Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China

Recent phylogenetic analysis encompassing multilocus nuclear-gene and matrilineal mtDNA genealogy has revealed a series of cryptic species of the subgenus Panophrys within genus Megophrys from southern and eastern China. This study demonstrates that the Panophrys specimens from the hilly areas among...

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Autores principales: Lyu, Zhi-Tong, Li, Yuan-Qiu, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Zhao, Jian, Liu, Zu-Yao, Guo, Guo-Xin, Wang, Ying-Yong
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7316820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32612444
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys..47983
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author Lyu, Zhi-Tong
Li, Yuan-Qiu
Zeng, Zhao-Chi
Zhao, Jian
Liu, Zu-Yao
Guo, Guo-Xin
Wang, Ying-Yong
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Li, Yuan-Qiu
Zeng, Zhao-Chi
Zhao, Jian
Liu, Zu-Yao
Guo, Guo-Xin
Wang, Ying-Yong
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description Recent phylogenetic analysis encompassing multilocus nuclear-gene and matrilineal mtDNA genealogy has revealed a series of cryptic species of the subgenus Panophrys within genus Megophrys from southern and eastern China. This study demonstrates that the Panophrys specimens from the hilly areas among Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan can be morphologically distinguished from all recognized congeners, thereby providing additional supports for the recognitions of four new species of Panophrys, namely Megophrys (Panophrys) mirabilis Lyu, Wang & Zhao, sp. nov. from northeastern Guangxi, Megophrys (Panophrys) shimentaina Lyu, Liu & Wang, sp. nov. from northern Guangdong, and Megophrys (Panophrys) xiangnanensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. and Megophrys (Panophrys) yangmingensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. from southern Hunan. The descriptions of these species take the number of Megophrys species to 101, 46 of which belong to the subgenus Panophrys.
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spelling pubmed-73168202020-06-30 Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China Lyu, Zhi-Tong Li, Yuan-Qiu Zeng, Zhao-Chi Zhao, Jian Liu, Zu-Yao Guo, Guo-Xin Wang, Ying-Yong Zookeys Research Article Recent phylogenetic analysis encompassing multilocus nuclear-gene and matrilineal mtDNA genealogy has revealed a series of cryptic species of the subgenus Panophrys within genus Megophrys from southern and eastern China. This study demonstrates that the Panophrys specimens from the hilly areas among Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan can be morphologically distinguished from all recognized congeners, thereby providing additional supports for the recognitions of four new species of Panophrys, namely Megophrys (Panophrys) mirabilis Lyu, Wang & Zhao, sp. nov. from northeastern Guangxi, Megophrys (Panophrys) shimentaina Lyu, Liu & Wang, sp. nov. from northern Guangdong, and Megophrys (Panophrys) xiangnanensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. and Megophrys (Panophrys) yangmingensis Lyu, Zeng & Wang, sp. nov. from southern Hunan. The descriptions of these species take the number of Megophrys species to 101, 46 of which belong to the subgenus Panophrys. Pensoft Publishers 2020-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7316820/ /pubmed/32612444 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys..47983 Text en Zhi-Tong Lyu, Yuan-Qiu Li, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Jian Zhao, Zu-Yao Liu, Guo-Xin Guo, Ying-Yong 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.
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Lyu, Zhi-Tong
Li, Yuan-Qiu
Zeng, Zhao-Chi
Zhao, Jian
Liu, Zu-Yao
Guo, Guo-Xin
Wang, Ying-Yong
Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China
title Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China
title_full Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China
title_fullStr Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China
title_full_unstemmed Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China
title_short Four new species of Asian horned toads (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophrys) from southern China
title_sort four new species of asian horned toads (anura, megophryidae, megophrys) from southern china
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7316820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32612444
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys..47983
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