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- Title
Hidden in the jungle of Vietnam: a new species of Quasipaa (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Ngoc Linh Mountain.
- Authors
Cuong The Pham; Chung Van Hoang; Tien Quang Phan; Truong Quang Nguyen; Thomas Ziegler
- Abstract
A new species of Quasipaa is described from Ngoc Linh Mountain of the Kon Tum Massif in central Vietnam. The new species is morphologically distinguishable from its congeners on the basis of a combination of the following diagnostic characters: SVL 79.6-84.3 mm in males and 64.6-69.9 mm in females; head broader than long; vomerine teeth present; external vocal sacs absent; tympanum slightly visible; dorsum with lines of thick ridges and small round tubercles; flanks covered by oval and round tubercles; supratympanic fold present; dorsolateral fold absent; ventrolateral sides, ventral surface of arms, and all fingers with spines in males; the absence of spines on chest and belly in males; toes fully webbed to distal portion of terminal phalanx; in life, dorsum dark brown, chest and belly immaculate white. Phylogenetic analyses found that the genetic divergence of the new species and its congeners ranged from 4.2-5.1% (compared with Quasipaa boulengeri) to 7.6-8.1% (compared with Q. shini) in the 16S gene.
- Subjects
VIETNAM; ANURA; AMPHIBIANS; FINGERS; JUNGLES; SPECIES; MIDDLE ear
- Publication
ZooKeys, 2022, Issue 1124, p23
- ISSN
1313-2989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/zookeys.1124.89282