A new genus and species of treefrog from Medog, southeastern Tibet, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

Ke Jiang; Fang Yan; Kai Wang; Da-Hu Zou; Cheng Li; Jing Che

doi:10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.1.15

A new genus and species of treefrog from Medog, southeastern Tibet, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

Dongwuxue Yanjiu. 2016 Jan 18;37(1):15-20. doi: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.1.15.

Authors

Ke Jiang¹, Fang Yan¹, Kai Wang², Da-Hu Zou³, Cheng Li⁴, Jing Che⁵

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China; Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73072-7029, U.S.A.
³ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China; Tibet University, Lhasa Tibet 850000, China.
⁴ Imaging Biodiversity Expedition, Beijing 100107, China.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China. chej@mail.kiz.ac.cn.

PMID: 26828030
PMCID: PMC4834735
DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.1.15

Abstract

A new genus and species of threefrog is described from Medog, southeastern Tibet, China based on morphological and phylogenetic data. The new genus can be distinguished from other treefrog genera by the following combination of characters: (1) body size moderate, 45.0 mm in male; (2) snout rounded; (3) canthus rostralis obtuse and raised prominently, forming a ridge from nostril to anterior corner of eyes; (4) web rudimentary on fingers; (5) web moderately developed on toes; (6) phalange "Y" shaped, visible from dorsal side of fingers and toes; (7) skin of dorsal surfaces relatively smooth, scatted with small tubercles; (8) iris with a pale yellow, "X" shaped pattern of pigmentation.

Keywords: Nasutixalus medogensis sp. nov.; New genus; New species; Taxonomy; Theloderma moloch.

MeSH terms

Animals
Anura / anatomy & histology
Anura / classification*
Anura / genetics
DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics
Male
Phylogeny
Pigmentation
Tibet

Substances

DNA, Mitochondrial

Associated data

RefSeq/KU243080-KU243082

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2014FY210200, 2011FY120200) and the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species of Chinese Academy of Sciences (the Large Research Infrastructure Funding).