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- Title
A new species of Leptobrachella Smith 1925 (Anura: Megophryidae) from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam.
- Authors
Hoang Van Chung; Nguyen Thien Tao; Luu Quang Vinh; Nguyen Quang Truong; Jiang Jianping
- Abstract
Based on the results of molecular and morphological systematics analyses, a new species, Leptobrachella namdongensis, is recognised from Nam Dong Conservation Area in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Genetic divergences in the16S rRNA gene between the new form and other species in the genus range from 4.7 to 21.0% and average at approximately 24%. The new species is most similar to L. petrops and L. puhoatensis, but can be distinguished from them and other congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: size medium (30.9 mm in the adult male and 32.1-35.3 mm in adult females); head wider than long; tympanum distinct; throat immaculate white, chest and belly with dark specking on outer margins; toes with basal webbing; supratympanic fold edged by a distinct black line; inter-orbital region with distinct black blotches; iris bicoloured, upper half copper, fading to golden in its lower half; head without dorsolateral markings.
- Subjects
VIETNAM; ANURA; PLANT morphology; PROTECTED areas; SPECIES; MIDDLE ear; PROVINCES
- Publication
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2019, Vol 67, p536
- ISSN
0217-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26107/RBZ-2019-0042