SUPPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTIONS AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SCUTIGER NINGSHANENSIS, FROM FUNIU MOUNTAINS, HENAN, CHINA
Fifteen adults, one subadult, one juvenile and many tadpoles collected in Funiu Mountains, Henan Province of China, were identified as Scutiger ningshanensis based on morphological and DNA sequencing analysis. The Funiu population was coincident with population of type locality in diagnosis characteristics as: snout obtusely rounded; pupile vertical crack; a rectangle darkbrown patch from the middle of eyes to shoulders; dorsum with four longitudinal rows of interrupted larger tubercles. The additional information and differentiation of morphologic characters and ecological waits of Funiu population was provided by following, 2 pairs of pectoral gland with horny spines of both sex; males with stronger lower arms, and black horny spines scattering on the inner side of lower arms, the first, second fingers and inside of the third fingers; femals with white tubercles on the ventral side; mature eggs (3 mm) grey yellow on animal pole, vegetable pole cream; breeding season in summer, from May to June; tadpoles development over winter. The discovery of this species indicates that Funiu Mountains is the easternmost boundary of Megophryidae.
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