identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
965E85F624985568854D9A643D86ABDA.text	965E85F624985568854D9A643D86ABDA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Quasipaa exilispinosa (Liu & Hu 1975)	<div><p>Quasipaa exilispinosa (Liu &amp; Hu, 1975)</p><p>Figs 2, 5 A, B, Table 1</p><p>Specimen examined.</p><p>CIB T 1024 (Stage 25, field voucher WT 01) and CIB T 1025 (Stage 37, field voucher WT 08), collected on 26 July 2023 from Dazhulan, Guadun, Wuyishan, Fujian Province, China .</p><p>External morphology.</p><p>Based on the specimen CIB T 1024, stage 25, TTL 46.6 mm, BL 14.7 mm. In lateral view, the body is oval, and the snout is blunt; dorsally, the snout is rounded, the head is slightly wider than trunk, BW / BH 135 %; the eyes are moderate in size, positioned and directed dorsolaterally, not visible from ventral view, ED / BL 11 %; the pupils are round; nares positioned and directed anterolaterally, closer to snout than to eye RND / NPD 82 %, NND / PPD 60 %; the rim of nares not raised from the body wall; the spiracle is single, sinistral, and short; the opening of spiracle oriented posterodorsally, free from the body wall at the tip, and closer to the tip of snout than to the anal tube opening SS / BL 52 %; the tail muscle is strong, gradually tapering until reaching the tail tip, TMH / BH 72 %, TMH / MTH 57 %; the tail fins are moderate in size, UFH / MTH 39 %, LFH / MTH 24 %, MTH / BH 126 %; the upper fin arises at the body-tail junction, SUD / BL 93 %; the lower fin is connected to the trunk; the tail tip is rounded; the anal tube is approximately conical in shape, medial, and entirely attached to lower fin, opening on lateral right side, posteriorly directed; the oral disc is positioned and directed anteroventrally, emarginated, elliptical with a median notch on the lower labium, ODW / BL 26 %, ODW / BW 43 %; a row of papillae on upper labium, with a large papilla gap, DG / ODW 37 %; two entire rows of papillae on lower labium, the inner row is distinctly larger; KRF 1: 4 + 4 / 1 + 1: 2; the 1 st – 3 rd tooth rows on upper labium are subequal, the inner 4 th – 5 th rows gradually shortened; the 1 st – 3 rd tooth rows on lower labium gradually shortened; the jaw sheaths are keratinized with fine serrations; the upper sheath is thin, covers the lower jaw, and the lower sheath is wide.</p><p>In life, the body is dark brown laterally; the tail muscle is light brown scattered with dark spots on upper edge and smaller spots on lower parts; tail fin with sparse dark pigmentation; dorsally, the body and tail are brown, and the trunk is darker; the lateral lines are goldish and clearly visible; the iris is bronze, and the pupil is black; ventrally, the body and tail is semi-translucent; the chest is pink; the abdomen is scattered with dense goldish speckles, the gut coil is clearly visible; the anal tube is covered by goldish pigments; the lower tail fin and bottom of tail muscle are scattered with sparse golden pigments; the mouth part is surrounded by goldish chromocytes.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/965E85F624985568854D9A643D86ABDA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Qian, Tianyu;Li, Cheng;Huang, Sining;Chen, Bo;Guo, Yujuan;Jiang, Jianping	Qian, Tianyu, Li, Cheng, Huang, Sining, Chen, Bo, Guo, Yujuan, Jiang, Jianping (2025): Tadpoles of three sympatric spiny frogs (Anura, Dicroglossidae, Quasipaa) from Wuyishan, China. Herpetozoa 38: 311-320, DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e162906
40311118F3B2501497EC62775D41BCDF.text	40311118F3B2501497EC62775D41BCDF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Quasipaa jiulongensis (Huang & Liu 1985)	<div><p>Quasipaa jiulongensis (Huang &amp; Liu, 1985)</p><p>Figs 4, 5 E, F, Table 1</p><p>Specimen examined.</p><p>CIB T 1027 (Stage 25, field voucher WT 07) collected on 26 July 2023 from Dazhulan, Guadun, Wuyishan, Fujian Province, China .</p><p>External morphology.</p><p>A tadpole in stage 25, TTL 33.2 mm, BL 11.5 mm; the body is oval, BW / BH 133 %; the snout is slightly pointed in lateral view; the eyes are moderate in size, positioned and directed dorsolaterally, not visible from ventral view, ED / BL 13 %; the pupils are round; the nares positioned and directed anterolaterally, closer to snout than to eye, RND / NPD 90 %, NND / PPD 65 %; the rim of nares slightly raised from the body wall; the spiracle is single, short, and sinistral; the opening of spiracle is narrower than the tube, oriented posterodorsally, free from the body wall at the tip, and closer to the tip of snout than to the anal tube opening, SSD / BL 63 %; the tail muscle is relatively weak, gradually tapering until reaching the tail tip, TMH / BH 51 %, TMH / MTH 41 %; the tail fins are moderate in size, UFH / MTH 36 %, LFH / MTH 25 %, MTH / BH 124 %; the upper fin arises in front of the body-tail junction, SUD / BL 90 %; the lower fin is connected to the trunk; the tail tip is rounded; the anal tube is medial, entirely attached to lower fin, opening on lateral right side, and posteriorly directed; the oral disc is positioned and directed anteroventrally, emarginated, and elliptical, ODW / BL 29 %, ODW / BW 51 %; a row of papillae on of upper labium, with a large papilla gap, DG / ODW 52 %; two rows of papillae on lower labium; a median notch on the lower labium, and the papillae on the inner row are slightly larger; KRF 1: 4 + 4 / 1 + 1: 2; the 1 st – 3 rd tooth rows on upper labium are subequal, the inner 4 th – 5 th rows gradually shortened; the 1 st – 3 rd tooth rows on lower labium gradually shortened; the jaw sheaths are keratinized with fine serrations; the upper sheath covers the lower sheath; both sheaths are subequal in width.</p><p>In life, the body is pale brown laterally, scattered with goldish speckles; the tail muscle and fin are pigmented with cloud-form dark speckles, and interspersed with goldish chromocytes; dorsally, the body and tail are brown, the trunk is darker, especially the middle area of body-tail junction; the lateral lines are goldish and clearly visible; the iris is bronze, and the pupil is black; ventrally, the body and tail translucent scattered with whitish speckles along the periphery; the chest is pink; the gut coil is distinctly visible.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/40311118F3B2501497EC62775D41BCDF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Qian, Tianyu;Li, Cheng;Huang, Sining;Chen, Bo;Guo, Yujuan;Jiang, Jianping	Qian, Tianyu, Li, Cheng, Huang, Sining, Chen, Bo, Guo, Yujuan, Jiang, Jianping (2025): Tadpoles of three sympatric spiny frogs (Anura, Dicroglossidae, Quasipaa) from Wuyishan, China. Herpetozoa 38: 311-320, DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e162906
646050DB0F605C26A44D8BCA31E4D01D.text	646050DB0F605C26A44D8BCA31E4D01D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Quasipaa spinosa (David 1875)	<div><p>Quasipaa spinosa (David, 1875)</p><p>Figs 3, 5 C, D, Table 1</p><p>Specimen examined.</p><p>CIB T 1026 (Stage 37, field voucher WT 06) collected on 26 July 2023 from Dazhulan, Guadun, Wuyishan, Fujian Province, China .</p><p>External morphology.</p><p>A large tadpole in stage 37, TTL 72.6 mm, BL 22.2 mm; the body is oval, and the snout is round, BW / BH 134 %; the eyes are moderate in size, positioned and directed dorsolaterally, not visible from ventral view, ED / BL 12 %; the pupils are round; nares positioned and directed anterolaterally, closer to snout than to eye, RND / NPD 79 %, NND / PPD 56 %; the rim of nares slightly raised from the body wall; the spiracle is single, short, square, and sinistral; the opening of spiracle oriented posterodorsally, free from the body wall at the tip, and closer to the tip of snout than to the anal tube opening, SSD / BL 62 %; the tail muscle is strong, gradually tapering until reaching the tail tip, TMH / BH 84 %, TMH / MTH 68 %; the tail fins are moderate in size, UFH / MTH 37 %, LFH / MTH 27 %, MTH / BH 124 %; the upper fin arises in front of the body-tail junction, SU / BL 100 %; the lower fin is connected to the trunk; the tail tip is rounded; the anal tube is approximately conical in shape, medial, and entirely attached to lower fin, opening on lateral right side, posteriorly directed; the oral disc is positioned and directed anteroventrally, emarginated, and elliptical, ODW / BL 25 %, ODW / BW 44 %; a row of papillae on upper labium, with a large papilla gap, DG / ODW 50 %; two rows of papillae on lower labium; a median notch on the lower labium, and the papillae on the inner row are distinctly larger; KRF 1: 4 + 4 / 1 + 1: 2, the 3 rd tooth row on lower labium was unconnected on the left 1 / 3 (Fig. 5 C, D); the 1 st – 3 rd tooth rows on upper labium are subequal, the inner 4 th – 5 th rows gradually shortened; the 1 st – 3 rd tooth rows on lower labium are subequal; the jaw sheaths are keratinized with fine serrations; the upper sheath is thin, covers the lower sheath, and the lower sheath is wide.</p><p>In life, the body is dark brown laterally; the tail muscle is light brown scattered with pale brown spots on upper edge, and smaller and paler spots on lower parts; tail fin with sparse pale brown pigmentation; dorsally, the body and tail are brown, and the trunk is darker; a V-shaped dark stripe on body-tail junction; the lateral lines are goldish and clearly visible; the iris is bronze, and the pupil is black; ventrally, the body and tail is semi-translucent; the chest is deep purple scattered with whitish pigmentations; the abdomen is white, the gut coil is barely visible; the anal tube and hindlimbs are covered by goldish pigments; the lower tail fin and bottom of tail muscle are scattered with sparse whitish pigments; the mouth corner is surrounded by goldish chromocytes.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The tadpoles described by Fei et al. (2009) have transparent abdomens with visible gut coils; that is not consistent with our data. However, our specimens are larger (SVL 27.3 mm vs. 18.7–22.1 mm; see Table 2), potentially indicating developed pigmentation associated with preparation for metamorphosis.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/646050DB0F605C26A44D8BCA31E4D01D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Qian, Tianyu;Li, Cheng;Huang, Sining;Chen, Bo;Guo, Yujuan;Jiang, Jianping	Qian, Tianyu, Li, Cheng, Huang, Sining, Chen, Bo, Guo, Yujuan, Jiang, Jianping (2025): Tadpoles of three sympatric spiny frogs (Anura, Dicroglossidae, Quasipaa) from Wuyishan, China. Herpetozoa 38: 311-320, DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e162906
