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Nguyen TT, Nguyen HH, Ninh HT, Le LTH, Bui HT, Orlov N, Hoang CV, Ziegler T. Zhangixalusthaoae sp. nov., a new green treefrog species from Vietnam (Anura, Rhacophoridae). Zookeys 2024; 1197:93-113. [PMID: 38628553 PMCID: PMC11019256 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1197.104851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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We describe a new treefrog species from Lao Cai Province, northwestern Vietnam. The new species is assigned to the genus Zhangixalus based on a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) dorsum green, smooth; body size medium (SVL 30.1-32.2 in males); (2) fingers webbed; tips of digits expanded into large disks, bearing circum-marginal grooves; (3) absence of dermal folds along limbs; (4) absence of supracloacal fold and tarsal projection. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by: (1) dorsal surface of the head and body green without spots; (2) axilla and groin cream with a black blotch; (3) ventral cream without spot; (4) chin creamy with grey marbling; anterior part of the thigh and ventral surface of tibia orange without spots; posterior parts of thigh orange with a large black blotch; (5) ventral side of webbing orange with some grey pattern (6) iris red-bronze, pupils black; (7) finger webbing formula I1¼-1¼II1-2III1-1IV, toe webbing formula I½-½II0-1½III¼-1¾IV1¾-½V. Phylogenetically, the new species is nested in the same subclade as Z.jodiae, Z.pinglongensis, and Z.yaoshanensis, with genetic distances ranging from 3.23% to 4.68%. The new species can be found in evergreen montane tropical forests at an elevation of about 1,883 m a.s.l. This new discovery brings the number of known genus Zhangixalus species to 42 and the number of species reported from Vietnam to 10.
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- Tao Thien Nguyen
- Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, VietnamVietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyHanoiVietnam
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- Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, VietnamVietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyHanoiVietnam
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- Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, VietnamVietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyHanoiVietnam
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- Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, VietnamVietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyHanoiVietnam
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- Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, VietnamVietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyHanoiVietnam
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- Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, RussiaZoological Institute, Russian Academy of SciencesSt. PetersburgRussia
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- Forest Resources and Environment Centre, 300 Ngoc Hoi Road, Thanh Tri, Hanoi, VietnamForest Resources and Environment CentreHanoiVietnam
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- AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, GermanyAG Zoologischer Garten KölnCologneGermany
- Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47b, D-50674 Cologne, GermanyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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Badli-Sham BH, Syafiq MF, Aziz MSA, Mohd Jalil NR, Awang MT, Othman MNA, Abdul Aziz AA, Dzu K, Abdol Wahab NA, Jamil NL, Ismail MA, Wan Azman WAA, Xin Wei O, Jamaha NAN, Aqmal-Naser M, Fahmi-Ahmad M, Shahirah-Ibrahim N, Rizal SA, Belabut DM, Kin Onn C, Quah ESH, Grismer LL, Ahmad AB. A decade of amphibian studies (Animalia, Amphibia) at Sekayu lowland forest, Hulu Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. Zookeys 2023. [DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1157.95873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Amphibians of Sekayu lowland forest have been studied more than a decade, with discoveries of new records of species showing no sign of abating between the years 2003 to 2020, indicating the remarkably rich diversity of anurans in this forest. Despite ceaseless anthropogenic activities in this area, this study successfully recorded 52 species of amphibians from 32 genera in the lowland forest of Sekayu. The species composition consisted of a single species from the family Ichthyophiidae and 51 species of anurans of 31 genera and six families. The number of species recorded has steadily increased especially during more recent surveys from 2015 to 2020. This study augments the total number of amphibian species recorded from Hulu Terengganu by ten additional species, increasing the total to 70 species for the district.
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Sandeep S, Joelin J, Sanil G, Antony MM. Ontogenetic systematic characterisation of an endemic frog Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Western Ghats, Kerala, India. ZOOSYSTEMA 2022. [DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Sreedharan Sandeep
- Department of Zoology, Research centre, University of Kerala, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India) ,
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- Department of Zoology, Research centre, University of Kerala, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India) ,
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- Transdisciplinary Biology Group, Rajiv Gandhi, Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India)
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- Department of Zoology, Research centre, University of Kerala, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India)
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Elias-Costa AJ, Araujo-Vieira K, Faivovich J. Evolution of the strikingly diverse submandibular muscles in Anura. Cladistics 2021; 37:489-517. [PMID: 34570935 DOI: 10.1111/cla.12451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The most ventral muscles of the head (the mm. submentalis, intermandibularis, and interhyoideus) provide support to the gular region and lift the buccal floor during ventilation and feeding. These muscles show limited variation in most gnathostomes, but in Anura they exhibit a surprising diversity. The few studies that have explored this character system highlighted its potential as a source of phylogenetic information. In this paper we explored the diversity of this character system studying specimens of 567 anuran species and reviewing published data to cover a total of 1321 species, belonging to 53 of the 54 currently recognized anuran families, as well as caudates and caecilians. We defined 27 discrete characters including the number of muscle bellies, supplementary layers, hypertrophy and diversity of elastic fibres, and pigmentation, among others, and optimized them on a comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis. We recognized 223 unambiguously optimized synapomorphies for numerous clades on different scales, including three for Anura and many for suprafamiliar clades with poor phenotypic support. Finally, we discussed the evolution of this highly diverse character system, including homology, development, and its functional role in vocalization and feeding. Interestingly, the striking levels of variation in some structures contrast with the amount of phylogenetic inertia, allowing us to recognize several general patterns. Supplementary elements of the m. intermandibularis evolved first as broad layers occuring in more than half of extant anuran species and then concentrated forming discreet bellies in several clades. The anterior portion of the gular region is not sexually dimorphic, and is likely related to ventilation and tongue protraction. Conversely, the diversity of the m. interhyoideus is strongly linked to vocal sacs, which are present only in adult males, suggesting the presence of two independent modules.
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- Agustín J Elias-Costa
- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" - CONICET, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" - CONICET, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" - CONICET, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina.,Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, C1428EGA, Argentina
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Harvey MB, Rech I, Riyanto A, Kurniawan N, Smith EN. A New Angle-Headed Dragon (Agamidae: Gonocephalus) from Montane Forests of the Southern Bukit Barisan Range of Sumatra. HERPETOLOGICA 2021. [DOI: 10.1655/herpetologica-d-20-00044.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Michael B. Harvey
- Department of Biological Sciences, Broward College, 3501 SW Davie Road, Davie, FL 33314, USA
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- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, Bonn 53113, Germany
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- Laboratory of Herpetology, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences–LIPI, Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor km 46, Cibinong, West Java, 16911, Indonesia
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- Department of Biology, Universitas Brawijaya, Jl. Veteran, Malang, East Java, 65145, Indonesia
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- The Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center and Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, 501 S Nedderman Drive, Arlington, TX 76010, USA
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O'Connell KA, Oaks JR, Hamidy A, Shaney KJ, Kurniawan N, Smith EN, Fujita MK. Impacts of the Toba eruption and montane forest expansion on diversification in Sumatran parachuting frogs (Rhacophorus). Mol Ecol 2020; 29:2994-3009. [PMID: 32633832 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Catastrophic events, such as volcanic eruptions, can have profound impacts on the demographic histories of resident taxa. Due to its presumed effect on biodiversity, the Pleistocene eruption of super-volcano Toba has received abundant attention. We test the effects of the Toba eruption on the diversification, genetic diversity, and demography of three co-distributed species of parachuting frogs (Genus Rhacophorus) on Sumatra. We generate target-capture data (~950 loci and ~440,000 bp) for three species of parachuting frogs and use these data paired with previously generated double digest restriction-site associated DNA (ddRADseq) data to estimate population structure and genetic diversity, to test for population size changes using demographic modelling, and to estimate the temporal clustering of size change events using a full-likelihood Bayesian method. We find that populations around Toba exhibit reduced genetic diversity compared with southern populations, and that northern populations exhibit a shift in effective population size around the time of the eruption (~80 kya). However, we infer a stronger signal of expansion in southern populations around ~400 kya, and at least two of the northern populations may have also expanded at this time. Taken together, these findings suggest that the Toba eruption precipitated population declines in northern populations, but that the demographic history of these three species was also strongly impacted by mid-Pleistocene forest expansion during glacial periods. We propose local rather than regional effects of the Toba eruption, and emphasize the dynamic nature of diversification on the Sunda Shelf.
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- Kyle A O'Connell
- Global Genome Initiative, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, USA.,Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, USA.,Department of Biology and Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA.,Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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- Zoology Division, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Gd, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
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- Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Biology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia
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- Department of Biology and Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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Synchronous diversification of parachuting frogs (Genus Rhacophorus) on Sumatra and Java. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 123:101-112. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Luna MC, Mcdiarmid RW, Faivovich J. From erotic excrescences to pheromone shots: structure and diversity of nuptial pads in anurans. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Maria Celeste Luna
- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’ – CONICET, Ángel Gallardo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- United States Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’ – CONICET, Ángel Gallardo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Taboada C, Brunetti AE, Alexandre C, Lagorio MG, Faivovich J. Fluorescent Frogs: A Herpetological Perspective. SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.2994/sajh-d-17-00029.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Carlos Taboada
- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ángel Gallardo 470, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina
- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14040-903, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA 45662-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ángel Gallardo 470, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
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Description of Five New Day Geckos ofCnemaspis kandianaGroup (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sumatra and Mentawai Archipelago, Indonesia. J HERPETOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1670/15-047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Matsui M, Shimada T, Sudin A. A New Gliding Frog of the GenusRhacophorusfrom Borneo. CURRENT HERPETOLOGY 2013. [DOI: 10.5358/hsj.32.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Grant R, Halliday T, Chadwick E. Amphibians’ response to the lunar synodic cycle—a review of current knowledge, recommendations, and implications for conservation. Behav Ecol 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Identification and Description of the Tadpole of the Parachuting FrogRhacophorus catamitusfrom Southern Sumatra, Indonesia. J HERPETOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1670/11-086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Li JT, Li Y, Murphy RW, Rao DQ, Zhang YP. Phylogenetic resolution and systematics of the Asian tree frogs,Rhacophorus(Rhacophoridae, Amphibia). ZOOL SCR 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00557.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Matsui M, Mumpuni, Hamidy A. Description of a New Species ofHylaranafrom Sumatra (Amphibia, Anura). CURRENT HERPETOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.5358/hsj.31.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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LI JIATANG, LIU JUN, CHEN YUEYING, WU JIAWEI, MURPHY ROBERTW, ZHAO ERMI, WANG YUEZHAO, ZHANG YAPING. Molecular phylogeny of treefrogs in the Rhacophorus dugritei species complex (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with descriptions of two new species. Zool J Linn Soc 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00790.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Jiatang LI, Dingqi RAO, Robert WMURPHY, Yaping ZHANG. The Systematic Status of Rhacophorid Frogs. ASIAN HERPETOL RES 2011. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1245.2011.00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ohler A, Delorme M. Well known does not mean well studied: Morphological and molecular support for existence of sibling species in the Javanese gliding frog Rhacophorus reinwardtii (Amphibia, Anura). C R Biol 2006; 329:86-97. [PMID: 16439338 DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2005.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2005] [Revised: 10/25/2005] [Accepted: 11/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Morphological, morphometrical and molecular data support the existence of two sibling species in the taxon previously known as Rhacophorus reinwardtii. The two species can be distinguished by the coloration pattern of webbing, the size of adult specimens and the relative size of various morphometric characters. This long and commonly known taxon should be separated into two species. As a consequence, the conservation status of the new species Rhacophorus kio n. sp. as well as of the redefined species Rhacophorus reinwardtii must be re-evaluated and, considering the new distribution data and the particular ecological demands, both species should be considered as 'endangered'.
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- Annemarie Ohler
- Reptiles et Amphibiens, USM 0602, département de systématique et évolution, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 25, rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France.
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Harvey MB, Noonan BP. Bolivian glass frogs (Anura: Centrolenidae) with a description of a new species from Amazonia. P BIOL SOC WASH 2005. [DOI: 10.2988/0006-324x(2005)118[428:bgfacw]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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