Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of Leptobrachella (Anura: Megophryidae) from the mountains of northern Thailand

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5052 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-64
Author(s):  
JIN-MIN CHEN ◽  
CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM ◽  
YUN-HE WU ◽  
NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV ◽  
KAI XU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Skin Texture ◽  
Introductory Note ◽  
Life Pattern ◽  
Chiang Mai Province ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Doi Inthanon

The genus Leptobrachella is one of the most speciose and taxonomically troubling groups of Asian anurans. Herein, we describe a new species of Leptobrachella from Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand based on the integration of morphological, acoustic and molecular data. The new species, Leptobrachella murphyi sp. nov., is morphologically distinguished from its congeners on the basis of body size, dorsal skin texture and coloration, ventral coloration and pattern, degree of webbing and fringing on the fingers and toes, iris coloration in life, pattern of markings on flanks and pattern of body macroglands. It also differs from its phylogenetically close congeners by an uncorrected p-distance of >9.6% for a fragment of 16S rRNA. The advertisement call of the new species consists of 4.5–4.7 kHz (at 15 °C) and without a distinct introductory note. Leptobrachella murphyi sp. nov. likely occurs across the Thanon Thong Chai Range and analyses provide evidence of unknown biodiversity and species composition on Doi (mountain) Inthanon. In addition, the congeneric species L. minima was also confirmed in Doi Inthanon. The coexistence pattern of Leptobrachella in Doi Inthanon deserves further study. As Thailand’s highest mountain and biodiversity reservoir, the need for further biological exploration is urgent given ongoing habitat loss and degradation.  

Integrative taxonomy of the Asian skinks Sphenomorphus stellatus (Boulenger, 1900) and S. praesignis (Boulenger, 1900) with the resurrection of S. annamiticus (Boettger, 1901) and the description of a new species from Cambodia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4683 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
PERRY L., JR. WOOD ◽  
EVAN S. H. QUAH ◽  
SHAHRUL ANUAR ◽  
NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Univariate Analyses ◽  
A New Species

Molecular phylogenetic analyses of the sister species Sphenomorphus stellatus and S. praesignis based on the mitochondrial genes 12S and 16S rRNA recover the former as paraphyletic with respect to the latter in that a specimen of S. stellatus from the type locality in Peninsular Malaysia is more closely related to S. praesignis than to Indochinese populations of S. stellatus. Furthermore, the phylogeny indicates that the Indochinese populations represent two species, thus resulting in four major lineages within this clade. These relationships are consistent with multivariate and univariate analyses of morphological and discrete color pattern data which statistically define and diagnose the four lineages and together with the molecular data, provide the foundation for robust, testable, species-level hypotheses. As such, S. stellatus is herein restricted to Peninsular Malaysia; S. annamiticus is resurrected for the circum-continental populations ranging through southeastern Thailand, southern Cambodia, and southern Vietnam; a new species—S. preylangensis sp. nov.—is described from an isolated mountain, Phnom Chi, from the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in central Cambodia; and the taxonomy of S. praesignis remains unchanged. The description of S. preylangensis sp. nov. underscores the necessity to conserve this remnant of lowland evergreen rainforest in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. 

Allagelena monticola sp. n. (Araneae: Agelenidae), a new species of funnel-web spiders from northern Thailand

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1397 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
THANAPHUM CHAMI-KRANON ◽  
NATDANAI LIKHITRAKARN ◽  
PAKAWIN DANKITTIPAKUL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
National Park ◽  
Chiang Mai ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Chiang Mai Province ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Doi Inthanon

A new species of the funnel-web spiders from Thailand, Allagelena monticola sp. n., is described and illustrated. The types of this species were collected from remnant patches of pristine evergreen hill forest in the Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. The new species resembles the widely distributed species A. opulenta (L. Koch), which is known from China, Korea and Japan. This discovery expands the known zoogeographical distribution of the genus Allagelena southwards into tropical Southeast Asia.

A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from northeastern Cambodia

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2567 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
JODI J. L. ROWLEY ◽  
BRYAN L. STUART ◽  
NEANG THY ◽  
DAVID A. EMMETT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Evergreen Forest ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Introductory Note ◽  
Data Deficient ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from the Kon Tum Plateau in northeastern Cambodia. Leptolalax melicus sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of an off-white to pale pink ventral surface with diffuse dark brown blotches and distinct white speckling, finger I < II, an absence of webbing and dermal fringes on fingers, slight basal webbing and no dermal fringes on toes, body size (19.5–22.7 mm for seven adult males), an absence of ventrolateral glandular lines, dorsum mostly smooth with no skin ridges, and a unique advertisement call consisting of a single long introductory note containing 8–50 pulses, followed by 3–11 predominantly single-pulsed notes, and with an average dominant frequency of 3560–3610 Hz. Leptolalax melicus can be further distinguished from the morphologically similar L. applebyi in having more distinct dorsal patterning, and significantly larger pectoral and femoral glands. Leptolalax melicus and L. applebyi also differ by 6.1% sequence divergence at the 16S mtDNA gene. All specimens of L. melicus were found near rocky streams in evergreen forest between 650–850 m elevation. We suggest the new species should be considered Data Deficient following IUCN’s Red List categories.

New cave-dwelling Plakina (Plakinidae, Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) from Martinique Island (French Antilles)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4729 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIE GRENIER ◽  
CESAR RUIZ ◽  
ANAIRA LAGE ◽  
THIERRY PEREZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Submarine Cave ◽  
Unique Composition ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Submarine Caves ◽  
Cox 1

Knowledge of homoscleromorph sponge biodiversity has greatly improved during the last decade thanks to the increasing use of integrative taxonomy and extensive exploration of remote ecosystems. Indeed, recently described species have mostly been small sponges living in dark and near-impenetrable habitats. This work integrates morphological, cytological, ecological and molecular data to describe a new species belonging to the Plakina genus. Plakina doudou sp. nov. was found first during close inspection of photographs taken previously in a submarine cave on Martinique Island, where several new species had already been revealed. The new species lives in syntopy with P. arletensis. It is thinly encrusting, whitish in vivo, and its skeleton harbors a unique composition of diods, triods, monolophose triods and monolophose, dilophose and trilophose calthrops. Sequencing of a portion of the mitochondrial gene cox-1 indicates that the new species belongs to a well-supported clade containing the Mediterranean P. crypta and P. trilopha. However, at the time of publication of this work, we have not yet managed to identify synapomorphies that would support the different clades of Plakina. This genus includes a total of 39 species to date, of which 10 have been recorded in the Western Tropical Atlantic, and 4 in Caribbean submarine caves. 

A new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura, Hylidae) from the Colombian and Venezuelan slopes of Sierra de Perijá, and the phylogenetic position of Hyloscirtus jahni (Rivero, 1961)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4382 (1) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERNANDO J. M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC ◽  
EDWIN E. INFANTE-RIVERO ◽  
PATRICIA E. SALERNO ◽  
FABIO LEONARDO MEZA-JOYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Internal Surface ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
12S Rrna ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hyloscirtus, belonging to the H. bogotensis species Group, is described from the Venezuelan and Colombian slopes of the Sierra de Perijá. The new species can be readily distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: mental gland present, disc-shaped and small; ulnar, outer, and inner tarsal folds present; calcar tubercle absent; whitish stripes on external border of upper eyelids and supratympanic folds, longitudinally on the mid-dorsum, on supracloacal fold, outer ulnar folds, inner and outer tarsal folds, and also on dorsal internal surface of shanks. We estimate phylogenetic relationships based on mtDNA (spanning fragments of 12S rRNA, tRNA-Val and 16S rRNA), of all Hyloscirtus species available in Genbank, as well as the new species described herein, H. callipeza, H. jahni, and H. platydactylus, all of which have not been previously sequenced. Our molecular data support the hypothesis of the new species as sister species of H. callipeza and indicates that H. jahni does not belong to the H. bogotensis species Group, but rather is sister species of all other Hyloscirtus (sensu Faivovich et al. 2005). Based on this last result we propose a new species group for H. jahni and the synonymy of Colomascirtus in Hyloscirtus. We also provide the first description of the advertisement call of H. callipeza. With the new species described herein, the number of Hyloscirtus species increases to 37. 

scholarly journals A new species of Dendropsophus (Anura, Hylidae) from southwestern Amazonia with a green bilobate vocal sac

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 942 ◽  
pp. 77-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miquéias Ferrão ◽  
Jiří Moravec ◽  
James Hanken ◽  
Albertina Pimentel Lima
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
South American ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Madeira River ◽  
American Frog ◽  
A New Species

Recent studies have shown that species diversity of the South American frog genus Dendropsophus is significantly underestimated, especially in Amazonia. Herein, through integrative taxonomy a new species of Dendropsophus from the east bank of the upper Madeira River, Brazil is described. Based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological analyses, the new species is referred to the D. microcephalus species group, where it is differentiated from its congeners mainly by having a green bilobate vocal sac and an advertisement call comprising 1–4 monophasic notes emitted with a dominant frequency of 8,979–9,606 Hz. Based on intensive sampling conducted in the study area over the last ten years, the new species is restricted to the east bank of the upper Madeira River, although its geographic range is expected to include Bolivian forests close to the type locality.

Utivarachna rama sp. n., a new species of tracheline spiders  (Araneae: Corinnidae) from Thailand

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1446 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
THANAPHUM CHAMI-KRANON ◽  
NATDANAI LIKHITRAKARN ◽  
CHALOBOL WONGSAWAD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Chiang Mai ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Chiang Mai Province ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Doi Inthanon

A new species of tracheline spiders, Utivarachna rama Chami-Kranon & Likhitrakarn sp. n., is described. The types were collected from pristine forests of the Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. The new species belongs to the kinabaluensis-group and can be distinguished from its congeners by the gradually tapering retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male palp, and by the posteriorly rounded epigynal atrium, the reniform spermathecae, and the anterior bursae with long, narrow necks in females. Utivarachna rama sp. n. is closely related to U. bucculenta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 and U. kinabaluensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001.

scholarly journals Triatoma rosai sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Triatominae): A New Species of Argentinian Chagas Disease Vector Described Based on Integrative Taxonomy

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 830
Author(s):  
Kaio Alevi ◽  
Jader de Oliveira ◽  
Ariane Garcia ◽  
Daniel Cristal ◽  
Luiza Delgado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Gastrointestinal Disorders ◽  
Disease Vector ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Cruzi Infection ◽  
Experimental Crosses

Chagas disease is the most prevalent neglected tropical disease in the Americas and makes an important contribution to morbidity and mortality rates in countries where it is endemic since 30 to 40% of patients develop cardiac diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, or both. In this paper, a new species of the genus Triatoma is described based on specimens collected in the Department San Miguel, Province of Corrientes, Argentina. Triatoma rosai sp. nov. is closely related to T. sordida (Stål, 1859), and was characterized based on integrative taxonomy using morphological, morphometric, molecular data, and experimental crosses. These analyses, combined with data from the literature (cytogenetics, electrophoresis pattern, molecular analyses, cuticular hydrocarbons pattern, geometric morphometry, cycle, and average time of life as well as geographic distribution) confirm the specific status of T. rosai sp. nov. Natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection, coupled with its presence mostly in peridomestic habitats, indicates that this species can be considered as an important Chagas disease vector from Argentina.

A new species of Physalaemus (Amphibia; Leptodactylidae) from the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 479 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
CÉLIO F.B. HADDAD ◽  
IVAN SAZIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Dorsal Skin ◽  
Skin Texture ◽  
A New Species

A new species of leptodactylid frog, Physalaemus atlanticus, is described from Ubatuba, northern coast of S o Paulo in southeastern Brazil. The new species belongs to the Physalaemus signifer species group and is characterized by the following set of characters: small size (males 20.1 22.1 mm SVL, females 21.0 23.9 mm SVL); canthus rostralis distinct; dorsal skin texture smooth to slightly rugose; belly orange in life; advertisement call with duration of 0.6 0.84 s and frequency between 0.9 1.8 kHz. Descriptions of the advertisement call and tadpole are provided, as well as information on natural history.

scholarly journals Our unknown neighbor: A new species of rain frog of the genus Pristimantis (Amphibia: Anura: Strabomantidae) from the city of Loja, southern Ecuador

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0258454
Author(s):  
Paul Székely ◽  
Diana Székely ◽  
Leonardo Ordóñez-Delgado ◽  
Diego Armijos-Ojeda ◽  
Judit Vörös
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Southern Ecuador ◽  
The City ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of rain frog of the genus Pristimantis from the city of Loja, Southern Ecuador, based on an integrative taxonomy approach, combining molecular, morphological and bioacoustics data. Pristimantis lojanus sp. nov. is a medium sized species of the phylogenetically strongly supported P. phoxocephalus group, and its sister species is P. torresi. The new species can be easily distinguished from its closest congeners and morphologically similar species (that also have acuminate snout with a fleshy keel) by its characteristic advertisement call and morphological features (dorsum finely tuberculate with scattered larger tubercles, flanks without longitudinal lateral folds, no markings in axilla, groin or on concealed limb surfaces, and bronze iris). Additionally, we describe the advertisement call of its sister species, P. torresi. Finally, we detail the current situation of the amphibian species present in the city of Loja and its surroundings.

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