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A new species of the Music frog Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China.


ABSTRACT: The Music frog genus Nidirana is widely distributed in East and South Asia. Here, a new species of the genus is described from southwestern China. Phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and COI gene sequences supported the new species as a clade closely related to N. leishanensis, N. hainanensis, N. chapaensis, N. daunchina, and N. yaoica. The new species could be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: body of medium size (SVL 41.2-43.5 mm in males and 44.7 mm in female); lateroventral groove only present on toes; relative finger lengths: II < IV < I < III; three metatarsal tubercles on palm; heels overlapping when hindlimbs flexed at right angles to axis of body; tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of eye when leg stretched forward; a pair of subgular internal vocal sacs at corners of throat in male; nuptial pad present on the inner side of base of fingers I in breeding male; tadpole labial tooth row formula with 1:1+1/1+1:2; in males, the advertisement call contains two kinds of notes and one call contains 2-6 repeated regular notes.

SUBMITTER: Wei G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6978407 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A new species of the Music frog <i>Nidirana</i> (Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China.

Wei Gang G   Li Shi-Ze SZ   Liu Jing J   Cheng Yan-Lin YL   Xu Ning N   Wang Bin B  

ZooKeys 20200116


The Music frog genus <i>Nidirana</i> is widely distributed in East and South Asia. Here, a new species of the genus is described from southwestern China. Phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and COI gene sequences supported the new species as a clade closely related to <i>N. leishanensis</i>, <i>N. hainanensis</i>, <i>N. chapaensis</i>, <i>N. daunchina</i>, and <i>N. yaoica</i>. The new species could be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following chara  ...[more]

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