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A New Species of Ingerophrynus (Anura, Bufonidae) from Guangdong, China

Shuo Liu, Liang Zhang, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Zhifa Liu, Mian Hou, Nikolai L. Orlov

Abstract


A new species of the genus Ingerophrynus is described based on seven specimens collected from northern Guangdong Province, China. The new species was previously confused with Ingerophrynus ledongensis, however, it can be distinguished from I. ledongensis and other congeners by a combination of morphological differences and genetic divergence. In addition, this study reveals that the taxonomic status of the populations previously considered to be Ingerophrynus galeatus from central and northern Vietnam and central Laos needs to be reassessed, and the species diversity of this genus may have been significantly underestimated.

Keywords


12S; 16S; morphology; systematics; taxonomy; Tianjingshan

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2025-32-2-85-95

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