A new species of Rana from the Dabie Mountains in eastern China (Anura, Ranidae)

By

Wang, Chencheng.
Qian, Lifu
Zhang, Chenling
Guo, Weibo
Tao, Pan
Wu, Jun
Wang, Hui
Zhang, Baowei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

724

Pages

135-153

Subjects

Amphibians , molecular phylogeny , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.724.19383

 

Abstract

A new species Rana dabieshanensis sp. n. is described from the Dabie Mountains in Anhui Province, China, based on morphological character differences and molecular analyses. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of diagnostic characters. The results of phylogenetic analyses (based on 12s rRNA, 16s rRNA, ND2, Cyt b, RAG1, BDNF and Tyr) and genetic distances (based on Cyt b) indicate that the new species belongs to the Rana longicrus group, and is placed as the sister taxon to R. hanluica.