TY - JOUR
T1 - Comprehensive approaches reveal three cryptic species of genus Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from China
AU - Lyu, Zhi Tong
AU - Dai, Ke Yuan
AU - Li, Yao
AU - Wan, Han
AU - Liu, Zhe Yi
AU - Qi, Shuo
AU - Lin, Si Min
AU - Wang, Jian
AU - Li, Yu Long
AU - Zeng, Yang Jin
AU - Li, Pi Peng
AU - Pang, Hong
AU - Wang, Ying Yong
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Hunan Yangmingshan National Nature Reserve, Guangdong Tianjingshan National Forest Station, Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve, Yong-You Zhao, Hai-Long He, Di-Hao Wu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Hong-Hui Chen, Chao-Yu Lin, Zheng-Yan Zhou, Can-Zhong Rong, and Zheng-Jiao Liu for their help in the fieldwork. We thank Yang Chen and Wei Lin for their help in the data analyses. We thank Chao Huang from Australian Museum for his help in polishing the article. We are grateful to Annemarie Ohler and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions on the manuscript. This work was supported by the Project of Comprehensive Scientific Survey of Luoxiao Mountains Region of Ministry of Science and Technology, China (No. 2013FY111500), the Specimen Platform of Ministry of Science and Technology, China, teaching specimens sub-platform (No. 2005DKA21403-JK), the Project of Scientific Investigation on the Amphibian, Reptilian and Avian Animals in Jiangxi Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve, the Project of Animal Diversity Survey and Monitoring System Construction of Guangdong Shimentai National Nature Reserve, and the Project of Survey of Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity in Guangdong Danxiashan National Nature Reserve.
Funding Information:
We thank Hunan Yangmingshan National Nature Reserve, Guangdong Tianjingshan National Forest Station, Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Ji-ulianshan National Nature Reserve, Yong-You Zhao, Hai-Long He, Di-Hao Wu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Hong-Hui Chen, Chao-Yu Lin, Zheng-Yan Zhou, Can-Zhong Rong, and Zheng-Jiao Liu for their help in the fieldwork. We thank Yang Chen and Wei Lin for their help in the data analyses. We thank Chao Huang from Australian Museum for his help in polishing the article. We are grateful to Annemarie Ohler and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions on the manuscript. This work was supported by the Project of Comprehensive Scientific Survey of Luoxiao Mountains Region of Ministry of Science and Technology, China (No. 2013FY111500), the Specimen Platform of Ministry of Science and Technology, China, teaching specimens sub-platform (No. 2005DKA21403-JK), the Project of Scientific Investigation on the Amphibian, Reptilian and Avian Animals in Jiangxi Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve, the Project of Animal Diversity Survey and Monitoring System Construction of Guangdong Shimentai National Nature Reserve, and the Project of Survey of Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity in Guangdong Danxiashan National Nature Reserve.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Three cryptic species, which were previously reported as Nidirana adenopleura, are revealed on the basis of comprehensive approaches. Nidirana guangdongensis Lyu, Wan, and YY Wang, sp. nov. is distributed in Nanling Mountains and southern Luoxiao Mountains, Nidirana mangveni Lyu, Qi, and YY Wang, sp. nov. is known from northern Zhejiang, and Nidirana xiangica Lyu and YY Wang, sp. nov. occurs in Xiangjiang River Basin, while the true Nidirana adenopleura is designated from Taiwan Island, northern Fujian, southern Zhejiang, and central Jiangxi. These three new species can be distinguished from all congeners by significant divergences in the mitochondrial 16S and CO1 genes, differences in advertisement calls, and the combination of multiple characteristics. This work indicates that the current records of Nidirana adenopleura should be of a species complex composed of multiple species and have clarified the true identity of N. adenopleura.
AB - Three cryptic species, which were previously reported as Nidirana adenopleura, are revealed on the basis of comprehensive approaches. Nidirana guangdongensis Lyu, Wan, and YY Wang, sp. nov. is distributed in Nanling Mountains and southern Luoxiao Mountains, Nidirana mangveni Lyu, Qi, and YY Wang, sp. nov. is known from northern Zhejiang, and Nidirana xiangica Lyu and YY Wang, sp. nov. occurs in Xiangjiang River Basin, while the true Nidirana adenopleura is designated from Taiwan Island, northern Fujian, southern Zhejiang, and central Jiangxi. These three new species can be distinguished from all congeners by significant divergences in the mitochondrial 16S and CO1 genes, differences in advertisement calls, and the combination of multiple characteristics. This work indicates that the current records of Nidirana adenopleura should be of a species complex composed of multiple species and have clarified the true identity of N. adenopleura.
KW - Bioacoustics
KW - Mitochondrial DNA
KW - Morphology
KW - Nidirana guangdongensis sp. nov
KW - Nidirana mangveni sp. nov
KW - Nidirana xiangica sp. nov
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U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.914.36604
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.914.36604
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079834402
SN - 1313-2989
VL - 2020
SP - 127
EP - 159
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
IS - 914
ER -