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Issue: Vol. 4093 No. 2: 22 Mar. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.2
Page range: 181–200
Abstract views: 93
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomic revision of the Chinese Limnonectes (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with the description of a new species from China and Myanmar

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Division of Fishery, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Phayao, Phayao, 56000, Thailand
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Division of Fishery, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Phayao, Phayao, 56000, Thailand
Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
Institute of Continuing Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, China
School of Life Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, Henan, China
College of life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 570100, Hainan, China
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
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7561, USA
Biology Department, James Madison University, 951 Carrier Dr., Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
Amphibia Indochina Limnonectes longchuanensis sp. nov. Phylogenetics Sympatric distribution Yunnan

Abstract

Phylogenetic reconstructions derived from DNA sequence data play a central role in documenting the number of species in a complex. Such analyses are pointing to the existence of many cryptic species, especially in poorly understood groups such as the genus Limnonectes, and the L. kuhlii species complex in particular. To understand the Limnonectes frogs of China, we reconstruct the major matrilineal genealogy of Limnonectes from China and Southeast Asia based on 12S rRNA, tRNAVal and 16S rRNA gene sequences. Based on new data we recognize five species of Limnonectes in China including L. bannaensis, L. fujianensis, L. fragilis, L. taylori (new record), and a new species from southern China and Myanmar. Phylogenetically, the new species is more closely related to the clade comprising L. taylori, L. megastomias, L. isanensis, L. nguyenorum, and L. jarujini from Thailand than to other Chinese species. This study supports previous findings of sympatric members of a species complex that are not each other’s closest relatives.

 

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