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researchers discover new species, lianshan horned toad, in guangdong

the biodiversity research team of guangdong environmental protection engineering vocational college, in collaboration with the guangdong provincial wildlife monitoring and rescue center and the guangdong lianshan bijiashan provincial nature reserve, discovered a new amphibian species, boulenophrys pepe, in lianshan, guangdong. related the scientific research results were recently officially published in the international animal taxonomy journal "zootaxa".

the picture shows the morphological characteristics of the lianshan horned toad. (photo courtesy of interviewee)

lin shishi, leader of the research team, said that compared with similar species, the new species has significantly swollen lips, which is quite distinctive. it mainly inhabits evergreen broad-leaved forests between 490 meters and 540 meters above sea level. there are abundant mountain streams and leaf litter under the forest, forming a diverse micro-habitat system.

it is understood that china is the country with the richest species of the genus toad, with a total of 68 species recorded so far, 12 of which are only distributed in guangdong province, and most of them are narrowly distributed species. they are a group in urgent need of attention and conservation.

the picture shows the living environment of the lianshan horned toad. (photo courtesy of interviewee)

lin shishi introduced that the lianshan horned toad is highly sensitive to changes in the forest ecological environment. the discovery of new species this time deepens the understanding of biodiversity and demonstrates the effectiveness of the protection of my country's mountain forest ecosystems.