Table 4.
Morphological comparison between members of the A.ricketti species group. Characters are: ① vomerine teeth: 0 = absent, 1 = present; ② vocal sacs: 0 = absent, 1 = present; ③ spines on temporal region and lower lips in female: 0 = absent, 1 = present; ④ heels: 0 = overlapping, 1 = just meeting; ⑤ translucent or white spines on dorsal body, dorsal and dorsolateral limbs: 0 = absent, 1 = present; ⑥ spines on temporal region, loreal region, and lips in breeding male: 0 = absent, 1 = present; ⑦ tibiotarsal articulation: 0 = reaching tip of snout, 1 = reaching eye; ⑧ supernumerary tubercle below the base of fingers II: 0 = absent, 1 = present; ⑨ pineal body: 0 = distinct, 1 = indistinct; ⑩ female SVL (mm). “?” = unknown.
| Species | ① | ② | ③ | ④ | ⑤ | ⑥ | ⑦ | ⑧ | ⑨ | ⑩ | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.shihaitaoi sp. nov. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39.2‒45.7 | This study |
| A.yatseni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42.1–48.9 | a |
| A.ricketti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.5‒67.0 | a, b |
| A.sinensis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.7–52.7 | a |
| A.albispinus | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.1–50.9 | a, b |
| A.wuyiensis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45.2–52.7 | a, b, c |
| A.yunkaiensis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35.2–39.0 | a, d |
Source: a: Lyu et al. (2019); b: Sung et al. (2016); c: Fei et al. (2009); d: Lyu et al. (2018).