A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first national record of Amolops vitreus from China

	A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first national record of Amolops vitreus from China
	Wu, YH; Yu, ZB; Lu, CQ; Zhang, YP; Dong, WJ; Liu, XL; Kilunda, FK; Xiong, Y; Jiang, YF; Ouyang, H; Fu, ZX; He, YB; Yuan, ZY; Che, J
	2024
发表期刊	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
ISSN	1864-5755
卷号	74 页码:343-357
摘要	The torrent frogs of the genus Amolops represent a great anuran diversification in southern China and Southeast Asia. Previous studies have shown that, the diversity of this genus still remains underestimated. During herpetological surveys from 2021 to 2022, several Amolops specimens were collected from the international border regions of southwestern Yunnan Province, China. Herein, we utilized molecular phylogenetic and morphological data to identify these specimens. Our findings indicate the presence of a separate and previously unknown lineage in the A. viridimaculatus group, which we formally describe as a new species. Furthermore, the specimen from Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve clustered with A. vitreus from the paratype, supporting the morphological diagnosis. Therefore, we describe a new species and a new species record for China. Our study contributes to the species richness of the genus Amolops as well as the diversity of amphibians in China. Notably, our discovery brings the total number of Amolops species to 85 and the total number of torrent frog species known to occur in China to 53. In addition, our study further confirmed that Yunnan and Indochina Peninsula have similar faunal composition, implying that more studies are needed to achieve a complete understanding of the species diversity and distribution pattern.
收录类别	sci
语种	英语
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kiz.ac.cn/handle/152453/14253
专题	科研部门_两栖爬行类多样性与进化（车静）
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wu, YH,Yu, ZB,Lu, CQ,et al. A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first national record of Amolops vitreus from China[J]. VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY,2024,74:343-357.
APA	Wu, YH.,Yu, ZB.,Lu, CQ.,Zhang, YP.,Dong, WJ.,...&Che, J.(2024).A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first national record of Amolops vitreus from China.VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY,74,343-357.
MLA	Wu, YH,et al."A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first national record of Amolops vitreus from China".VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 74(2024):343-357.

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