Systematic revision of the Taiwanese genus Kurixalus members with a description of two new endemic species (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

By

Wu, Shu-Ping
Huang, Chuan-Chin
Tsai, Chi-Li
Lin, Te-En
Jhang, Jhih-Jia
Wu, Sheng-Hai

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

557

Pages

121-153

Subjects

Kurixalus berylliniris sp. n , Kurixalus wangi sp. n , oophagous tadpoles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.557.6131

 

Abstract

Two new species of rhacophorid tree frog were identified in Taiwan. In both new taxa, derived reproductive characteristics of laying eggs in tree holes and oophagous tadpoles are shared with Kurixalus eiffingeri, but they are divergent from each other in molecular genetics, mating calls, and tadpole and adult morphology. The morphological characteristics and the molecular phylogenetic evidence support the hypothesis that the two new species, Kurixalus berylliniris sp. n. and Kurixalus wangi sp. n., are both monophyletic lineages.