Taxonomic Relationship betweenTylototriton daweishanensisZhao, Rao, Liu, Li and Yuan, 2012 andT. yangiHou, Li and Lu, 2012 (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)

Authors :: Ding-Qi Rao
Kanto Nishikawa
Koshiro Eto
Masafumi Matsui
Source :: Current Herpetology. 34:67-74
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Herpetological Society of Japan, 2015.
Abstract: We assessed taxonomic relationship of Tylototriton daweishanensis Zhao, Rao, Liu, Li and Yuan, 2012 and T. yangi Hou, Li and Lu, 2012 using mitochondrial DNA sequence data and found them to be as closely related as to be regarded as conspecific. This result, together with available morphological information, strongly indicates that T. daweishanensis is a junior synonym of T. yangi.

Subjects :: Salamandridae
Mitochondrial DNA
Data sequences
Evolutionary biology
Molecular phylogenetics
Tylototriton
Animal Science and Zoology
Biology
biology.organism_classification
Tylototriton daweishanensis

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