diff --git a/data/15/8D/B4/158DB4EFDDF45E748F65F1437DC0BE85.xml b/data/15/8D/B4/158DB4EFDDF45E748F65F1437DC0BE85.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4e4604b708f --- /dev/null +++ b/data/15/8D/B4/158DB4EFDDF45E748F65F1437DC0BE85.xml @@ -0,0 +1,845 @@ + + + +A new species of the newt genus Hypselotriton (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae) from Jiangxi Province, southeastern China + + + +Author + +Jiang, Zhihao +https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1492-0665 +The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China + + + +Author + +Huang, Song +0000-0001-6786-8523 +The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China + + + +Author + +Fan, Qiangyong +https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5515-2143 +Jiangxi Wuyishan National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, Shangrao, Jiangxi, China + + + +Author + +Cheng, Lin +https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4674-4213 +Jiangxi Wuyishan National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, Shangrao, Jiangxi, China + + + +Author + +Gong, Yanan +0000-0002-8155-7024 +The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China + + + +Author + +Cui, Zhangbo +https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1501-0402 +The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China + + + +Author + +Zhang, Tierui +https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1869-9313 +The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China + + + +Author + +Lan, Wenjun +https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0690-1082 +Jiangxi Wuyishan National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, Shangrao, Jiangxi, China + + + +Author + +Zou, Zhian +https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2556-2590 +Jiangxi Wuyishan National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, Shangrao, Jiangxi, China + + + +Author + +Huang, Xuanzhi +https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2873-3640 +The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China + + + +Author + +Raffaëlli, Jean +0000-0003-0567-3661 +Penclen, Plumelec, 56420, France + + + +Author + +Chen, Jinmin +0000-0001-6432-7721 +The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China + +text + + +ZooKeys + + +2024 + +2024-08-05 + + +1208 + + +331 +346 + + + +journal article +10.3897/zookeys.1208.126092 +9B405A9D-B91D-43D3-89EE-CDC597A873EC + + + + + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis +Jiang, Huang, Fan, Cheng, Raffaëlli & Chen + +sp. nov. + + + + +Figs 3 +, +4 +, +5 + + + + +Type material. + + + + + +Holotype + +. + +HSA 23097 +, +adult male +from +Huanggangshan Mountains +( + +28.72 ° N +, +117.33 ° E + +; + +elevation +84 m + +), +Yanshan County +, +Shangrao City +, +Jiangxi Province +, +China +, collected by +Zhihao JIANG +on + +22 July 2023 + +. + + + + + + + +Paratypes of + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +( +HSA 23075 +) +A +dorsalateral view in life +B +ventral view in life +C +small waterhole around mountain shrubs without direct sunlight at the type locality. + + + + + + +Paratypes + +. + +Six adult males +: +HSA 23075 +–23076, +HSA 23098 +–23099, +HSA 23102 +–23103, and +two adult females +: +HSA 23100 +–23101. Same collection date and locality as the holotype + +. + + + + +Etymology. + + +The specific name + +huanggangensis + +refers to the type locality in the Huanggangshan Mountains. For the English common name, we suggest “ Huanggangshan Fire-bellied Newt ” and for the Chinese name, 黄岗山蝾螈 (huáng gǎng shān róng yuán). + + + + +Diagnosis. + + +(1) Small body size, +TOL +73.0– +79.1 mm +in adult males, +TOL +79.6–89.4 mm +in adult females; (2) obvious black patches with clear boundaries on the whole body; (3) ground color of the dorsal body tan; (4) skin rough; (5) ground color of venter bright orange; (6) vertebral ridge weak; (7) fingers and toes overlapping when forelimb and hindlimb adpressed towards each other along body; (8) parotoid gland inconspicuous; (9) postocular orange spot absent; (10) white warty glands around the eye; (11) two discontinuous longitudinal lines which consist of white warty glands from neck to lateral parts of tail (Fig. +6 +). + + + + + +Description of the +holotype +. + + + +HSA 23097 +(Figs +4 +, +5 +), adult male with a small, slender body ( +TOL +79.1 mm +, +SVL +47.3 mm +). Head oval in dorsal view; snout truncate, projecting slightly beyond mandible; nostril small but conspicuous; tongue elongate, enlarged anteriorly, with free lateral margin; vomerine tooth patch ∧ – shaped; parotoid gland inconspicuous, gill remnants absent; gular fold present; skin with fine granules, covering most parts of dorsum, venter, chin and tail; vertebral ridge weak; cloacal opening oval, slightly protruding; limbs slender, fingers and toes overlapping when forelimb and hindlimb adpressed towards each other along the body; four fingers and five toes, slender and elongated, lacking webbing; relative length of fingers I <IV <II <III; relative length of toes I < +V +<II <IV <III. Tail laterally compressed, tapers posteriorly; caudal fin distinct; tail tip bluntly pointed. + + + + + + +Comparison of holotype of + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +(left, +HSA 23097 +) and + +Hypselotriton fudingensis + +(right, +HSA 23108 +) in life +A +dorsal view +B +ventral view, 1, 5 obvious black patches, 2 weak vertebral ridge, 3 small spots, 4 conspicuous vertebral ridge, 6 bright orange venter without dark blotches. + + + + + + + +Comparison of holotype of + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +(left, +HSA 23097 +) and + +Hypselotriton fudingensis + +(right, +HSA 23104 +) in preservative +A +dorsal views +B +ventral views, 1–6 same as in Fig. +4 +. + + + + + + + +Two discontinuous longitudinal lines which consist of white warty glands from neck to lateral parts of tail ( + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +, +HSA 23099 +) in life. + + + + + + +Coloration of the +holotype +. + + + +In life, obvious black patches with clear boundaries on the whole body; ground color of the dorsal body tan; ground color of venter bright orange; white warty glands from the lateral part of head to tail; axilla, cloacal opening, and venter of tail bright orange. In preservative after six months (Fig. +5 +), dorsum, flanks, and limbs slightly darker. All orange coloration of venter fades to creamy white. + + + + + + +Test for differences between + +H. huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +and + +H. fudingensis + +using +ANCOVA +( +SVL +as covariate). + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
VariableMalesFemales
+Total length ( +TOL +) +
+F +6.7812.17
+P +0.0520.008
+Tail length ( +TAL +) +
+F +1.092.27
+P +0.4190.185
+Maximum tail depth ( +TAD +) +
+F +12.3415.48
+P +0.0190.004
+Head length ( +HL +) +
+F +8.769.66
+P +0.0350.013
+Maximum head width ( +HW +) +
+F +3.7716.71
+P +O. 1200.004
+Snout length ( +SL +) +
+F +1.181.23
+P +0.3950.357
+Eye diameter ( +ED +) +
+F +12.001.91
+P +0.0200.228
+Interorbital distance ( +IOD +) +
+F +1.201.48
+P +0.3900.301
+Eye – nostril length ( +EN +) +
+F +0.030.38
+P +0.9670.700
+Internasal distance ( +IND +) +
+F +5.910.189
+P +0.0640.833
+Axilla – groin length ( +AG +) +
+F +76.899.38
+P +0.0100.014
+Forelimb length ( +FLL +) +
+F +0.078.86
+P +0.9380.016
+Hindlimb length ( +HLL +) +
+F +1.485.65
+P +0.3300.042
+ + + + +Variation. + + +Linear measurements are summarized in Table +2 +. Females ( +TOL +79.6–89.4 mm +) are distinctly larger than males ( +TOL +73.0– +79.1 mm +). All +paratypes +resemble the +holotype +except that the cloaca is wider and more swollen in males than in females, the irregular bright-orange patches on ventral surface occupy more surface in females than in males, and the gular fold absent in some individuals. + + + + +Comparisons. + + + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +is phylogenetically close to + +H. fudingensis + +, which is distributed in northeastern +Fujian +. However, + +H. huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +differs from + +H. fudingensis + +by its weak vertebral ridge (vs vertebral ridge conspicuous), dorsal black patches (vs small or no spots on dorsum), and ventral black patches (vs venter bright orange without dark blotches). + + +In addition, + +H. huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +further differs from the remaining congeners. + + + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +differs from + +H. orphicus + +by its weak vertebral ridge (vs slightly bulged) and obvious black patches with clear boundaries on the whole body (vs small or moderate dorsal blackish dots in + +H. orphicus + +). + + + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +differs from + +H. orientalis + +by its parotoid gland inconspicuous (vs conspicuous) and the presence of obvious black patches with clear boundaries on the dorsum (vs absent in + +H. orientalis + +). + + + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +differs from + +H. glaucus + +by its obvious black patches with clear boundaries on the whole body (vs dorsum, flanks, limbs, and upper side of tail with irregular obscure greyish blue patches in + +H. glaucus + +). + + + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +differs from + +H. jiaoren + +by its rough skin (vs smooth), and obvious black patches with clear boundaries on the whole body (vs dorsum, flanks, limbs, and upper side of tail uniformly dark brown in + +H. jiaoren + +). + + + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +differs from + +H. maguae + +by having its fingers and toes overlapping when forelimbs and hindlimbs are adpressed (vs forelimbs and hindlimbs not meeting when adpressed towards each other along body), and obvious black patches with clear boundaries on the whole body (vs dorsum, flanks, limbs, and upper side of tail uniformly dark brown in + +H. maguae + +). + + + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +can be distinctly distinguished from + +H. wolterstorffi + +, + +H. cyanurus + +, + +H. chenggongensis + +and + +H. yunnanensis + +by its absent postocular orange spot (vs present). + + + + +Distribution and habitat. + + + +Hypselotriton huanggangensis + +sp. nov. +is currently known only from the type locality on the western side of the Wuyishan Mountains in northeastern +Jiangxi +. Newts were found in a small waterhole around mountain shrubs without direct sunlight, at +84 m +a. s. l. All individuals were observed in July, September, and February. + + + + \ No newline at end of file