title: A new genus and species of treefrog from Medog, southeastern Tibet, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae).
abstract: A new genus and species of threefrog is described from Medog, southeastern Tibet, China based on morphological and phylogenetic data. The new genus can be distinguished from other treefrog genera by the following combination of characters: (1) body size moderate, 45.0 mm in male; (2) snout rounded; (3) canthus rostralis obtuse and raised prominently, forming a ridge from nostril to anterior corner of eyes; (4) web rudimentary on fingers; (5) web moderately developed on toes; (6) phalange "Y" shaped, visible from dorsal side of fingers and toes; (7) skin of dorsal surfaces relatively smooth, scatted with small tubercles; (8) iris with a pale yellow, "X" shaped pattern of pigmentation.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China; Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73072-7029, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China; Tibet University, Lhasa Tibet 850000, China.
authors.forename: Da-Hu
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: Imaging Biodiversity Expedition, Beijing 100107, China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China. chej@mail.kiz.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Che
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D010858:Pigmentation; D018609:Tibet
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Nasutixalus medogensis sp. nov.; New genus; New species; Taxonomy; Theloderma moloch
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