GBIF Taxonomic Backbone & Wikipedia Registry Profile
Description of specimens from China. The head length greater than width, HDL: HDW 1.08 – 1.14 in females, 1.21 in male; head width 0.30 – 0.35 times of SVL in females, 0.33 times of SVL in male; head length 0.34 – 0.37 times of SVL in females, 0.40 times of SVL in male; snout short, rounded in dorsal view, bluntly rounded in profile, projecting beyond margin of lower jaw; eye large, eye diameter 0.72 – 0.90 times of SNT, upper eyelid wider than interorbital distance; top of head flat; canthus rostralis rounded; lip flared; loreal region concave; internasal distance larger than interorbital distance; tympanum circular, large, distinctly visible, tympanum diameter 0.47 – 0.52 times of eye diameter in females, 0.62 times in male; tympanum-eye distance small (TED 2.9 – 3.4 mm in female, 0.8 mm in male); Choanae ovoid; vomerine dentigerous processes prominent, slightly oblique, posteromedial to choanae; tongue cordiform, distinctly notched posteriorly. Forelimbs moderately robust; hand length 0.28 times of SVL in females, 0.31 times in male; relative finger lengths II <I <IV <III; fingers free of webbing, tips of fingers dilated, becoming pointed, cordiform disks; width of disk significantly greater than width of distal phalanx of finger III, FPW: DPW = 1.61 – 1.92 in females, 1.87 in male; terminal phalanges T-shaped; lateroventral circummarginal grooves not meeting at the tip of dicks; subarticular tubercles conical; supernumerary tubercle below the base of each finger, distinct, significantly smaller than subarticular tubercles; metacarpal tubercle three, elongated and distinct. Hindlimbs robust, relatively long; tibio-tarsal articulation beyond the tip of snout when hindlimb adpressed along the side of the body; heels overlapped when the flexed hindlimbs held at right angles to the body axis; tibia length 0.56 – 0.59 times of SVL in females, 0.62 times in male; feet length 0.75 – 0.78 times of SVL in females, 0.85 times in male; relative toe lengths I <II <III <V <IV; tips of toes dilated, becoming rounded triangular disks; circummarginal grooves present; feet fully webbed to disks, but as a fringe from distal subarticular tubercle of toe IV; slight lateral fringes on toes I and V to terminal phalanges; subarticular tubercles prominent, conical; inner metatarsal tubercle elongated, ovoid; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; inner tarsal fold absent. Skin on dorsum shagreened with dense granules; a number of tubercles and pustules scattered on flanks of trunk; dorsolateral folds absent; supratympanic folds slightly prominent, from posterior corner of eye, curving posteroventrally, extending to a level above insertion of arm; small tubercles anterior and posterior to tympanum; venter smooth, no pectoral spinules; distinct granules present on posterior thighs and around cloaca; cloacal opening unmodified, directed posteriorly, at upper level of thighs. Dorsum of head and body brown with reticulated green markings anterior to sacral vertebra; upper part of flank brown, lower part of flank light yellow with several large black spots; upper and lower lips creamy yellow with vertical black bars; dorsal limbs and digits brown with black transverse bands; webbing on feet marbled white and dark brown; venter creamy white; iris golden, margin of pupil outlined in a striking reddish yellow border. The adult female specimens SYS a 001046 and 1047 possessed black mature oocytes (1.8 mm in diameter) in life; adult male specimen SYS a 001048 with developed testes (size of 1.6 × 2.3 mm), nuptial pad on finger I, paired gular pouches at corners of throat.
