Odorrana lipuensis Mo, Chen, Wu, Zhang & Zhou, 2015

Odorrana lipuensis Mo, Chen, Wu, Zhang & Zhou, 2015 View in CoL

Related literature.

Mo et al. (2015); Pham et al. (2016 a, 2017); Poyarkov et al. (2021); Luong et al. (2022).

Type materials.

Holotype. NHMG 1306001 View Materials , adult male, from a completely dark karst cave (24°38'N, 110°26'E; 182 m a. s. l.) in Maling Town , Lipu City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China GoogleMaps . Paratypes. (n = 7): NHMG 1306002 , NHMG 20140702 , NHMG 20140703 , adult males and NHMG 1303018 , NHMG 1303019 , NHMG 1306003 , NHMG 20140701 , adult females, from the same locality as the holotype GoogleMaps .

Additional specimen.

SYS a 004898 , adult female, from Yangshuo County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China .

Variation.

Our morphological analyses of the additional specimen of this species provided new morphometric data (Table 2 View Table 2 ) and suggested the overall morphology of this specimen is generally consistent with previous descriptions ( Mo et al. 2015; Pham et al. 2016 a; Pham et al. 2017). However, a morphological revision was also suggested. Our morphological examination revealed fingers II – IV and toes I – V with lateroventral grooves in the examined specimen, which differ from the previous description of all fingers and toes with circum-marginal grooves ( Mo et al. 2015; Pham et al. 2016 a; Pham et al. 2017).

Revised diagnosis.

This species can be diagnosed from other species of Odorrana lipuensis group by the combination of following morphological characteristics: (1) body size moderate, SVL 40.7–49.8 mm in adult males (n = 6) and 49.9–60.1 mm in adult females (n = 8); (2) relative finger length I ≥ II; (3) dorsolateral conical spines dense; (4) dorsolateral folds absent in both sexes; (5) bands on the dorsal surface of hind-limb clear; and (6) nuptial pad present on finger I.

Distribution.

This species is known from several localities in China and Vietnam, including: (1) Maling Town, Lipu City, Guangxi, (2) Yangshuo Town, Yangshuo County, Guangxi and (3) Ha Lang District, Cao Bang (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ). The record of this species in Bac Kan, Vietnam was tentatively unconfirmed (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ) for the reason outlined in Remarks under Odorrana liboensis .