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A New Species of Rhacophorus Kuhl and Van Hassalt, 1822 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Southeastern Yunnan, China

A New Species of Rhacophorus Kuhl and Van Hassalt, 1822 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Southeastern Yunnan, China

Shuo Liu1, Mian Hou2, Dingqi Rao3* and Song Li1,4*

1Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
2College of Continuing (Online) Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China
3Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
4Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
 
*      Corresponding author: [email protected], [email protected]

Fig. 1.

Map showing the type locality of Rhacophorus hujianshengi sp. nov. in Malipo County, southeastern Yunnan, China (black dot) and the type locality of R. laoshan in Tianlin County, northwestern Guangxi, China (black square).

Fig. 2.

Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree of the genus Rhacophorus inferred from 16S rRNA sequences. Numbers before slashes indicate Bayesian posterior probabilities (≥ 0.90 remain) and numbers after slashes indicate ultrafast bootstrap support for maximum likelihood analyses (≥ 90 remain).

Fig. 3.

Type series of Rhacophorus hujianshengi sp. nov. in preservative. A, dorsal view; B, ventral view.

Fig. 4.

Close-up views of the hand and foot of the holotype (KIZ2020012) of Rhacophorus hujianshengi sp. nov. in preservative. A, ventral view of the left hand; B, ventral view of the left foot.

Fig. 5.

Adult males of Rhacophorus hujianshengi sp. nov. in life. A, B, C, the holotype (KIZ2020012); D, E, F, the paratype (KIZ2020013).

Fig. 6.

Adult females of Rhacophorus hujianshengi sp. nov. in life. A, B, C, the paratype (KIZ2020009); D, E, F, the paratype (KIZ2020011).

Fig. 7.

Habitat at the type locality of Rhacophorus hujianshengi sp. nov.

Table II.
Uncorrected pairwise distances (%) among species of Rhacophorus calculated from 16S rRNA sequences.
Table III.

Measurements (mm) of Rhacophorus hujianshengi sp. nov. 

Abbreviations are defined in “Materials and Methods”.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

November

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56

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