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Issue: Vol. 4450 No. 4: 26 Jul. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.2
Page range: 427–444
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Detection of Cryptic taxa in the genus Leptophryne (Fitzinger, 1843) (Amphibia; Bufonidae) and the description of a new species from Java, Indonesia

Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Gd. Widyasatwaloka, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor km 46, Cibinong, West Java, Indonesia
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Gd. Widyasatwaloka, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor km 46, Cibinong, West Java, Indonesia Study Group of Wildlife and Habitat Conservation “Green Community”, Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Sciences, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Gd. Widyasatwaloka, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor km 46, Cibinong, West Java, Indonesia
Department of Tropical Biodiversity Conservation, Graduate School of Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
Gunung Ciremai National Park, Jl. Raya Kuningan km 9 No. 1, Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia.
Amphibia Leptophryne javanica new species Sundaland taxonomy

Abstract

We investigated phylogenetic relationships among populations of two species within the genus Leptophryne, L. cruentata and L. borbonica, using the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. As a result, we identified two distinct lineages within populations currently considered Leptophryne cruentata: 1) a lineage containing L. cruentata from the type locality, and 2) a lineage from Mt. Slamet and Mt. Ciremai. On the basis of genetic and morphological differences, we describe the Mt. Slamet and Mt. Ciremai populations as a new species, L. javanica sp. nov. The new species is distinguished from L. cruentata and L. borbonica by the following combination of morphological characters: the presence of distinct yellow mottling on the dorsum; relatively small body size (SVL male 22.2–24.0 mm, female 29.6 mm); relatively short hindlimbs (HLL 37.0–40.9 mm); relatively short fourth toe (4ToeL 4.3–6.0 mm); basal webbing on the hands, but well developed on toes; very protruding snout and an indistinct tympanum. In our preliminary phylogenetic analysis, we also detected four distinct lineages within Leptophryne borbonica: 1) a lineage containing true L. borbonica from west Java, 2) a lineage from Lampung (Sumatra I), 3) a lineage from northern Borneo, and 4) a lineage from Bengkulu (Sumatra II). Further studies are needed to determine taxonomic status of these lineages.

 

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