| Literature DB >> 30002595 |
Guohua Yu1, Hong Hui1, Dingqi Rao1, Junxing Yang1.
Abstract
A new species of the genus Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) is described from western Yunnan, China. Genetically the new species, Kurixalus yangisp. n., is closer to Kurixalus naso than to other known congeners. Morphologically the new species is distinguished from all other known congeners by a combination of the following characters: smaller ratios of head, snout, limbs, IND, and UEW to body size; male body size larger than 30 mm; curved canthus rostralis; weak nuptial pad; brown dorsal color; absence of large dark spots on surface of upper-middle abdomen; presence of vomerine teeth; gold brown iris; single internal vocal sac; serrated dermal fringes along outer edge of limbs; granular throat and chest; rudimentary web between fingers; and presence of supernumerary tubercles and outer metacarpal tubercle.Entities:
Keywords: China; Kurixalus yangi sp. n.; Western Yunnan; new species
Year: 2018 PMID: 30002595 PMCID: PMC6041353 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.770.23526
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Zookeys ISSN: 1313-2970 Impact factor: 1.546
Figure 1.Simplified Neighbor-joining tree of the species group reproduced from Yu et al. (2017a).
Figure 2.Collection sites of sp. n. from western Yunnan, China. Star indicates the type locality, triangle indicates Nanjingli Village, and circle indicates Dengga Village.
Measurements of sp. n. and . Abbreviations defined in text.
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| KIZ 14102901 | 32.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 22.0 | 14.3 |
| KIZ 14102902 | 33.4 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 23.3 | 15.1 | |
| KIZ 14102904 | 33.7 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 22.1 | 14.2 | |
| KIZ 14102905 | 34.7 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 23.1 | 14.5 | |
| KIZ 14102906 | 31.6 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 20.4 | 13.0 | |
| KIZ 14102908 | 34.0 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 22.9 | 15.3 | |
| KIZ 14102911 | 32.2 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 21.9 | 14.4 | |
| KIZ 14102912 | 33.3 | 9.9 | 12.1 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 21.8 | 14.7 | |
| KIZ 14102913 | 33.6 | 9.9 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 22.5 | 14.8 | |
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| KIZ 180001R | 31.6 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 21.7 | 13.9 |
| KIZ 180002R | 31.9 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 22.0 | 14.1 | |
| KIZ 180003R | 32.5 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 23.2 | 15.4 | |
| KIZ 180004R | 30.9 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 21.5 | 14.4 | |
| KIZ 180005R | 31.4 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 21.8 | 13.9 | |
| KIZ 180006R | 29.3 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 20.2 | 12.7 |
Factor loadings of the first two principal components of 14 size-adjusted morphometric characteristics of males of sp. n. and . Absolute values of loading greater than 0.70 in boldface. Abbreviations defined in text.
| Character | PC 1 | PC 2 |
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| Eigenvalue | 6.817 | 2.008 |
| % variation | 48.691 | 14.339 |
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| 0.658 | 0.330 |
Figure 3.Scatterplot of principal components 1 and 2 of size-adjusted morphometric data for males of sp. n and .
Figure 4.Scatterplot of ratio of head length against snout-vent length for males of sp. n., , and .
Figure 5.Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of the holotype of sp. n. in preservative.
Figure 6.Ventral view of hand (A) and foot (B) of the holotype of sp. n. in preservative.
Figure 7.lateral-dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of the holotype of sp. n. in life.
Figure 8.Habitat of sp. n. at the type locality.
Figure 9.Ventral views of A (KIZ 180019Y) B (KIZ 180007R), and C (KIZ 170184Y; from Yu et al. 2017b).
| 1 | Limbs without serrated dermal fringes |
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| – | Limbs with serrated dermal fringes |
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| 2 | Dorsum smooth; many dark spots scattered on ventral surface |
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| – | Dorsum with small tubercles, no dark spots on ventral surface |
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| 3 | Dorsal color uniformly greenish |
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| – | Dorsal color not uniformly greenish, generally brownish mixed with dark marking |
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| 4 | Iris emerald to light green |
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| – | Iris golden |
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| 5 | Nuptial pad greatly expanded |
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| – | Nuptial pad slight |
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| 6 | Tubercles on lateral margin of finger IV connected with dermal fringe; venter whitish with very little pigmentation; loreal region oblique; canthus rostralis curved |
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| – | Tubercles on lateral margin of finger IV separated from each other; venter with numerous fine brownish dots, especially in the gular region; loreal region vertical; canthus rostralis straight |
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| 7 | Vomerine teeth absent |
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| – | Vomerine teeth present |
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| 8 | Snout tip less markedly pointed; lateral fringes on limbs and infra-cloacal tubercles less developed; lateral sides areolate |
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| – | Snout tip markedly pointed; lateral fringes on limbs and infra-cloacal tubercles developed; flanks smooth |
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| 9 | Smaller body size (adult male |
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| – | Bigger body size (generally adult male |
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| 10 | Snout obtusely pointed with no prominence on tip; absence of a pair of symmetrical large dark patches on chest; single internal vocal sac |
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| – | Snout pointed with a small prominence on tip; a pair of symmetrical large dark patches present on chest; single external vocal sac |
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| 11 | Snout rounded or somewhat pointed; chin and breast smooth |
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| – | Snout obviously pointed; chin and breast granular |
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| 12 | Paired external lateral vocal sacs |
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| – | Single internal vocal sac |
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| 13 | Outer metacarpal tubercles absent |
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| – | Outer metacarpal tubercles present |
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| 14 | Ventral surface shaded posteriorly with dark spots |
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| – | Whole ventral surface shaded with large dark spots |
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| 15 | Longer head, snout, and limbs; interorbital distance narrower than internarial distance and upper eyelid width |
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| – | Shorter head, snout and limbs; generally interorbital distance wider than internarial distance and upper eyelid width |
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| 16 | Omosternum unforked |
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| – | Omosternum forked |
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