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A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China
A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella from central south China is described. Molecular phylogenetic analyses, based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA and nuclear RAG1 gene sequences indicated the new species as an independent clade in the genus. The new species could be distinguis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10209278/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37250915 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1149.85895 |
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author | Liu, Jing Shi, Shengchao Li, Shize Zhang, Mengfei Xiang, Sunjun Wei, Gang Wang, Bin |
author_facet | Liu, Jing Shi, Shengchao Li, Shize Zhang, Mengfei Xiang, Sunjun Wei, Gang Wang, Bin |
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description | A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella from central south China is described. Molecular phylogenetic analyses, based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA and nuclear RAG1 gene sequences indicated the new species as an independent clade in the genus. The new species could be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: body of medium size (SVL 29.2–34.2 mm in 15 adult males and 34.4–43.1 mm in seven adult females); distinct black spots present on flanks; toes rudimentary webbed, with wide lateral fringes; ventral belly white with distinct nebulous brown speckling on ventrolateral flanks; skin on dorsum shagreened with fine tiny granules or short ridges; iris copper above, silver below; heels overlapped when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body; tibia-tarsal articulation reaches the middle eye; dorsal surface of tadpole semi-transparent light brown, spots on tail absent, keratodont row formula I: 3+3/2+2: I; call series basically consist of repeated long calls, at dominant frequency (5093 ± 412 Hz). |
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spelling | pubmed-102092782023-05-26 A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China Liu, Jing Shi, Shengchao Li, Shize Zhang, Mengfei Xiang, Sunjun Wei, Gang Wang, Bin Zookeys Research Article A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella from central south China is described. Molecular phylogenetic analyses, based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA and nuclear RAG1 gene sequences indicated the new species as an independent clade in the genus. The new species could be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: body of medium size (SVL 29.2–34.2 mm in 15 adult males and 34.4–43.1 mm in seven adult females); distinct black spots present on flanks; toes rudimentary webbed, with wide lateral fringes; ventral belly white with distinct nebulous brown speckling on ventrolateral flanks; skin on dorsum shagreened with fine tiny granules or short ridges; iris copper above, silver below; heels overlapped when thighs are positioned at right angles to the body; tibia-tarsal articulation reaches the middle eye; dorsal surface of tadpole semi-transparent light brown, spots on tail absent, keratodont row formula I: 3+3/2+2: I; call series basically consist of repeated long calls, at dominant frequency (5093 ± 412 Hz). Pensoft Publishers 2023-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10209278/ /pubmed/37250915 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1149.85895 Text en Jing Liu, Shengchao Shi, Shize Li, Mengfei Zhang, Sunjun Xiang, Gang Wei, Bin Wang https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Liu, Jing Shi, Shengchao Li, Shize Zhang, Mengfei Xiang, Sunjun Wei, Gang Wang, Bin A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China |
title | A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China |
title_full | A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China |
title_fullStr | A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China |
title_full_unstemmed | A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China |
title_short | A new Asian leaf litter toad of the genus Leptobrachella (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae) from central south China |
title_sort | a new asian leaf litter toad of the genus leptobrachella (amphibia, anura, megophryidae) from central south china |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10209278/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37250915 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1149.85895 |
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