A New Species of the Genus Boulenophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from Eastern Guangdong, China

A new horned toad species, Boulenophrys elongata sp. nov., is described from Mt. Lianhua, new species is phylogenetically closest to B. brachykolos, which is restricted to the east of the Kong SAR). The new species can be distinguished from all recognized congeners by a combination of morphological characters and genetic divergences in the combined mitochondrial 16S, 12S and CO1 genes. We recommend the new species be listed as Data Deficient (DD) in the IUCN categorization, pending further investigation.