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Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China
- Source :
- ZooKeys, Vol 942, Iss, Pp 105-140 (2020), ZooKeys 942: 105-140
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Pensoft Publishers, 2020.
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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.
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13132970 and 13132989
- Volume :
- 942
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ZooKeys
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....72e281b6b099bcf05267488bed2197cd