A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, China

	A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, China
	Wu, YH; Yu, ZB; Kilunda, FK; Lu, CQ; Li, JH; Li, YP; Shi, YJ; Che, J
	2025
发表期刊	ZOOKEYS
ISSN	1313-2989
期号	1227 页码:349-367
摘要	The Gaoligong Mountains lie at the intersection of three global biodiversity hotspots. In recent years, with the continuous deepening of fieldwork in the region, studies have increasingly indicated that the amphibian diversity of this region remains poorly understood. During herpetological surveys in 2023, a series of Amolops specimens were collected from the Gaoligong Mountains of Yunnan Province, China. The integrated results of morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate the presence of a separate and previously unknown lineage in the A. viridimaculatus group, which we herein confirm as a new species, Amolops gudao Yu, Wu, Lu & Che, sp. nov. Our discovery increases the number of Amolops species recorded in China to 59, and the total number of Amolops species to 86. The discovery of a new species in the Gaoligong Mountains further highlights the underestimated amphibian diversity in the region, emphasizing the need for continued fieldwork and research. Furthermore, Amolops gudao Yu, Wu, Lu & Che, sp. nov. exhibits obvious intraspecific variation in color patterns, a phenomenon also reported in several species within the A. viridimaculatus group, such as A. viridimaculatus and A. kaulbacki. Future studies on the taxonomy of A. viridimaculatus group should be careful with the use of color patterns as a diagnostic characteristic.
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/152453/14544
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,Kilunda, FK,et al. A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, China[J]. ZOOKEYS,2025(1227):349-367.
APA	Wu, YH.,Yu, ZB.,Kilunda, FK.,Lu, CQ.,Li, JH.,...&Che, J.(2025).A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, China.ZOOKEYS(1227),349-367.
MLA	Wu, YH,et al."A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, China".ZOOKEYS .1227(2025):349-367.

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