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 4. Statistical compared of Limnoectes splendissimus sp. nov. and L. poilani (SD = standard deviation; for other abbreviations see Material and methods). Bold figures indicate p <0.05.

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	L. splendissimus	L. poilani			L. splendissimus	L. poilani
	sp.nov. (n=3)	(n=3)			sp.nov. (n=2)	(n=3)
	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	t	p	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	t	p
	(min–max)	(min–max)			(min–max)	(min–max)
SVL	105.4±1.4	89.0±2.9	9.6623	0.0025	92.4±7.5	67.5±1.4	4.5096	0.1306
	(104.1–107.0)	(84.1–89.3)			(87.2–97.7)	(67.5–69.9)
AGL	34.1±3.0	28.4±3.9	1.8266	0.1458	35.6±0.8	25.3±1.5	10.5620	0.0020
	(32.2–38.2)	(26.6–34.0)			(35.0–36.1)	(22.8–25.6)
	L. splendissimus sp.nov. (n=3)	L. poilani (n=3)			L. splendissimus sp.nov. (n=2)	L. poilani (n=3)
	Mean±SD (min–max)	Mean±SD (min–max)	t	p	Mean±SD (min–max)	Mean±SD (min–max)	t	p
HL	48.7±0.8 (48.7–50.1)	43.5±2.8 (40.0–45.6)	3.6072	0.0553	42.8±1.4 (41.7–43.8)	28.0±2.7 (27.8–32.5)	8.0095	0.0128
HW	44.6±0.8 (44.2–45.8)	39.1±1.6 (36.8–39.9)	6.1367	0.0088	36.6±3.8 (33.9–39.3)	26.3±1.3 (26.3–28.6)	3.3926	0.1533
HL/SVL	0.47±0.01 (0.46–0.48)	0.49±0.02 (0.49–0.51)	-2.2136	0.1021	0.46±0.03 (0.43–0.48)	0.41±0.03 (0.41–0.46)	0.9430	0.4497
HW/HL	0.91±0.01 (0.91–0.92)	0.90±0.02 (0.87–0.92)	1.1180	0.3703	0.87±0.08 (0.81–0.93)	0.94±0.04 (0.88–0.95)	-0.8352	0.5314
ED	8.8±0.8 (7.7–9.2)	8.8±0.3 (8.6–9.3)	-0.5511	0.6232	8.2±1.2 (7.3–9.0)	7.2±0.2 (7.0–7.5)	1.1342	0.4523
EN	10.1±0.5 (9.4–10.3)	8.2±0.1 (8.1–8.3)	5.8054	0.0224	8.3±0.9 (7.6–8.9)	6.4±0.4 (5.8–6.4)	3.0954	0.1635
NS	7.6±0.9 (6.1–7.6)	6.3±0.4 (5.7–6.4)	1.8437	0.1733	6.2±0.2 (6.1–6.4)	3.6±0.2 (3.4–3.8)	14.3391	0.0017
RL	15.3±2.0 (14.5–18.3)	15.2±0.4 (14.9–15.6)	0.6775	0.5639	15.2±1.1 (14.4–15.9)	10.0±0.4 (9.8–10.6)	6.3620	0.0701
UEW	6.8±0.7 (6.4–7.7)	5.9±0.5 (5.0–5.9)	2.7956	0.0533	7.0±0.8 (6.4–7.6)	5.2±0.3 (4.8–5.4)	3.0273	0.1694
IND	8.2±0.6 (7.5–8.6)	7.2±0.4 (6.6–7.2)	2.7191	0.0637	6.5±0.0 (6.5–6.6)	5.5±0.5 (5.2–6.1)	3.3072	0.0788
DAE	18.5±0.5	15.9±0.8	4.8239	0.0122	15.4±1.4	11.2±0.6	3.9779	0.1212
	(17.8–18.9)	(14.9–16.5)			(14.4–16.4)	(10.8–11.9)
DPE	26.7±0.0 (26.6–26.7)	22.4±0.6 (22.3–23.4)	11.4995	0.0072	22.6±2.5 (20.9–24.4)	16.7±0.1 (16.6–16.9)	3.3622	0.1834
TD	7.8±0.4 (7.5–8.4)	5.9±0.6 (5.0–6.1)	5.4368	0.0080	6.2±0.7 (5.6–6.7)	4.7±0.2 (4.6–4.9)	2.7272	0.2117
TD/ED	0.95±0.07 (0.85–0.98)	0.64±0.07 (0.57–0.71)	5.6922	0.0051	0.76±0.02 (0.74–0.77)	0.66±0.03 (0.62–0.68)	4.3909	0.0234
TED	14.2±1.6 (12.0–15.2)	10.9±1.4 (8.5–11.0)	2.9602	0.0423	5.8±0.9 (5.2–6.5)	4.0±0.4 (3.8–4.5)	2.6123	0.1935
ED/TED	0.62±0.13 (0.51–0.77)	0.85±0.11 (0.80–1.01)	-2.5737	0.0635	1.40±0.02 (1.39–1.42)	1.77±0.19 (1.61–1.99)	-3.4632	0.0705
MN	45.1±1.9 (42.6–46.4)	38.7±2.4 (36.0–40.8)	3.4606	0.0282	36.7±3.4 (34.3–39.1)	25.2±2.7 (24.5–29.5)	3.5835	0.0778
MAE	35.6±1.2 (35.1–37.3)	31.2±2.1 (29.8–33.9)	3.2009	0.0460	28.7±2.8 (26.7–30.7)	19.9±2.3 (19.1–23.5)	3.2428	0.0890
MPE	28.8±1.1 (27.3–29.4)	22.2±1.3 (22.1–24.4)	5.6358	0.0054	21.4±1.3 (20.6–22.3)	13.6±2.2 (11.9–16.2)	4.9128	0.0162
OH	8.0±0.6 (7.3–8.4)	7.1±0.6 (6.4–7.5)	1.8990	0.1305	4.5±0.9 (3.9–5.1)	2.2±0.2 (2.1–2.4)	3.6222	0.1599
UAL	19.6±1.3 (18.4–21.0)	17.6±1.3 (15.6–18.0)	2.4984	0.0670	15.8±2.1 (14.3–17.3)	10.6±1.3 (10.1–12.6)	2.7753	0.1439
	L. splendissimus	L. poilani			L. splendissimus	L. poilani
	sp.nov. (n=3)	(n=3)			sp.nov. (n=2)	(n=3)
	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	t	p	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	t	p
	(min–max)	(min–max)			(min–max)	(min–max)
FAL	43.6±1.3	36.5±1.5	5.5553	0.0054	36.2±2.1	29.7±1.6	4.1806	0.0634
	(41.9–44.5)	(35.6–38.5)			(34.7–37.8)	(26.9–29.7)
PaL	24.4±0.5	19.8±1.1	6.9261	0.0081	20.4±1.2	15.3±1.4	4.5024	0.0282
	(23.9–24.8)	(18.7–20.8)			(19.6–21.3)	(13.6–16.4)
FeL	52.0±1.3	41.8±2.5	5.6320	0.0103	44.4±1.8	32.8±0.5	9.0006	0.0572
	(50.1–52.6)	(40.4–45.2)			(43.1–45.6)	(32.1–33.0)
TBL	54.9±0.6	42.1±3.8	4.8616	0.0361	48.2±2.0	34.9±1.7	8.1371	0.0142
	(54.3–55.5)	(41.9–48.5)			(46.8–49.7)	(32.2–35.4)
TBW	19.0±0.1	15.0±0.7	10.1619	0.0079	17.3±2.4	11.0±0.5	3.7149	0.1576
	(18.8–19.1)	(14.1–15.4)			(15.6–19.0)	(10.4–11.3)
FoL	72.6±0.7	64.2±4.6	2.8161	0.1016	63.2±1.2	47.5±3.4	6.8502	0.0093
	(71.9–73.3)	(60.7–69.9)			(64.1–62.3)	(45.3–52.1)
IMT	6.2±0.8	5.4±0.6	1.3473	0.2553	5.4±0.5	3.5±0.2	5.3211	0.0819
	(5.7–7.3)	(5.1–6.3)			(5.1–5.8)	(3.5–3.9)