious, the male has large, thick nuptial spines on the first and second finger. the tips of the fingers and toes are rounded. the sides of the body have more than ten orange-red tubercles. The axillary gland and the femoral gland are large and round, orange-red. The tadpole is large, the entire body is transparent or purple. The corners of the mouth have many additional papillae that extend to the inside of the lower lip. The papillae also have many small teeth. So the specimens were identified as O. rhodostigmatus. It was a new record of amphibian in Yunnan Province.

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Wang Gang,宋雨千,王斌,梁福轩,Liu Song-qing. 2021. Oreolalax rhodostigmatus Found in Zhaotong, Yunnan Province. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 56(6): 946-948.

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  • Received:December 17,2020
  • Revised:October 26,2021
  • Adopted:October 25,2021
  • Online: December 02,2021
  • Published: December 20,2021