Bufo rubroventromaculatus Orlov, Ananjeva, Ermakov, Lukonina, Ninh & Nguyen, 2024

Liu, Shuo, Hou, Mian, Mo, Mingzhong & Rao, Dingqi, 2024, First confirmed record of Bufo rubroventromaculatus Orlov, Ananjeva, Ermakov, Lukonina, Ninh & Nguyen, 2024 (Anura, Bufonidae) from China, with supplementary description of this species, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 134392-e 134392 : e134392-

Bufo rubroventromaculatus Orlov, Ananjeva, Ermakov, Lukonina, Ninh & Nguyen, 2024

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KIZ 2019019 ; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 6429884F-DE2B-5307-A1C1-2FF99671A6BC; Taxon: scientificName: Bufo rubroventromaculatus ; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Guangxi; locality: Bainan Township, Napo County, Baise City ; verbatimElevation: 1030 m; verbatimCoordinates: 23°1'20"N 105°50'58"E; Event: eventRemarks: collected by Shuo Liu on 25 March 2019; Record Level: basisOfRecord: preserved specime

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KIZ 2019020 ; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: AF1C5F73-C95C-576F-A98D-99E3714C3933; Taxon: scientificName: Bufo rubroventromaculatus ; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Guangxi; locality: Bainan Township, Napo County, Baise City ; verbatimElevation: 1030 m; verbatimCoordinates: 23°1'20"N 105°50'58"E; Event: eventRemarks: collected by Shuo Liu on 25 March 2019; Record Level: basisOfRecord: preserved specime

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KIZ 2019021 ; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 68661B2A-10DB-54AC-9FA8-A4BE58F877E3; Taxon: scientificName: Bufo rubroventromaculatus ; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Guangxi; locality: Bainan Township, Napo County, Baise City ; verbatimElevation: 1030 m; verbatimCoordinates: 23°1'20"N 105°50'58"E; Event: eventRemarks: collected by Shuo Liu on 25 March 2019; Record Level: basisOfRecord: preserved specime

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KIZ 2019022 ; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C597E27A-BB8C-5EB5-8B52-10C52C9853B1; Taxon: scientificName: Bufo rubroventromaculatus ; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Guangxi; locality: Bainan Township, Napo County, Baise City ; verbatimElevation: 1030 m; verbatimCoordinates: 23°1'20"N 105°50'58"E; Event: eventRemarks: collected by Shuo Liu on 25 March 2019; Record Level: basisOfRecord: preserved specime

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KIZ 2020007 ; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 6341C8F5-979F-5396-9FC0-2923CD457CB0; Taxon: scientificName: Bufo rubroventromaculatus ; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Yunnan; locality: Xiajinchang Township, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture ; verbatimElevation: 1550 m; verbatimCoordinates: 23°12'12"N 104°47'12"E; Event: eventRemarks: collected by Shuo Liu on 23 July 2020; Record Level: basisOfRecord: preserved specime

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KIZ 2020008 ; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: EB2A98E9-C0C2-54AE-94F1-AE2151C729B6; Taxon: scientificName: Bufo rubroventromaculatus ; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Yunnan; locality: Xiajinchang Township, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture ; verbatimElevation: 1550 m; verbatimCoordinates: 23°12'12"N 104°47'12"E; Event: eventRemarks: collected by Shuo Liu on 23 July 2020; Record Level: basisOfRecord: preserved specime

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KIZ 2020009 ; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 950E6AAA-E958-5611-951D-B74AB0312E98; Taxon: scientificName: Bufo rubroventromaculatus ; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Yunnan; locality: Xiajinchang Township, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture ; verbatimElevation: 1550 m; verbatimCoordinates: 23°12'12"N 104°47'12"E; Event: eventRemarks: collected by Shuo Liu on 23 July 2020; Record Level: basisOfRecord: preserved specime

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KIZ 2020010 ; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C8294D88-326F-57AF-B607-B4BA846C3FE2; Taxon: scientificName: Bufo rubroventromaculatus ; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Yunnan; locality: Xiajinchang Township, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture ; verbatimElevation: 1550 m; verbatimCoordinates: 23°12'12"N 104°47'12"E; Event: eventRemarks: collected by Shuo Liu on 23 July 2020; Record Level: basisOfRecord: preserved specime

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: KIZ 2021107 ; occurrenceID: DEA27300-CD84-5F69-B48E-6A062DFE0889; Taxon: scientificName: Bufo rubroventromaculatus ; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Yunnan; locality: Xiajinchang Township, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture ; verbatimElevation: 1780 m; verbatimCoordinates: 23°7'2"N 104°50'7"E; Event: eventRemarks: collected by Shuo Liu on 10 May 2021

Description of the specimens from China

Male body size relatively small, SVL 71.6 mm, female body size large, SVL 95.5–123.7 mm; head relatively large (HL / SVL 0.32–0.35, HW / SVL 0.40–0.45), wider than long (HW / HL 1.17–1.35); snout obtuse, relatively short (SNL / SVL 0.12–0.14), greater than eye horizontal diameter (ED / SNL 0.61–0.86); canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region and oblique; nostril to snout tip distance smaller than or subequal to eye to nostril distance (NS / EN 0.86–1.05); pupil horizontal; tympanum distinct; vomerine teeth present; tongue not notched posteriorly.

Female fore-limb relatively long (FLL / SVL 0.18–0.24, HAL / SVL 0.49–0.54), male fore-limb quite long (FLL / SVL 0.27, HAL / SVL 0.57); relative length of fingers F 3> F 1> F 4> F 2 or F 3> F 4> F 1> F 2; webbing between fingers absent; subarticular tubercles and supernumerary tubercles present; inner palmar tubercle small, oval; outer palmar tubercle large, round; nuptial pad present on first and second fingers in adult male.

Hind-limb relatively short; relative length of toes T 4> T 5> T 3> T 2> T 1; webbing between toes present and undeveloped, approximately half-webbed; subarticular tubercles present; inner metatarsal tubercle developed, oval; outer metatarsal tubercle present.

Dorsal surface of head smooth with few tubercles; dorsal and lateral surface of body with many small to medium-sized tubercles; parotoid glands developed and large; dorsolateral fold absent; dorsal surface of fore-limbs with many small to medium-sized tubercles, dorsal surface of hind-limbs with many small to large-sized tubercles; ventral surface relatively smooth with tiny tubercles.

Colouration in life

Dorsal surface yellowish-brown, brown or blackish-brown; a black stripe from ventral parotoid gland to groin region on each side, with white upper edge in some individuals; lower flanks mottled with black, white and a little red; ventral surface yellowish-white or greyish-white, anterior region with some red spots, posterior region with many black blotches; iris golden (Fig. 2 ).

Distribution

Bufo rubroventromaculatus is confirmed from central and northern Vietnam and Wenshan Prefecture in Yunnan Province and Baise City in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. The distribution of this species in Guizhou Province, China, is still in doubt (Fig. 3 ).

Figures

Figure 2. Bufo rubroventromaculatus from China in life. A, B The female (KIZ 2019020) from Bainan Township, Napo County, Baise City, Guangxi Autonomous Region; C, D an uncollected female from Xiajinchang Township, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province; E, F two uncollected females from Tianbao Town, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

Figure 3. Map showing the type locality of Bufo rubroventromaculatus in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam (black star), the collection site of the paratypes of B. rubroventromaculatus in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam (black pentagon), the collection sites of the specimens from Xiajinchang Township, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (black square and black triangle), the collection site of the specimens from Bainan Township, Napo County, Baise City, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China (black dot) and the doubtful distribution of this species in Jiangkou County, Guizhou Province, China (black diamond).