A new species of Bush frog (Anura, Rhacophoridae, Raorchestes) from southeastern Yunnan, China

By

Huang, Junkai
Liu, Xiaolong
Du, Lingyun
Bernstein, Justin
Liu, Shuo
Yang, Yun
Yu, Guohua
Wu, Zhengjun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1151

Pages

47--65

Subjects

Kurixalus gryllus , Raorchestes gryllus , Raorchestes malipoensis sp. nov , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1151.95616

 

Abstract

In this study, based on morphological and molecular data, a new bush frog species is described from Yunnan, China. Eleven samples of Raorchestes malipoensissp. nov. were collected from Malipo County, southeastern Yunnan. This species can be distinguished from other congeners by a combination of 13 morphological characters. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene indicate that these individuals form a monophyletic group, and genetic divergence between this clade and its closest relatives is higher than 3.1%, which is comparable to the divergence between recognized Raorchestes species. The discovery of this new species suggests that additional extensive surveys in the southeastern Yunnan would yield more amphibian lineages yet unknown to science.