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Discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana)

Karstic landscapes play an important role in biodiversity formation and often contain high levels of endemism. However, site-endemic taxa in karstic landscapes are being threatened by exploitation and weak legal protection. In this study, we describe Odorranaconcelata Wang, Zeng, & Lin, sp. nov....

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Autores principales: Lin, Shi-Shi, Li, Yuan-Hang, Su, Hong-Lin, Yi, Hui, Pan, Zhong, Sun, Yan-Jun, Zeng, Zhao-Chi, Wang, Jian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36760328
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1120.87067
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author Lin, Shi-Shi
Li, Yuan-Hang
Su, Hong-Lin
Yi, Hui
Pan, Zhong
Sun, Yan-Jun
Zeng, Zhao-Chi
Wang, Jian
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Li, Yuan-Hang
Su, Hong-Lin
Yi, Hui
Pan, Zhong
Sun, Yan-Jun
Zeng, Zhao-Chi
Wang, Jian
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description Karstic landscapes play an important role in biodiversity formation and often contain high levels of endemism. However, site-endemic taxa in karstic landscapes are being threatened by exploitation and weak legal protection. In this study, we describe Odorranaconcelata Wang, Zeng, & Lin, sp. nov., a limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China. This new species shows distinctive genetic divergence and morphological differences from its congeners. Phylogenetic results suggest that the new species represents an independent lineage that is grouped with O.lipuensis and O.liboensis based on the mitochondrial 16S and 12S ribosomal RNA genes. We recommend the new species be listed as Vulnerable (VU) in the IUCN categorization as it is only known from the type locality with limited microhabitats and is threatened by habitat degradation.
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spelling pubmed-98486732023-02-08 Discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana) Lin, Shi-Shi Li, Yuan-Hang Su, Hong-Lin Yi, Hui Pan, Zhong Sun, Yan-Jun Zeng, Zhao-Chi Wang, Jian Zookeys Research Article Karstic landscapes play an important role in biodiversity formation and often contain high levels of endemism. However, site-endemic taxa in karstic landscapes are being threatened by exploitation and weak legal protection. In this study, we describe Odorranaconcelata Wang, Zeng, & Lin, sp. nov., a limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China. This new species shows distinctive genetic divergence and morphological differences from its congeners. Phylogenetic results suggest that the new species represents an independent lineage that is grouped with O.lipuensis and O.liboensis based on the mitochondrial 16S and 12S ribosomal RNA genes. We recommend the new species be listed as Vulnerable (VU) in the IUCN categorization as it is only known from the type locality with limited microhabitats and is threatened by habitat degradation. Pensoft Publishers 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9848673/ /pubmed/36760328 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1120.87067 Text en Shi-Shi Lin, Yuan-Hang Li, Hong-Lin Su, Hui Yi, Zhong Pan, Yan-Jun Sun, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Jian 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.
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Lin, Shi-Shi
Li, Yuan-Hang
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Yi, Hui
Pan, Zhong
Sun, Yan-Jun
Zeng, Zhao-Chi
Wang, Jian
Discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana)
title Discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana)
title_full Discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana)
title_fullStr Discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana)
title_full_unstemmed Discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana)
title_short Discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern Guangdong, China (Anura, Ranidae, Odorrana)
title_sort discovery of a new limestone karst-restricted odorous frog from northern guangdong, china (anura, ranidae, odorrana)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9848673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36760328
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1120.87067
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