A New Species of Rhacophorus Kuhl Rhacophorus Kuhl and Van Hassalt, 1822 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Southeastern Yunnan, China | [Pakistan Journal of Zoology • 2025]

Author(s):

1. Shuo Liu: Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming, Yunnan 650223,China

2. Mian Hou: College of Continuing (Online) Education, Sichuan Normal University,Chengdu, Sichuan 610066,China

3. Dingqi Rao: Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming, Yunnan 650201,China

4. Song Li: Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China

Abstract:

We describe a new species of Rhacophorus based on morphological and molecular evidence of specimens collected from Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The new species is morphologically most similar and phylogenetically closely related to R. laoshan, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the following morphological characteristics: Relatively greater eye diameter, relatively greater transverse diameter of third-finger disc, tibiotarsal articulation reaching or beyond nostril when hindlimb is adpressed forward, and nuptial pad absent in adult males. In addition, the new species differs from R. laoshan by 3.3 % in 16S rRNA sequences.

Page(s): 709-719

DOI: 10.17582/journal.pjz/20230328130358

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Year: 2025

Keywords:

Morphology , 16S rRNA , Taxonomy , Wenshan , Malipo

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