Kalophrynus menglienicus Yang and Su, 1980 Menglien Dwarf Sticky Frog

Zug, George R., 2015, Morphology and Systematics of Kalophrynus interlineatus-pleurostigma Populations (Anura: Microhylidae: Kalophryninae) and a Taxonomy of the Genus Kalophrynus Tschudi, Asian Sticky Frogs, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (5), pp. 135-190 : 170

Kalophrynus menglienicus Yang and Su, 1980 Menglien Dwarf Sticky Frog

Kalophrynus menglienicus Yang and Su, 1980, Zoological Research, Kunming 1:257 [type locality: “ Menglien, Yunnan, altitude 1040 m ”, China.]

TYPE MATERIAL.— HOLOTYPE: Kunming Institute of Zoology 75I377 . PARATYPES: KIZ, 32 males without number. All by original designation .

DEFINITION.— Small, no adult females, adult males 19.7– 23. 4 mm SVL (n = 16); head long 31–33 % HeadL/ SVL; head width subequal length NA % HeadW/ SVL; snout moderately broad NA % SnW/HeadL; naris closer to snout than to eye NA % NarEye/SnEye; eye moderately large 14 % EyeD/ SVL; tympanum visible and subequal to eye 14 % Tymp/ SVL; moderate length forelimb NA % Forarm/ SVL and forearm equal crus length NA % Forarm/CrusL; hindlimb moderately long 133–134 % HndlL/ SVL, 44–45 % CrusL/ SVL, and NA % CrusL/ThghL; hindfoot well developed 44–46 % HndfL/ SVL.

Vomerine teeth absence; palatal fold morphology diagrammatically illustrated; tongue moderately large, oblong and rounded posteriorly.

Fingers not webbed; lengths 3>4>2>1; tips rounded and not dilated; subarticular tubercles apparently present, shape and numbers on digits not reported; fleshy palmar tubercle, size and shape not reported. Toes not webbed, lengths 4>3≈5>2>1, first toe nub-like; tips rounded, not dilated; subarticular tubercles presence, number and shapes not reported; inner and outer metatarsal tubercles not reported.

Coloration not described. A color illustration is presented in Fei’s (1999:305) field guide to Chinese amphibians.

ETYMOLOGY.— This frog takes its specific name from its origin at Menglien.

DISTRIBUTION.— Known only from the vicinity of its type locality.

NATURAL HISTORY.— Not reported; however, I note that it is a high elevation frog.

COMMENTS.— Preceding information extracted from Yang and Su (1980). Mensural data from their table; however, owing to the column headings in Chinese, I may have misinterpreted the data.