Description of a new species of Music frogs (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) from Mt Dayao, southern China

By

Lyu, Zhi-Tong
Mo, Yun-Ming
Wan, Han
Li, Yulong
Pang, Hong
Wang, Ying-Yong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

858

Pages

109-126

Subjects

bioacoustic , Guangxi , mitochondrial DNA , Morphology , Nidirana yaoica sp. nov

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.858.34363

 

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.