A new fanged frog of the genus Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam Author Le, Manh Van Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China & Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China & Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan St., Dist. 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Author Nguyen, Luan Thanh Asian Turtle Program of Indo-Myanmar Conservation, No. 1806, C 14 Bac Ha Building, To Huu St., Nam Tu Liem Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam Author Murphy, Robert W. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario M 5 S 2 C 6, Canada Author Tran, Tuyet-Dzung Thi 0000-0002-0192-426X Asian Turtle Program of Indo-Myanmar Conservation, No. 1806, C 14 Bac Ha Building, To Huu St., Nam Tu Liem Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam tuyetdung26@gmail.com Author Nguyen, Sang Ngoc Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan St., Dist. 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam Author Che, Jing Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-16 5570 1 57 80 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5570.1.2 journal article 307871 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.1.2 ebc340fe-6172-4b43-89df-84b87f9215a2 1175-5326 14734603 BBC01CC8-D0A1-4032-9D2D-4F18BFD5761E

TABLE 5. Morphological characters of the type series of Limnonectes splendissimus sp. nov., measurements in millimeters (abbreviations see Material and methods).

ITBCZ	8674 Holotype	8675	8676	8677	8678 Paratypes	8679	3626	3627
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Sex	male	male	male	submale	female	female	subfemale	juvenile
SVL	105.4	104.1	107.0	70.8	87.2	97.7	60.7	36.0
AGL	32.2	34.1	38.2	28.4	36.1	35.0	21.8	13.2
HL	50.1	48.7	48.7	30.8	41.7	43.8	29.9	17.9
HW	45.8	44.6	44.2	28.6	33.9	39.3	26.0	15.7
ED	8.8	7.7	9.2	6.3	7.3	9.0	5.9	4.1
EN	9.4	10.1	10.3	6.7	7.6	8.9	5.6	3.1
NS	6.1	7.6	7.6	5.1	6.1	6.4	4.3	2.6
RL	15.3	14.5	18.3	12.0	14.4	15.9	10.0	6.1
UEW	6.4	6.8	7.7	5.8	6.4	7.6	5.3	3.7
IND	8.2	8.6	7.5	5.7	6.6	6.5	5.0	3.1
DAE	18.9	18.5	17.8	13.0	14.4	16.4	10.9	6.4
DPE	26.6	26.7	26.7	17.9	20.9	24.4	16.1	10.1
IOD	10.8	11.6	9.8	6.3	6.9	8.1	5.7	3.2
TD	8.4	7.6	7.8	5.1	5.6	6.7	4.0	3.0
TED	14.2	15.2	12.0	4.0	5.2	6.5	3.0	1.7
MN	46.4	42.6	45.1	26.8	34.3	39.1	25.8	15.2
MAE	37.3	35.1	35.6	19.7	26.7	30.7	21.4	15.6
MPE	29.4	27.3	28.8	12.8	20.6	22.3	16.0	8.1
OH	8.4	7.3	8.0	2.9	3.9	5.1	2.4	-
UAL	21.0	18.4	19.6	13.7	17.3	14.3	11.8	7.4
FAL	43.6	41.9	44.5	30.8	34.7	37.8	26.3	15.8
Sex	male	male	male	submale	female	female	subfemale	juvenile
PaL	24.4	23.9	24.8	17.9	19.6	21.3	14.1	9.6
OMT	3.9	3.9	5.1	3.0	3.4	4.0	-	-
IMC	4.3	-	-	3.5	3.8	3.9	-	-
TTL	5.1	5.4	5.3	4.3	4.2	4.7	-	-
FeL	52.6	52.0	50.1	38.6	43.1	45.6	33.7	22.4
TBL	55.5	54.9	54.3	41.2	46.8	49.7	35.0	21.7
TBW	19.1	18.8	19.0	12.6	15.6	19.0	10.4	6.7
FoL	73.3	72.6	71.9	55.3	64.1	62.3	47.9	31.2
IMT	6.2	5.7	7.3	4.2	5.1	5.8	4.1	-