A new species of Raorchestes (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Yunnan Province, China

By

Du, Lingyun
Xu, Yuhan
Liu, Shuo
Yu, Guohua

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1192

Pages

213--235

Subjects

“Raorchestes gryllus” , Indochina , Raorchestes hekouensis sp. nov , Species diversity , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1192.106013

 

Abstract

A new bush frog species is described from Yunnan, China, based on phylogenetic analyses, species delimitation analyses, and morphological comparisons. Raorchestes hekouensissp. nov. is distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of 11 morphological characters. The new species brings the current number of Raorchestes species in China to ten, nine of which are distributed in Yunnan. Molecular analyses supported an unnamed lineage previously recorded as “Raorchestes gryllus” in northern Vietnam. Further studies including additional samples are necessary to clarify the species diversity and boundaries of Raorchestes in China and Indochina.