A new species of the genus Zhangixalus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam |
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| Authors: | Tao Thien Nguyen Hoa Thi Ninh Nikolai Orlov Truong Quang Nguyen Thomas Ziegler |
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| Institution: | 1. Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology , Hanoi, Vietnam;2. Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology , Hanoi, Vietnam nguyenthientao@gmail.com;4. Faculty of Biology, Hanoi National University of Education , Hanoi, Vietnam;5. Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg, Russia;6. Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology , Hanoi, Vietnam;7. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology , Hanoi, Vietnam;8. Aquarium, AG Zoologischer Garten K?ln , Cologne, Germany;9. Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne , Cologne, Germany |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT A new rhacophorid species is described from Vietnam on the basis of nine specimens collected in Quan Ba District, Ha Giang Province, northeastern Vietnam. The new species is morphologically similar to Zhangixalus pinglongensis, Z. dorsoviridis, and Z. nigropunctatus, however, it differs from the latter by having the flank cream with large black blotches on axilla and groin. The genetic distance between the new species and Zhangixalus pinglongensis, Z. dorsoviridis and Z. nigropunctatus is >3.57% (16S mtDNA gene fragment). Zhangixalus jodiae sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other species of Zhangixalus and other small rhacophorid species from Southeast Asia by a combination of the following characters: size small (SVL 36.1–39.8 mm in males); head as long as wide; vomerine teeth present; dorsal surface of head and body green without spots; axilla cream with large black blotches, groin and front-rear parts of the thigh, ventral surface of tibia black with orange blotches; lower jaw region greyish, chest and belly cream. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89597718-024F-4FFC-B0AE-2005F12CF66C |
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| Keywords: | Zhangixalus jodiae sp nov molecular phylogeny taxonomy Ha Giang Province |
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