Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae)

Abstract. Based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses (16S rRNA mtDNA), two new species of the genus Leptobrachella are described from southern China, namely L.yunkaiensis Wang, Li, Lyu & Wang, sp. n. from Dawuling Forest Station of Guangdong Province and L.wuhuangmontis Wang, Yang & Wa...

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Autores principales: Wang, Jian, Yang, Jianhuan, Li, Yao, Lyu, Zhitong, Zeng, Zhaochi, Liu, Zuyao, Ye, Youhua, Wang, Yingyong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6072835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30100785
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.776.22925
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author Wang, Jian
Yang, Jianhuan
Li, Yao
Lyu, Zhitong
Zeng, Zhaochi
Liu, Zuyao
Ye, Youhua
Wang, Yingyong
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Yang, Jianhuan
Li, Yao
Lyu, Zhitong
Zeng, Zhaochi
Liu, Zuyao
Ye, Youhua
Wang, Yingyong
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description Abstract. Based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses (16S rRNA mtDNA), two new species of the genus Leptobrachella are described from southern China, namely L.yunkaiensis Wang, Li, Lyu & Wang, sp. n. from Dawuling Forest Station of Guangdong Province and L.wuhuangmontis Wang, Yang & Wang, sp. n. from Mt. Wuhuang of Guangxi Province. To date, the genus Leptobrachella contains 68 species, among which 13 species are known from China. The descriptions of the two new species further emphasize that the species diversity of the genus Leptobrachella from China is still highly underestimated and requires further investigations.
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spelling pubmed-60728352018-08-10 Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae) Wang, Jian Yang, Jianhuan Li, Yao Lyu, Zhitong Zeng, Zhaochi Liu, Zuyao Ye, Youhua Wang, Yingyong Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses (16S rRNA mtDNA), two new species of the genus Leptobrachella are described from southern China, namely L.yunkaiensis Wang, Li, Lyu & Wang, sp. n. from Dawuling Forest Station of Guangdong Province and L.wuhuangmontis Wang, Yang & Wang, sp. n. from Mt. Wuhuang of Guangxi Province. To date, the genus Leptobrachella contains 68 species, among which 13 species are known from China. The descriptions of the two new species further emphasize that the species diversity of the genus Leptobrachella from China is still highly underestimated and requires further investigations. Pensoft Publishers 2018-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6072835/ /pubmed/30100785 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.776.22925 Text en Jian Wang, Jianhuan Yang, Yao Li, Zhitong Lyu, Zhaochi Zeng, Zuyao Liu, Youhua Ye, Yingyong Wang http://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
Wang, Jian
Yang, Jianhuan
Li, Yao
Lyu, Zhitong
Zeng, Zhaochi
Liu, Zuyao
Ye, Youhua
Wang, Yingyong
Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae)
title Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae)
title_full Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae)
title_fullStr Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae)
title_full_unstemmed Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae)
title_short Morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new Leptobrachella species in southern China (Anura, Megophryidae)
title_sort morphology and molecular genetics reveal two new leptobrachella species in southern china (anura, megophryidae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6072835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30100785
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.776.22925
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