A: Location of type locality of Leptobrachella damingshanensis sp. nov. , Damingshan National Nature Reserve, Wuming County, Guangxi, China. B: Dorsal view, lateral view, ventral view, dorsal view of thighs, ventral view of hand, ventral view of foot. Photo by Wei-Cai Chen. C: Advertisement calls. D: Bayesian inference (BI) tree based on 16S rRNA gene fragment, with Leptobrachium chapaense and Xenophrys major as outgroups. Red spots represent high support by Bayesian posterior probabilities (BPP>0.95).

A new species of music frog, Nidirana guibeiensissp. nov., is described from northern Guangxi, China. Based on two mtDNA fragments analyzed, phylogenetic trees reveal that N. guibeiensissp. nov. is most closely related to N. leishanensis. However, the new species can be identified by conspicuous diagnostic morphological characteristics as well as bioacoustics. In contrast to the known Nidirana species, the advertisement calls of the new species can be divided into three types, calls with one, two, and three notes. In addition, the new species has nest construction behavior, which is inconsistent with N. leishanensis. Nidirana guibeiensissp. nov. occurs in paddy fields or still pools at 300–1300 m a.s.l.