23 results on '"Yong Wang"'
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2. A new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from South China, with comments on the taxonomic status of L. chishuiensis and L. purpurus
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Jian Wang, Shuo Qi, Ke-Yuan Dai, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Hong-Hui Chen, Yuan-Qiu Li, Yong-You Zhao, Yun-Ze Wang, and Ying-Yong Wang
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Arthropoda ,Morulininae ,Megophryidae ,Neanurinae ,Asteraceae ,Amphibia ,Neanuridae ,Magnoliopsida ,taxonomy ,Leptobrachella shimentaina sp. nov ,L. purpurus ,Morulina ,L. chishuiensis ,morphology ,Animalia ,Chordata ,Plantae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Neanuroidea ,Asterales ,Neanura ,Biota ,Poduromorpha ,Arctium ,Tracheophyta ,Leptobrachella ,Carduoideae ,Collembola ,Anura - Abstract
A new species of Leaf Litter Toad,Leptobrachella shimentainasp. nov., is described from the Shimentai and Luokeng nature reserves of northern Guangdong Province, southern China. The new taxon can be distinguished from all recognized congeners by a combination of discrete morphological character state differences relating to its small body size (SVL 26.4–28.9 mm in six adult males, 30.1 and 30.7 mm in two adult females); a number of apparently fixed color pattern character differences (including eye coloration and color pattern features from dorsal, ventral, and dorsolateral surfaces of its head, body, limbs, and ventrum); the morphological and discrete characteristics of the external phenotype (the skin texture of dorsum and ventrum, the presence of supra-axillary and ventrolateral glands, the wide dermal fringes and rudimentary webbing on toes, and the uninterrupted longitudinal ridges under toes). Two samples of this new species previously were proposed as representing a new, unnamed species. We now substantiate this claim by providing diagnostic comparisons of discrete character differences. In addition, we also discuss taxonomic uncertainty surrounding the identity of two congeners,L. chishuiensisandL. purpurus, which we interpret as indicative of taxonomic inflation in the species-rich subfamily Megophryidae.
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- 2022
3. A sheep in wolf's clothing: Elaphe xiphodonta sp. nov. (Squamata, Colubridae) and its possible mimicry to Protobothrops jerdonii
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L. Lee Grismer, Ying-Yong Wang, Jing-Song Shi, Shuo Qi, Shu-Hai Bu, Yan-Bo Ma, Pipeng Li, and Yi-Fei Gao
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Squamata ,Reptilia ,osteology ,Elaphe ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,taxonomy ,Colubroidea ,Colubrid ,morphology ,Colubridae ,Viperidae ,Animalia ,Protobothrops jerdonii ,Chordata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Qinling Mountains ,biology ,Osteology ,Anatomy ,Dorsal scales ,biology.organism_classification ,Biota ,Protobothrops ,030104 developmental biology ,Sister group ,QL1-991 ,Molecular phylogenetics ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Colubrinae ,Crotalinae ,Zoology ,Ventral scales - Abstract
Based on combined morphological and osteological characters and molecular phylogenetics, we describe a new species of the genus Elaphe that was discovered from the south slope of the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China, namely Elaphe xiphodontasp. nov. It is distinguished from the other congeners by a combination of the following characters: dorsal scales in 21-21-17 rows, the medial 11 rows keeled; 202–204 ventral scales, 67–68 subcaudals; two preoculars (including one subpreocular); two postoculars; two anterior temporals, three posterior temporals; reduced numbers of maxillary teeth (9+2) and dentary teeth (12); sharp cutting edges on the posterior or posterolateral surface of the rear maxillary teeth and dentary teeth; dorsal head yellow, three distinct markings on the head and neck; a distinct black labial spot present in supralabials; dorsum yellow, 46–49 complete (or incomplete) large black-edged reddish brown blotches on the body and 12–19 on the tail, two rows of smaller blotches on each ventrolateral side; ventral scales yellow with mottled irregular black blotches, a few irregular small red spots dispersed on the middle of the ventral. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses, the new species forms the sister taxon to E. zoigeensis. The discovery of this new species increases the number of the recognized species in the genus Elaphe to 17.
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- 2021
4. A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group (Squamata, Eublepharidae) with the description of a new species
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Liang Zhang, Pipeng Li, Ying-Yong Wang, Shuo Qi, Zhi-Tong Lyu, and L. Lee Grismer
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0106 biological sciences ,Dorsum ,Goniurosaurus ,China ,Asia ,Reptilia ,Squamata ,Lialis ,010607 zoology ,Amniota ,Eublepharidae ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Gobekko ,Gnathostomata ,Phylogenetics ,Systematics ,morphology ,lcsh:Zoology ,Goniurosaurus yingdeensis ,Animalia ,Branchiostoma capense ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Goniurosaurus varius sp. nov. Goniurosaurus zhelongi morphology phylogeny taxonomy ,Goniurosaurus zhelongi ,Chordata ,Phylogeny ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Vertebrata ,Craniata ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Ymeria ,Reptiliomorpha ,Cephalornis ,Anatomy ,Sauria ,biology.organism_classification ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Gekkomorpha ,Goniurosaurus varius sp. nov ,Research Article ,Black spot - Abstract
A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group is presented in this study, on the basis of morphological and phylogenetic analyses based on a series of additional specimens. Moreover, a new species of this group, Goniurosaurus variussp. nov., is proposed for northern Guangdong Province, China. The new species can be distinguished from the other two congeners of this group by the following unique characters: one or two internasals; enlarged supraorbital tubercles absent; paravertebral tubercles between limb insertions 27–29; dorsal tubercle rows at midbody 21–24; ten precloacal pores in males and absent in females; body bands with black spots; iris orange-red.
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- 2020
5. A new species of the genus Lycodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Guangxi, China
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Zhi-Tong Lyu, Jian Wang, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Ying-Yong Wang, and Shuo Qi
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0106 biological sciences ,Reptilia ,Squamata ,Lialis ,010607 zoology ,Amniota ,Guangxi ,phylogeny ,Colubrinae Guangxi Lycodon cathaya sp. nov. morphology phylogeny taxonomy ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Lycodon cathaya sp. nov ,taxonomy ,Lycodon ,Gnathostomata ,lcsh:Zoology ,morphology ,Colubridae ,Animalia ,Branchiostoma capense ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Chordata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Vertebrata ,Colubrinae ,Craniata ,Cathaya ,Serpentes ,biology ,Ymeria ,Reptiliomorpha ,Cephalornis ,Dorsal scales ,Anatomy ,biology.organism_classification ,Sister group ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Ventral scales - Abstract
A new species of colubrid snake,Lycodon cathayasp. nov., is described based on two adult male specimens collected from Huaping Nature Reserve, Guangxi, southern China. In a phylogenetic analyses, the new species is shown to be a sister taxon to the clade composed ofL. futsingensisandL. namdongensiswith low statistical support, and can be distinguished from all known congeners by the significant genetic divergence in the mitochondrial cytochromebgene fragment (p-distance ≥ 7.9%), and morphologically by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsal scales in 17–17–15 rows, smooth throughout; (2) supralabials eight, third to fifth in contact with eye, infralabials nine; (3) ventral scales 199–200 (plus two preventral scales), subcaudals 78; (4) loreal single, elongated, in contact with eye or not, not in contact with internasals; (5) a single preocular not in contact with frontal, supraocular in contact with prefrontal, two postoculars; (6) maxillary teeth 10 (4+2+2+2); (7) two anterior temporals, three posterior temporals; (8) precloacal plate entire; (9) ground color from head to tail brownish black, with 31–35 dusty rose bands on body trunk, 13–16 on tail; (10) bands in 1–2 vertebral scales broad in minimum width; (11) bands separate ground color into brownish black ellipse patches arranged in a row along the top of body and tail; (12) elliptical patches in 3–6 scales of the vertebral row in maximum width; (13) ventral surface of body with wide brownish black strip, margined with a pair of continuous narrow greyish white ventrolateral lines. With the description of the new species, 64 congeners are currently known in the genusLycodon, with 16 species occurring in China.
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- 2020
6. Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China
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Guo-Xin Guo, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Yuan-Qiu Li, Ying-Yong Wang, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Zu-Yao Liu, and Jian Zhao
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0106 biological sciences ,Species complex ,Panophrys ,Megophryidae ,010607 zoology ,Zoology ,Megophrys ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Aerugoamnis ,diversity ,Amphibia ,taxonomy ,Gnathostomata ,morphology ,lcsh:Zoology ,Animalia ,Branchiostoma capense ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Chordata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Vertebrata ,Lissamphibia ,cryptic species ,Craniata ,Phylogenetic tree ,biology ,Ymeria ,Eastern china ,Cephalornis ,biology.organism_classification ,Geography ,Southern china ,cryptic species diversity morphology Panophrys taxonomy ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Anura ,Subgenus - Abstract
Recent phylogenetic analysis encompassing multilocus nuclear-gene and matrilineal mtDNA genealogy has revealed a series of cryptic species of the subgenus Panophrys within genus Megophrys from southern and eastern China. This study demonstrates that the Panophrys specimens from the hilly areas among Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan can be morphologically distinguished from all recognized congeners, thereby providing additional supports for the recognitions of four new species of Panophrys, namely Megophrys (Panophrys) mirabilis Lyu, Wang & Zhao, sp. nov. from northeastern Guangxi, Megophrys (Panophrys) shimentaina Lyu, Liu & Wang, sp. nov. from northern Guangdong, and Megophrys (Panophrys) xiangnanensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. and Megophrys (Panophrys) yangmingensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. from southern Hunan. The descriptions of these species take the number of Megophrys species to 101, 46 of which belong to the subgenus Panophrys.
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- 2020
7. A sheep in wolf's clothing
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Shuo, Qi, Jing-Song, Shi, Yan-Bo, Ma, Yi-Fei, Gao, Shu-Hai, Bu, L Lee, Grismer, Pi-Peng, Li, and Ying-Yong, Wang
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Vertebrata ,Reptilia ,Serpentes ,Asia ,Cenozoic ,osteology ,Colubridae ,Colubrid ,Systematics ,morphology ,Squamata ,Animalia ,Research Article ,Taxonomy ,Qinling Mountains - Abstract
Based on combined morphological and osteological characters and molecular phylogenetics, we describe a new species of the genus Elaphe that was discovered from the south slope of the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China, namely Elaphe xiphodontasp. nov. It is distinguished from the other congeners by a combination of the following characters: dorsal scales in 21-21-17 rows, the medial 11 rows keeled; 202–204 ventral scales, 67–68 subcaudals; two preoculars (including one subpreocular); two postoculars; two anterior temporals, three posterior temporals; reduced numbers of maxillary teeth (9+2) and dentary teeth (12); sharp cutting edges on the posterior or posterolateral surface of the rear maxillary teeth and dentary teeth; dorsal head yellow, three distinct markings on the head and neck; a distinct black labial spot present in supralabials; dorsum yellow, 46–49 complete (or incomplete) large black-edged reddish brown blotches on the body and 12–19 on the tail, two rows of smaller blotches on each ventrolateral side; ventral scales yellow with mottled irregular black blotches, a few irregular small red spots dispersed on the middle of the ventral. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses, the new species forms the sister taxon to E. zoigeensis. The discovery of this new species increases the number of the recognized species in the genus Elaphe to 17.
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- 2021
8. Description of a new species of Music frogs (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) from Mt Dayao, southern China
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Yun-Ming Mo, Yu-Long Li, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Han Wan, Ying-Yong Wang, and Hong Pang
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Mitochondrial DNA ,China ,Asia ,Ranidae ,Nuptial pad ,Nidiranayaoica sp. nov ,Biogeography ,Zoology ,Morphology (biology) ,Guangxi ,mitochondrial DNA ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Aerugoamnis ,Amphibia ,03 medical and health sciences ,Gnathostomata ,Phylogenetics ,Genus ,lcsh:Zoology ,morphology ,Branchiostoma capense ,Animalia ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,bioacoustic ,Chordata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Nidirana yaoica sp. nov ,Taxonomy ,Vertebrata ,Lissamphibia ,Craniata ,Ymeria ,Cephalornis ,Genetic divergence ,030104 developmental biology ,Sister group ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Anura ,Research Article - Abstract
A new species of Music frogs, Nidiranayaoicasp. nov. is described based on a series of adult male specimens collected from Mt Dayao, Guangxi, southern China, providing valuable new information on the phylogeny, bioacoustics, and biogeography of related species within the genus Nidirana. The new species forms the sister taxon to N.daunchina from western China and together the sister taxon to N.chapaensis from northern Vietnam. Nidiranayaoicasp. nov. can be distinguished from all known congeners by a significant genetic divergence in the mitochondrial 16S and CO1 genes, the advertisement call containing 1–3 rapidly repeated regular notes, and the combination of morphological characteristics including a medium-sized body with SVL 40.4–45.9 mm in adult males; lateroventral grooves on every digit, not meeting at the tip of disk; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the nostril; the presence of a pair of subgular vocal sacs in males; and one single developed nuptial pad on dorsal surface of first finger in males.
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- 2019
9. Two new
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Jian, Wang, Zhi-Tong, Lyu, Shuo, Qi, Zhao-Chi, Zeng, Wen-Xiang, Zhang, Long-Shan, Lu, and Ying-Yong, Wang
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Vertebrata ,China ,Asia ,Megophryidae ,Leptobrachella dorsospina sp. nov ,Amphibia ,Central Asia ,Systematics ,morphology ,Animalia ,Anura ,Chordata ,Leptobrachella aspera sp. nov ,molecular phylogeny ,Research Article ,Taxonomy - Abstract
Two new toad species of the genus Leptobrachella are described from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China, based on the combination of molecular and morphological data. The description of Leptobrachella aspera Wang, Lyu, Qi & Wang, sp. nov. from Huanglianshan Nature Reserve represents the thirteenth Leptobrachella species known from Yunnan Province, and the description of Leptobrachella dorsospina Wang, Lyu, Qi & Wang, sp. nov. from Yushe Forest Park represents the sixth Leptobrachella species known from Guizhou Province. These new discoveries further emphasize the extremely high diversity of the Leptobrachella toads in these regions.
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- 2020
10. A new species of the genus
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Ying-Yong Wang, Yu-Long Li, Chen-Yu Yang, Zhi-Tong Lyu, and Jian Wang
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0106 biological sciences ,China ,Squamata ,Reptilia ,Asia ,010607 zoology ,Takydromus kuehnei ,Guangxi ,phylogeny ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,southern China ,Lycodon cathaya sp. nov ,Central Asia ,Takydromus yunkaiensis sp. nov ,Systematics ,lcsh:Zoology ,morphology ,Lacertidae ,Animalia ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Chordata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Takydromus ,Taxonomy ,Vertebrata ,Serpentes ,biology ,species diversity ,grass lizard ,Colubridae ,Dorsal scales ,Anatomy ,Sauria ,biology.organism_classification ,Biota ,Genetic divergence ,Sister group ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Colubrinae ,Scincomorpha ,Ventral scales ,Research Article - Abstract
A new species, Takydromus yunkaiensis J. Wang, Lyu, & Y.Y. Wang, sp. nov. is described based on a series of specimens collected from the Yunkaishan Nature Reserve located in the southern Yunkai Mountains, western Guangdong Province, China. The new species is a sister taxon to T. intermedius with a genetic divergence of 8.0–8.5% in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, and differs from all known congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) body size moderate, SVL 37.8–56.0 mm in males, 42.6–60.8 mm in females; (2) dorsal ground color brown; ventral surface green to yellow-green, but light blue-green on chin and throat, posteriorly green in adult males; (3) dorsolateral lines paired, strikingly yellowish-white bordered by black above and below, invisible or indistinct in juveniles and adult females; (4) flanks of body blackish brown with light brown marks in adult males; (5) presence of four pairs of chin-shields; (6) four supraoculars on each side; (7) presence of a row of supracilary granules that separate supracilaries from supraoculars; (8) two postnasals; (9) enlarged dorsal scales in six longitudinal rows on trunk of body, with strong keel; (10) enlarged ventral scales in six longitudinal rows, strongly keeled in males, smooth but outermost rows weakly keeled in females; (11) enlarged and keeled lateral scales in a row above ventrals; (12) femoral pores 2–3 on each side; (13) subdigital lamellae 20–23 under the fourth finger, 23–30 under the fourth toe; and (14) the first 2–3 subdigital lamellae under the fourth toe divided. The discovery of Takydromus yunkaiensissp. nov. brings the total number of species of this genus to 24, of which nine occur in mainland China.
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- 2020
11. Comprehensive approaches reveal three cryptic species of genus Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from China
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Hong Pang, Ke Yuan Dai, Yao Li, Si Min Lin, Jian Wang, Yu-Long Li, Shuo Qi, Yang Jin Zeng, Ying-Yong Wang, Han Wan, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Zhe Yi Liu, and Pi Peng Li
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,China ,Mitochondrial DNA ,Species complex ,Nidirana xiangica sp. nov ,Ranidae ,Taiwan ,Zoology ,Morphology (biology) ,Nidirana mangveni sp. nov ,mitochondrial DNA ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Aerugoamnis ,bioacoustics ,Amphibia ,03 medical and health sciences ,Gnathostomata ,Genus ,Systematics ,lcsh:Zoology ,morphology ,Animalia ,Branchiostoma capense ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,bioacoustics mitochondrial DNA morphology Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov. Nidirana mangveni sp. nov. Nidirana xiangica sp. nov ,Chordata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Vertebrata ,Lissamphibia ,Craniata ,Ymeria ,Cephalornis ,Multiple species ,030104 developmental biology ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Anura ,Research Article ,Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov - Abstract
Three cryptic species, which were previously reported as Nidirana adenopleura, are revealed on the basis of comprehensive approaches. Nidirana guangdongensis Lyu, Wan, and YY Wang, sp. nov. is distributed in Nanling Mountains and southern Luoxiao Mountains, Nidirana mangveni Lyu, Qi, and YY Wang, sp. nov. is known from northern Zhejiang, and Nidirana xiangica Lyu and YY Wang, sp. nov. occurs in Xiangjiang River Basin, while the true Nidirana adenopleura is designated from Taiwan Island, northern Fujian, southern Zhejiang, and central Jiangxi. These three new species can be distinguished from all congeners by significant divergences in the mitochondrial 16S and CO1 genes, differences in advertisement calls, and the combination of multiple characteristics. This work indicates that the current records of Nidirana adenopleura should be of a species complex composed of multiple species and have clarified the true identity of N. adenopleura.
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- 2020
12. Two new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwestern China
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Zhi-Tong Lyu, Ying-Yong Wang, Long-Shan Lu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Jian Wang, Wen-Xiang Zhang, and Shuo Qi
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0106 biological sciences ,Megophryidae ,010607 zoology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Aerugoamnis ,Amphibia ,taxonomy ,Gnathostomata ,lcsh:Zoology ,morphology ,Leptobrachella ,Animalia ,Branchiostoma capense ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Chordata ,China ,Leptobrachella aspera sp. nov ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,molecular phylogeny ,Vertebrata ,Lissamphibia ,Nature reserve ,Craniata ,biology ,Ymeria ,Ecology ,Leptobrachella dorsospina sp. nov ,Cephalornis ,Leptobrachella aspera sp. nov. Leptobrachella dorsospina sp. nov. molecular phylogeny morphology taxonomy ,Yunnan guizhou plateau ,biology.organism_classification ,Geography ,Molecular phylogenetics ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Anura - Abstract
Two new toad species of the genusLeptobrachellaare described from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China, based on the combination of molecular and morphological data. The description ofLeptobrachella asperaWang, Lyu, Qi & Wang,sp. nov.from Huanglianshan Nature Reserve represents the thirteenthLeptobrachellaspecies known from Yunnan Province, and the description ofLeptobrachella dorsospinaWang, Lyu, Qi & Wang,sp. nov.from Yushe Forest Park represents the sixthLeptobrachellaspecies known from Guizhou Province. These new discoveries further emphasize the extremely high diversity of theLeptobrachellatoads in these regions.
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- 2020
13. Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae
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Zhi-Tong, Lyu, Yuan-Qiu, Li, Zhao-Chi, Zeng, Jian, Zhao, Zu-Yao, Liu, Guo-Xin, Guo, and Ying-Yong, Wang
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China ,cryptic species ,Panophrys ,Megophryidae ,morphology ,Animalia ,Anura ,Research Article ,Taxonomy ,diversity - Abstract
Recent phylogenetic analysis encompassing multilocus nuclear-gene and matrilineal mtDNA genealogy has revealed a series of cryptic species of the subgenus Panophrys within genus Megophrys from southern and eastern China. This study demonstrates that the Panophrys specimens from the hilly areas among Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan can be morphologically distinguished from all recognized congeners, thereby providing additional supports for the recognitions of four new species of Panophrys, namely Megophrys (Panophrys) mirabilis Lyu, Wang & Zhao, sp. nov. from northeastern Guangxi, Megophrys (Panophrys) shimentaina Lyu, Liu & Wang, sp. nov. from northern Guangdong, and Megophrys (Panophrys) xiangnanensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. and Megophrys (Panophrys) yangmingensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. from southern Hunan. The descriptions of these species take the number of Megophrys species to 101, 46 of which belong to the subgenus Panophrys.
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- 2019
14. Description of two cryptic species of the Amolops ricketti group (Anura, Ranidae) from southeastern China
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Ying-Yong Wang, Hong-Hui Chen, Yuan-Qiu Li, Lin-Sheng Huang, Shuo Qi, Zhi-Tong Lyu, and Jian Wang
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0106 biological sciences ,Dorsum ,Species complex ,China ,Amolops yatseni sp. n ,Ranidae ,010607 zoology ,Zoology ,Morphology (biology) ,mitochondrial DNA ,Biology ,phylogeny ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Aerugoamnis ,Amolopssinensis sp. n ,Amphibia ,Gnathostomata ,Phylogenetics ,Group (stratigraphy) ,lcsh:Zoology ,morphology ,Branchiostoma capense ,Animalia ,Amolopsyatseni sp. n ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Chordata ,species complex ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Vertebrata ,Lissamphibia ,Craniata ,Phylogenetic tree ,Ymeria ,food and beverages ,Cephalornis ,Multiple species ,torrent frog ,White (mutation) ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Anura ,Amolops sinensis sp. n ,Research Article - Abstract
Two cryptic species, which were previously reported as Amolopsricketti, are revealed on the basis of significant morphological and genetic divergences. Amolopssinensissp. n. from central Guangdong, northeastern Guangxi and southwestern Hunan can be distinguished by the longitudinal glandular folds on the skin of the shoulders and other character combinations. Amolopsyatsenisp. n. from the coastal hills of west Guangdong can be distinguished by the dense tiny round translucent, or white, spines on the dorsal skin of the body, dorsal and dorsolateral skin of the limbs, and other character combinations. The phylogenetic interrelationships of the A.ricketti group have been inferred as (A.wuyiensis + A.ricketti) + (A.yunkaiensis + (A.albispinus + (A.sinensissp. n. + A.yatsenisp. n.))). This work indicates that the current records of A.ricketti might be a species complex composed of multiple species, and further work is needed to figure out this puzzle.
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- 2019
15. Morphology, molecular genetics, and acoustics reveal two new species of the genus Leptobrachella from northwestern Guizhou Province, China (Anura, Megophryidae)
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Ying-Yong Wang, Jian Wang, Yu-Long Li, Jing-Min Shen, Hong-Hui Chen, Ya-Jun Zeng, and Yao Li
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0106 biological sciences ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Asia ,Megophryidae ,010607 zoology ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Aerugoamnis ,Amphibia ,taxonomy ,Gnathostomata ,Molecular genetics ,Systematics ,lcsh:Zoology ,morphology ,Leptobrachella ,medicine ,L. purpuraventra sp. nov ,Branchiostoma capense ,Animalia ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,China ,Chordata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,molecular phylogeny ,Lissamphibia ,Vertebrata ,Craniata ,Ymeria ,Cephalornis ,Acoustics ,biology.organism_classification ,L.purpuraventra sp. nov ,Evolutionary biology ,Leptobrachella bijie sp. nov ,Molecular phylogenetics ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Anura ,Leptobrachellabijie sp. nov ,Research Article - Abstract
Two new species of the genusLeptobrachellaSmith, 1925,L.bijieJ. Wang, Y.L. Li, Y. Li, H.H. Chen & Y.Y. Wang,sp. nov.andL.purpuraventraJ. Wang, Y.L. Li, Y. Li, H.H. Chen & Y.Y. Wang,sp. nov., were described from northwestern Guizhou Province, China based on a combination of acoustic, molecular, and morphological data. The new discoveries bring the total number of this genus to 73, with 16 congeners recorded in China, and represent the second and third species of the genus reported from Guizhou Province.
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- 2019
16. New and noteworthy boletes from subtropical and tropical China
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Shuai Jiang, Li-Ping Tang, Nian-Kai Zeng, Zhi-Qun Liang, Yong Wang, Hui Chai, Deng Hong, Yun Chen, Rou Xue, Shi-Hong Luo, and Lu-Ling Wu
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0106 biological sciences ,Bolete ,Boletaceae ,Agaricomycetes ,food.ingredient ,Asia ,Far East ,Molecular phylogeny ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,new taxa ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,03 medical and health sciences ,taxonomy ,food ,lcsh:Botany ,morphology ,Plantae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Family Boletaceae ,0303 health sciences ,Philosophy ,Neoboletus ,Basidiomycota ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Boletales ,Humanities ,Research Article - Abstract
The morphology, ecology, and phylogenetic relationships of specimens of the family Boletaceae from subtropical and tropical China were investigated. Four species, Butyriboletushuangnianlaii, Lanmaoamacrocarpa, Neoboletusmultipunctatus, and Sutoriussubrufus, are new to science. Chalciporusradiatus and Caloboletusxiangtoushanensis are redescribed. Caloboletusguanyui is proposed to replace Boletusquercinus Hongo, an illegitimate later homonym. The recently described Tylopiluscallainus is synonymized with the Japanese Boletusvirescens, and the new combination T.virescens (Har. Takah. & Taneyama) N.K. Zeng et al. is proposed. Moreover, Neoboletus is treated as an independent genus based on evidence from morphology and molecular phylogenetic data in the present study, and many previously described taxa of Sutorius are recombined into Neoboletus: N.ferrugineus (G. Wu et al.) N.K. Zeng et al., N.flavidus (G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang) N.K. Zeng et al., N.hainanensis (T.H. Li & M. Zang) N.K. Zeng et al., N.obscureumbrinus (Hongo) N.K. Zeng et al., N.rubriporus (G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang) N.K. Zeng et al., N.sanguineoides (G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang) N.K. Zeng et al. , N.sanguineus (G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang) N.K. Zeng et al., and N.tomentulosus (M. Zang et al.) N.K. Zeng et al.
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- 2019
17. Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae)
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Ying-Yong Wang, Yao Li, Jian Wang, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Youhua Ye, Jian-Huan Yang, Zu-Yao Liu, and Zhao-Chi Zeng
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0106 biological sciences ,Mitochondrial DNA ,China ,Asia ,Megophryidae ,010607 zoology ,Morphology (biology) ,Leptobrachella yunkaiensis sp. n ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Aerugoamnis ,Amphibia ,Gnathostomata ,Genus ,Systematics ,lcsh:Zoology ,morphology ,Leptobrachella ,Branchiostoma capense ,Animalia ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Chordata ,Leptobrachellayunkaiensis sp. n ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Vertebrata ,Lissamphibia ,Craniata ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,species diversity ,Ymeria ,L. wuhuangmontis sp. n ,Species diversity ,Cephalornis ,biology.organism_classification ,16S ribosomal RNA ,Evolutionary biology ,Animal Science and Zoology ,phylogenetic ,Anura ,L.wuhuangmontis sp. n ,Research Article - Abstract
Based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses (16S rRNA mtDNA), two new species of the genusLeptobrachellaare described from southern China, namelyL.yunkaiensisWang, Li, Lyu & Wang,sp. n.from Dawuling Forest Station of Guangdong Province andL.wuhuangmontisWang, Yang & Wang,sp. n.from Mt. Wuhuang of Guangxi Province. To date, the genusLeptobrachellacontains 68 species, among which 13 species are known from China. The descriptions of the two new species further emphasize that the species diversity of the genusLeptobrachellafrom China is still highly underestimated and requires further investigations.
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18. Two new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwestern China.
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Jian Wang, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Shuo Qi, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Wen-Xiang Zhang, Long-Shan Lu, and Ying-Yong Wang
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ANURA ,FOREST reserves ,PLATEAUS ,SPECIES ,NATURE reserves ,TOADS - Abstract
Two new toad species of the genus Leptobrachella are described from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China, based on the combination of molecular and morphological data. The description of Leptobrachella aspera Wang, Lyu, Qi & Wang, sp. nov. from Huanglianshan Nature Reserve represents the thirteenth Leptobrachella species known from Yunnan Province, and the description of Leptobrachella dorsospina Wang, Lyu, Qi & Wang, sp. nov. from Yushe Forest Park represents the sixth Leptobrachella species known from Guizhou Province. These new discoveries further emphasize the extremely high diversity of the Leptobrachella toads in these regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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19. A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group (Squamata, Eublepharidae) with the description of a new species.
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Shuo Qi, Grismer, L. Lee, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Liang Zhang, Pi-Peng Li, and Ying-Yong Wang
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DEFINITIONS ,SQUAMATA ,SPECIES ,COLUBRIDAE ,FEMALES ,MALES ,EOSINOPHILIC granuloma - Abstract
A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group is presented in this study, on the basis of morphological and phylogenetic analyses based on a series of additional specimens. Moreover, a new species of this group, Goniurosaurus varius sp. nov., is proposed for northern Guangdong Province, China. The new species can be distinguished from the other two congeners of this group by the following unique characters: one or two internasals; enlarged supraorbital tubercles absent; paravertebral tubercles between limb insertions 27-29; dorsal tubercle rows at midbody 21-24; ten precloacal pores in males and absent in females; body bands with black spots; iris orange-red. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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20. A new species of the genus Lycodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Guangxi, China.
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Jian Wang, Shuo Qi, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, and Ying-Yong Wang
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COLUBRIDAE ,SNAKES ,EYE contact ,CYTOCHROME b ,NATURE reserves ,INSECT anatomy ,MAXILLA - Abstract
A new species of colubrid snake, Lycodon cathaya sp. nov., is described based on two adult male specimens collected from Huaping Nature Reserve, Guangxi, southern China. In a phylogenetic analyses, the new species is shown to be a sister taxon to the clade composed of L. futsingensis and L. namdongensis with low statistical support, and can be distinguished from all known congeners by the significant genetic divergence in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene fragment (p-distance = 7.9%), and morphologically by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsal scales in 17-17-15 rows, smooth throughout; (2) supralabials eight, third to fifth in contact with eye, infralabials nine; (3) ventral scales 199-200 (plus two preventral scales), subcaudals 78; (4) loreal single, elongated, in contact with eye or not, not in contact with internasals; (5) a single preocular not in contact with frontal, supraocular in contact with prefrontal, two postoculars; (6) maxillary teeth 10 (4+2+2+2); (7) two anterior temporals, three posterior temporals; (8) precloacal plate entire; (9) ground color from head to tail brownish black, with 31-35 dusty rose bands on body trunk, 13- 16 on tail; (10) bands in 1-2 vertebral scales broad in minimum width; (11) bands separate ground color into brownish black ellipse patches arranged in a row along the top of body and tail; (12) elliptical patches in 3-6 scales of the vertebral row in maximum width; (13) ventral surface of body with wide brownish black strip, margined with a pair of continuous narrow greyish white ventrolateral lines. With the description of the new species, 64 congeners are currently known in the genus Lycodon, with 16 species occurring in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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21. Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China.
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Zhi-Tong Lyu, Yuan-Qiu Li, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Jian Zhao, Zu-Yao Liu, Guo-Xin Guo, and Ying-Yong Wang
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ANURA ,TOADS ,MITOCHONDRIAL DNA ,NUMBERS of species - Abstract
Recent phylogenetic analysis encompassing multilocus nuclear-gene and matrilineal mtDNA genealogy has revealed a series of cryptic species of the subgenus Panophrys within genus Megophrys from southern and eastern China. This study demonstrates that the Panophrys specimens from the hilly areas among Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan can be morphologically distinguished from all recognized congeners, thereby providing additional supports for the recognitions of four new species of Panophrys, namely Megophrys (Panophrys) mirabilis Lyu, Wang & Zhao, sp. nov. from northeastern Guangxi, Megophrys (Panophrys) shimentaina Lyu, Liu & Wang, sp. nov. from northern Guangdong, and Megophrys (Panophrys) xiangnanensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. and Megophrys (Panophrys) yangmingensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. from southern Hunan. The descriptions of these species take the number of Megophrys species to 101, 46 of which belong to the subgenus Panophrys. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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22. Morphology, molecular genetics, and acoustics reveal two new species of the genus Leptobrachella from northwestern Guizhou Province, China (Anura, Megophryidae).
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Jian Wang, Yu-Long Li, Yao Li, Hong-Hui Chen, Ya-Jun Zeng, Jing-Min Shen, and Ying-Yong Wang
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MOLECULAR genetics ,ANURA ,ACOUSTICS ,SPECIES ,MORPHOLOGY ,INSECT anatomy - Abstract
Two new species of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925, L. bijie J. Wang, Y.L. Li, Y. Li, H.H. Chen & Y.Y. Wang, sp. nov. and L. purpuraventra J. Wang, Y.L. Li, Y. Li, H.H. Chen & Y.Y. Wang, sp. nov., were described from northwestern Guizhou Province, China based on a combination of acoustic, molecular, and morphological data. The new discoveries bring the total number of this genus to 73, with 16 congeners recorded in China, and represent the second and third species of the genus reported from Guizhou Province. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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23. New and noteworthy boletes from subtropical and tropical China.
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Hui Chai, Zhi-Qun Liang, Rou Xue, Shuai Jiang, Shi-Hong Luo, Yong Wang, Lu-Ling Wu, Li-Ping Tang, Yun Chen, Deng Hong, and Nian-Kai Zeng
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The morphology, ecology, and phylogenetic relationships of specimens of the family Boletaceae from subtropical and tropical China were investigated. Four species, Butyriboletus huangnianlaii, Lanmaoa macrocarpa, Neoboletus multipunctatus, and Sutorius subrufus, are new to science. Chalciporus radiatus and Caloboletus xiangtoushanensis are redescribed. Caloboletus guanyui is proposed to replace Boletus quercinus Hongo, an illegitimate later homonym. The recently described Tylopilus callainus is synonymized with the Japanese Boletus virescens, and the new combination T. virescens (Har. Takah. & Taneyama) N.K. Zeng et al. is proposed. Moreover, Neoboletus is treated as an independent genus based on evidence from morphology and molecular phylogenetic data in the present study, and many previously described taxa of Sutorius are recombined into Neoboletus: N. ferrugineus (G. Wu et al.) N.K. Zeng et al., N. flavidus (G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang) N.K. Zeng et al., N. hainanensis (T.H. Li & M. Zang) N.K. Zeng et al., N. obscureumbrinus (Hongo) N.K. Zeng et al., N. rubriporus (G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang) N.K. Zeng et al., N. sanguineoides (G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang) N.K. Zeng et al., N. sanguineus (G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang) N.K. Zeng et al., and N. tomentulosus (M. Zang et al.) N.K. Zeng et al. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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