Three New Species of the Genus Scutiger (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from the Gaoligong Mountain Range in China, with An Updated Key to the Chinese Congeners Author Wang, Kai 0000-0002-6736-3346 Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar wangkai@mail.kiz.ac.cn Author Yu, Zhongbin 0009-0002-3457-2077 Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar yuzhongbin@mail.kiz.ac.cn Author Wu, Yunhe 0000-0002-3189-1091 Herpetological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China yunhe2009@163.com Author Hou, Shao-Bing Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar Author Wang, De 0009-0007-4767-6904 Fugong Administrative Sub-Bureau of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan 673499, China 2695897481@qq.com Author Xiong, Yun 0009-0007-6796-1868 Gongshan Administrative Sub-Bureau of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan 673500, China 535611068@qq.com Author Ye, Xin-Long 0009-0005-9055-8837 Gongshan Administrative Sub-Bureau of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan 673500, China 463391356@qq.com Author Duan, Jian-Ping 0000-0002-4385-4124 Lushui Administrative Sub-Bureau of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan 673100, China 1071803115qq.com Author Li, Hai-Jun 0009-0003-3130-981X Nujiang Bureau of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan 673299, China 1061219153@qq.com Author Li, Jie 0009-0004-2448-9581 Nujiang Bureau of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan 673299, China 3464768863@qq.com Author Jin, Jie-Qiong 0000-0003-1603-9914 Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar jjq@mail.kiz.ac.cn Author Yang, Shen- Pin 0009-0003-8371-1499 Tengchong Bureau of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Tengchong, Yunnan 679100, China 2459746049@qq.com Author Che, Jing 0000-0003-4246-6514 Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar chej@mail.kiz.ac.cn text Zootaxa 2025 2025-12-02 5725 2 203 230 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.2.2 journal article 313539 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.2.2 b808ffa9-8bb3-49ef-afa9-5ee956c084fd 1175-5326 17868962 D5932D8C-D342-4592-89AF-6F134F8781AA

TABLE 2. Morphological data of the type series of the three new species described. Abbreviations of morphological characters were listed in Materials and methods.

Species	Voucher number	Sex	Type status	BW	SVL	HL	HW	SEL	ED	IOD	DEW	IND	END	PHL	LFHL	HAL	FAW	FEM	TIB
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ching sp. nov.	KIZ 038603	F	Paratype	5.5	45.05	14.96	15.24	6.47	4.31	3.85	3.99	4.01	2.8	6.46	22.16	11.46	3.53	17.74	15.31
	KIZ 038604	M	Paratype	4.3	39.25	13.5	13.78	4.95	4.21	3.23	4.62	3.7	2.73	5.75	19.79	10.68	4.26	16.51	14.74
	KIZ 51834	M	Holotype	4.2	37.5	13.6	13.4	5.5	4.5	3.8	3.4	4.1	2.8	5.5	20.5	10.7	5	17.1	15
lisu sp. nov.	KIZ 039255	F	Paratype	-	46.97	17.32	17.14	6.48	4.68	4.34	3.71	4.16	3.39	8.26	25.01	13.02	4.5	17.71	16.57
	KIZ 039277	F	Paratype	23.5	75.15	27.29	30.83	9.55	6.8	6.56	5.73	5.72	5.06	13.32	41.56	21.86	7.58	30.19	27.43
	KIZ 039266	F	Paratype	31.5	76.99	28.97	30.15	10.2	6.98	7.21	6.4	6.37	4.9	14.89	41.77	21.86	7.33	26.85	25.61
	KIZ 51837	F	Paratype	35.2	73.48	25.92	28.31	9.71	7.82	6.82	6.8	5.59	4.84	12	39.95	21.7	7.17	29.55	25.88
	KIZ 50797	F(gravid)	Paratype	44.4	85.95	31.39	32.77	10.66	6.96	7.06	7.46	7.28	5.6	15.79	44.27	21.87	7.63	31.18	29.54
	KIZ 58562	F(juvenile)	Paratype	11.1	53.92	19.97	20.95	7.52	4.76	4.84	4.82	4.76	3.52	9.21	29.1	16.13	5.63	22.51	20.11
	KIZ 59702	F(juvenile)	Paratype	21	65.35	23.39	24	8.6	6.33	4.48	6.32	5.9	4.24	10.75	33.94	17.95	6.21	27.09	24.4
	KIZ 038612	M	Paratype	58.3	89.68	34.04	34.61	11.34	8.79	8.74	7.54	6.63	5.92	15.48	46.5	23.91	15.33	37.6	33.16
	KIZ 038614	M	Paratype	50.8	82.5	30.8	32.5	10.3	6.9	7.3	7.1	6.4	4.4	15.5	44.9	24	14.6	36.5	31.9
	KIZ 038615	M	Paratype	31.7	76	25.2	27.7	8.9	5.3	6	6.7	5.6	5.2	12.6	39.45	20.25	9.23	28.98	26.85
	KIZ 039265	M	Holotype	40.4	78.99	27.99	29.25	9.63	6.92	5.88	7.05	5.81	4.74	14.95	40.86	21.44	10.29	31.7	28.19
	KIZ 50811	M	Paratype	31.2	78.73	27.95	30.9	10.14	6.95	7.43	5.99	6.56	4.79	13.19	39.87	21.16	11.18	28.77	26.57
	KIZ 53571	M	Paratype	43.9	80.4	31.1	31.9	10.8	8.7	7.8	7.2	6.4	5.7	14.1	44.4	24.2	13	35.1	30.3
	KIZ 59703	M	Paratype	42.8	80.6	27.2	29.6	9.2	7.3	7.4	6.6	6.1	4.3	12.8	42.9	22	11.4	31.9	28.6
	KIZ 58559	M	Paratype	35.9	74.8	27	28.2	8.6	7.3	6	6.6	6.2	4.1	12.2	41.5	21	11	30.8	28
	KIZ 53593	M	Paratype	54.9	78.8	25.8	29.2	10.3	8.8	6.4	8.2	6.6	4.7	11.7	46	24.6	13	35.6	30.6
pardalotus sp. nov.	KIZ 038641	F(gravid)	Paratype	12.4	56.42	16.59	18.01	7.13	4.71	3.7	4.5	3.94	2.71	5.75	24.26	12.02	5.33	19.39	17.86
	KIZ 038628	M	Paratype	9.3	51.07	16.92	16.06	6.42	5.21	3.89	4.06	4.46	3.14	7.08	24.1	11.95	5.83	19.2	19.27
	KIZ 038629	M	Paratype	11.5	51.69	17.31	17.97	6.3	5.43	5.11	4.34	4.87	3.41	7.27	25.81	13.18	7.38	21.53	20.45
	KIZ 038631	M	Paratype	10.3	47.54	15.54	16.37	6.26	4.74	4.03	4.21	3.54	3.04	6.09	23.69	10.65	7.44	18.56	18.51
	KIZ 038640	M	Paratype	10.3	53.19	16.93	17.46	7.66	4.25	4.53	4.02	4.61	3.41	6.92	24.97	13.13	8.18	21.26	20.01
	KIZ 038644	M	Paratype	10.4	52.78	17.62	17.05	6.6	5.79	4.65	4.93	5.02	3.24	7.36	26.07	12.66	7.55	20.66	19.82
	KIZ 039283	M	Holotype	9.6	52.62	17.19	17.08	7.11	4.75	4.47	4.05	4.29	3.79	7.3	25.33	12.45	6.38	20.27	18.96