taxonID	type	description	language	source
7B0D8281017D560C9BCDDB21C0B58405.taxon	description	Figs 5, 6, 7, 8, 11	en	Wu, Xiangjian, Pan, Yuanqiang, Xiao, Wei, Chen, Ju, Yu, Guohua, Wei, Xinkui (2025): Integrative taxonomic evidence for a new species of the short-legged toads Brachytarsophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guangxi, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4): 1369-1382, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.157834
7B0D8281017D560C9BCDDB21C0B58405.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name guilinensis is derived from the type locality of this species, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. We suggest the English common name “ Guilin Short-legged Toad ” and the Chinese common name “ Guì Lín Duǎn Tuǐ Chán (桂林短腿蟾) ”.	en	Wu, Xiangjian, Pan, Yuanqiang, Xiao, Wei, Chen, Ju, Yu, Guohua, Wei, Xinkui (2025): Integrative taxonomic evidence for a new species of the short-legged toads Brachytarsophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guangxi, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4): 1369-1382, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.157834
7B0D8281017D560C9BCDDB21C0B58405.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Brachytarsophrys guilinensis sp. nov. could be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following morphological characters: (1) smaller body size (SVL 70.0 ‒ 81.9 mm in eight adult males); (2) head wider than long, head width nearly 1.5 times the length, and about half of the SVL; (3) tongue broad and round, feebly notched; (4) male with nuptial pad present on the dorsal surface of the first and second fingers; (5) hind limbs relatively short and robust, heels do not meet when legs positioned at right angle to body; (6) tibiotarsal articulation reaches the angle of mouth when the hind limbs are extended forward alongside the body; (7) absence of outer metatarsal tubercle, inner metatarsal tubercle oval and approximately equal to first toe; (8) fingers without webbing, toes have webbing but incomplete, webbing formula: I 1 - 2 II 1 - 2 III 1 ½ - 3 - IV 3 - - 1 ½ V; (9) lateral fringes on toes wide; (10) several warts on the outer side of the upper eyelid, with one being relatively larger.	en	Wu, Xiangjian, Pan, Yuanqiang, Xiao, Wei, Chen, Ju, Yu, Guohua, Wei, Xinkui (2025): Integrative taxonomic evidence for a new species of the short-legged toads Brachytarsophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guangxi, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4): 1369-1382, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.157834
7B0D8281017D560C9BCDDB21C0B58405.taxon	description	Description of holotype. Adult male; body robust, SVL 74.6 mm; head enormous, extremely wide and flat, about 1.5 times as broad as long, and nearly one-half as broad as the SVL; snout short, rounded in dorsal view, slightly protruding beyond margin of lower jaw in ventral view, sloping in profile; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region sloping, slightly concave; nostrils oval, much closer to eye than to snout tip; interorbital distance (11.0 mm) significantly wider than the width of upper eyelid, and wider than internasal distance (7.4 mm); occipital region slightly uplifted, forming two oval bulges and a longitudinal concave groove along the middle line across occiput; a distinct transverse groove behind the head; pupil oval, vertical; tympanum hidden; choanae large, circular, partly concealed by the maxillary shelves; vomerine teeth present in two series, touching inner front edges of choanae, separated by distance larger than length of each series; tongue broad and round, feebly notched posteriorly; an internal single subgular vocal sac with a vocal sac opening at each corner of mouth. Forelimbs short and robust; relative length of fingers I = II <IV <III; tips of fingers round, feebly dilated; no lateral fringes and webbing between fingers; nuptial pad on dorsal surface of the first and second fingers; inner metacarpal tubercle large, oval; outer metacarpal tubercle inconspicuous (Fig. 6 A). Hindlimbs relatively short and robust; heels do not meet when legs positioned at right angle to body; tibiotarsal articulation reaching angle of mouth when hind limbs are extended forward alongside the body; tips of toes round, moderately dilated; relative length of toes I <II <V <III <IV; toes have webbing but incomplete, webbing formula: I 1 - 2 II 1 - 2 III 1 ½ - 3 - IV 3 - - 1 ½ V; lateral fringes on toes wide; subarticular tubercle absent; inner metatarsal tubercle distinct, oval, approximately equal to first toe; outer metatarsal tubercle absent (Fig. 6 B). Dorsal and lateral skin rough, covered with some slightly larger black glandular warts and small granules (Fig. 6 C); several warts on the outer side of the upper eyelid, with one being relatively larger; ventral skin smooth, with some white granules scattered on abdomen and ventral sides of the limbs; pectoral glands distinct, light yellow, with one on each side near axilla; femoral glands smaller than pectoral glands, white, with one on each side of rear of thigh.	en	Wu, Xiangjian, Pan, Yuanqiang, Xiao, Wei, Chen, Ju, Yu, Guohua, Wei, Xinkui (2025): Integrative taxonomic evidence for a new species of the short-legged toads Brachytarsophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guangxi, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4): 1369-1382, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.157834
7B0D8281017D560C9BCDDB21C0B58405.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. The new species is currently only known from Wantian Township, Lingui District, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The species inhabits a stream within a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest. The water in the stream is shallow (Fig. 10). During early September, male individuals were discovered on or beneath rocks (Fig. 11), and advertisement calls were heard, indicating that the new species is in breeding season.	en	Wu, Xiangjian, Pan, Yuanqiang, Xiao, Wei, Chen, Ju, Yu, Guohua, Wei, Xinkui (2025): Integrative taxonomic evidence for a new species of the short-legged toads Brachytarsophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guangxi, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4): 1369-1382, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.157834
