Recent phylogenetic analysis encompassing multilocus nuclear-gene and matrilineal mtDNA genealogy has revealed a series of cryptic species of the subgenus Panophrys within genus from southern and eastern China. This study demonstrates that the specimens from the hilly areas among Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan can be morphologically distinguished from all recognized congeners, thereby providing additional supports for the recognitions of four new species of , namely Megophrys (Panophrys) mirabilis Lyu, Wang & Zhao, from northeastern Guangxi, Megophrys (Panophrys) shimentaina Lyu, Liu & Wang, from northern Guangdong, and Megophrys (Panophrys) xiangnanensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, and Megophrys (Panophrys) yangmingensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, from southern Hunan. The descriptions of these species take the number of species to 101, 46 of which belong to the subgenus Panophrys.
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