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Issue: Vol. 4168 No. 1: 14 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.10
Page range: 171–186
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A new species of Theloderma (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam. The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam.
AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D–50735 Cologne, Germany. Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D–50674 Cologne, Germany
Amphibia Theloderma annae sp. nov. karst forest molecular phylogeny taxonomy Hoa Binh Province

Abstract

We describe a new species of Theloderma from northwestern Vietnam based on morphological differences and molecular divergence. Theloderma annae sp. nov. is distinguishable from its congeners on the basis of a combination of the following characters:  Size small, SVL 27.1–28.5 mm in males, 30.3–32.6 mm in females; head longer than wide;  vomerine teeth absent; snout long (SL/SVL 0.16–0.19); spines on upper eyelid absent;  tibiotarsal projection absent; dorsal skin smooth; dermal fringes on forearm and tarsus absent; dorsal surface grayish green; and throat and ventral surface of arms and thighs brown with white spots.

 

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