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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 1: 15 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.5
Page range: 121-143
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Taxonomic Reassessment of an Enigmatic Flying Frog (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Sangihe Island, Indonesia

Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense; Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution; National Research and Innovation Agency; Cibinong; West Java; Indonesia
Herpetological Society of Indonesia
Herpetological Society of Indonesia
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense; Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution; National Research and Innovation Agency; Cibinong; West Java; Indonesia
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense; Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution; National Research and Innovation Agency; Cibinong; West Java; Indonesia
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense; Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution; National Research and Innovation Agency; Cibinong; West Java; Indonesia
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense; Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution; National Research and Innovation Agency; Cibinong; West Java; Indonesia
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building; Berkeley 94720; CA; USA
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building; Berkeley 94720; CA; USA
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building; Berkeley 94720; CA; USA
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute; University of Kansas; Lawrence; KS; USA
Amphibia Endemic Morphometric analysis Phylogenetic analysis remote Island

Abstract

Sangihe is the northernmost island in a string of a volcanic islands that extend northward from Sulawesi toward the Philippines. Sangihe is known to host one species of flying-frog in the genus Rhacophorus, which is currently classified as a subspecies of the widespread species, R. pardalis (as R. p. rhyssocephalus). Based on newly collected material obtained during a recent expedition in Sangihe, we re-evaluated the taxonomic status of R. p. rhyssocephalus. Molecular sequences (12S rRNA, tRNA val, and 16S rRNA) were obtained for this species, and 66 additional Rhacophorid sequences were extracted from GenBank, including R. pardalis from Borneo. Our molecular analysis revealed that R. p. rhyssocephalus is sister to the Sulawesi Rhacophorus clade, and is not closely related to the widespread lineage of R. pardalis. Furthermore, R. pardalis and R. p. rhyssocephalus exhibit an uncorrected patristic distance of 16%. Our morphological comparisons also identified unique differences between Sangihe and Bornean populations of R. pardalis, such as a prominent U-shaped intraorbital ridge present in the Sangihe population but absent in Bornean population. Based on the available evidence, we elevated the taxonomic status of the Rhacophorus frog from Sangihe Island to Rhacophorus rhyssocephalus. This study highlights the taxonomic complexities and significant discoveries still to be made on this remote island, enhancing our understanding of insular evolutionary processes in this under-explored island archipelago.

 

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How to Cite

Herlambang, A.E.N., Sabinhaliduna, E., Trilaksono, W., Anita, S., Riyanto, A., Hamidy, A., Krone, I., Amini, S., Méndez, M.J.N., Herr, M. & Mcguire, J.A. (2025) Taxonomic Reassessment of an Enigmatic Flying Frog (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Sangihe Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 5636 (1), 121–143. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.5