Megophrys jiulianensis

Description of holotype. Adult male. Habitus slender and small, SVL 32.0 mm; head width slightly larger than head length, HDW / HWL 1.04; snout rounded in dorsal view, projecting, sloping backward to mouth in profile, protruding well beyond margin of lower jaw; top of head flat; eye large, ED / HDL 0.39; nostril oblique ovoid; pupil vertical; canthus rostralis well developed, forming the beginning of a fleshy, protruding ridge, that continues over the upper eyelid, and transitions into a supratympanic fold that terminates in the scapular region; loreal region vertical; internasal distance slightly larger than interorbital distance; tympanum distinct, moderate-sized, TD / ED 0.52; large ovoid choanae at the base of the maxilla; weak vomerine ridge bearing vomerine teeth; margin of tongue weakly notched posteriorly; internal vocal slits present near the rear of the lower mandible .. RAD / SVL 0.25; absence of lateral fringes and webbing on fingers, relative finger lengths II <I <IV <III; tip of finger rounded, slightly swollen; presence of an indistinct subarticular tubercle on the base of each finger; outer metacarpal tubercles indistinct, inner metacarpal tubercles distinct and observably enlarged. Hindlimbs long, tibio-tarsal articulation reaching forward to the middle of eye when hindlimb is stretched along the side of the body; heels overlapping when the flexed hindlimbs are held at right angles to the body axis; TIB / SVL 0.46 and FTL / SVL 0.62; relative toe lengths I <II <V <III <IV; tips of toes round and slightly dilated; presence of rudimentary webbing on toes but absence of lateral fringes and tarsal folds; presence of a subarticular tubercle only at the bases of the first and second toes; presence of a long ovoid inner metatarsal tubercle and absence of outer metatarsal tubercle. Dorsum rough with dense granules bearing spines; canthus rostralis, margin of tympanum, supratympanic fold and upper lip with dense spines; presence of large tubercles bearing spines on dorsal surface of body, surface of flanks and dorsal and posterolateral surface of limbs; prominent parallel dorsolateral ridges with granules bearing spines on back of trunk; presence of a horn-like tubercle bearing a spine at its tip at the edge of eye lid; distinct supratympanic fold curving posteroventrally from posterior corner of eye to a level above insertion of arm; ventral skin texture smooth, the lower lip bears spines; sides of belly with large tubercles; ventral skin texture of thighs smooth with a few small tubercles, posterior surface and surface around anus with large tubercles bearing spines; surface of tibia-tarsal with a few tubercles bearing spines; presence of spines on lateral sides of fingers and toes; pectoral gland moderate-sized, closer to axilla; single femoral gland on rear of thigh, distinctly smaller than pectoral gland.