A new caruncle-bearing Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from northeastern Thailand

Zootaxa. 2015 May 8;3956(2):258-70. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.6.

Abstract

A new species of the dicroglossid frog genus Limnonectes is described from Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand. Limnonectes lauhachindai sp. nov. differs from its congeners by having males with a low-profiled, U-shaped caruncle with free posterior margin that completely occupies, but does not extend beyond, the interobital region. The new species is most closely related to L. gyldenstolpei and L. dabanus. Its description brings the total number of caruncle-bearing species of Limnonectes to five.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animal Distribution
  • Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
  • Animal Structures / growth & development
  • Animals
  • Anura / anatomy & histology
  • Anura / classification*
  • Anura / genetics
  • Anura / growth & development
  • Body Size
  • Female
  • Male
  • Organ Size
  • Phylogeny
  • Thailand