Comprehensive approaches reveal three cryptic species of genus Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from China

By

Lyu, Zhi-Tong
Dai, Ke-Yuan
Li, Yao
Wan, Han
Liu, Zhe-Yi
Qi, Shuo
Lin, Si-Min
Wang, Jian (Herpetologist)
Li, Yulong
Zeng, Yang-Jin
Li, Pipeng
Pang, Hong
Wang, Ying-Yong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

914

Pages

127--159

Subjects

bioacoustics , mitochondrial DNA , Morphology , Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov , Nidirana mangveni sp. nov , Nidirana xiangica sp. nov

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.914.36604

 

Abstract

Three cryptic species, which were previously reported as Nidirana adenopleura, are revealed on the basis of comprehensive approaches. Nidirana guangdongensis Lyu, Wan, and YY Wang, sp. nov. is distributed in Nanling Mountains and southern Luoxiao Mountains, Nidirana mangveni Lyu, Qi, and YY Wang, sp. nov. is known from northern Zhejiang, and Nidirana xiangica Lyu and YY Wang, sp. nov. occurs in Xiangjiang River Basin, while the true Nidirana adenopleura is designated from Taiwan Island, northern Fujian, southern Zhejiang, and central Jiangxi. These three new species can be distinguished from all congeners by significant divergences in the mitochondrial 16S and CO1 genes, differences in advertisement calls, and the combination of multiple characteristics. This work indicates that the current records of Nidirana adenopleura should be of a species complex composed of multiple species and have clarified the true identity of N. adenopleura.