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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Howlader MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4317184 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20150204 2
A new species of the genus Euphlyctis is described from the Barisal district of Bangladesh and compared with its morphologically similar and geographically proximate congeners. The new species is highly divergent in comparison to other congeneric species on basis of sequence divergence in mitochondrial DNA gene sequences (ranging from 5.5% to 17.8% divergence). Euphlyctis kalasgramensis sp. nov. can be readily diagnosed by having the following combination of characters: snout-vent length (SVL) 3 ...[more]