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)
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?:
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. “Simoda,
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,
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)
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, p. 120
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. “Yeso” (=
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,
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var.
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:
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, p. 475
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, 487. “
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” and “Yezo” (=
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,
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:
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. “
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,
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)
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:
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, p. 32
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. “Yezo,
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” (=
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,
<collectingCountry id="F311766CFFACBE75FC6C2530FC65FDAC" box="[932,994,558,582]" name="Japan" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Japan</collectingCountry>
); “Kiga,
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” (=Hamamatsu,
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,
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. Jesso (=
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new taxon A:
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Dufresnes
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2016
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFACBE75FF5F25B7FEF2FD2B" box="[151,373,681,705]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Dryophytes japonicus</emphasis>
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Duellman
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFACBE75FDE325B4FDD9FD2B" box="[555,606,681,705]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">et al.</emphasis>
2016
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KUHE 66109 (former AUEZ 3999), an
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asl
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by
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KUHE 66111 (former AUEZ 4001)
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male and
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KUHE 66110, 6611266113 (former
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4000, 40024003),
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<paragraph id="8BB936FCFFACBE75FF0F2461FC4BFB53" blockId="13.[151,1437,751,2038]" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFACBE75FF0F2461FE3BFC73" bold="true" box="[199,444,895,921]" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Referred specimens.</emphasis>
KUHE 8812, 2919029191, 37629,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FCAD2461FBBAFC73" box="[869,1085,895,921]" country="Japan" name="Aomori" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Aomori Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 29240, 29244, 29246, 32922, 32925,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FEF724BAFE7BFC57" box="[319,508,931,958]" country="Japan" name="Iwate" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Iwate Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 39830,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FD6724BDFCF9FC57" box="[687,894,931,957]" country="Japan" name="Miyagi" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Miyagi Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 40056, T3124,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FB4F24BDFAC3FC57" box="[1159,1348,931,957]" country="Japan" name="Akita" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Akita Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 1313113132, 13383, 18480, 18485,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FD8C24D6FCB4FC0B" box="[580,819,967,994]" country="Japan" name="Yamagata" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Yamagata Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 43347,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FC2624D9FB6CFC0B" box="[1006,1259,967,993]" country="Japan" name="Fukushima" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Fukushima Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 36528,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FF5F24F5FEEBFBEF" box="[151,364,1003,1029]" country="Japan" name="Tochigi" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Tochigi Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 2807528076,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FDBF24F5FCC2FBEF" box="[631,837,1003,1029]" country="Japan" name="Ibaraki" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Ibaraki Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 36146, 3882938830, 38832, 3955139552, 3955430555, AUEZ 4026, 4036, 40394040, 4048, 4068, 4076, 40894091, 4099,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FBA52311FAC7FBC3" box="[1133,1344,1039,1065]" country="Japan" name="Niigata" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Niigata Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 7950, 33017,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FEFB232DFD90FBA7" box="[307,535,1075,1101]" country="Japan" name="Ishikawa" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Ishikawa Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 16099, 3051030511, 30513, 4297142973, 43010, AUEZ 37603761,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FF5F2349FECDFB9B" box="[151,330,1111,1137]" country="Japan" name="Gifu" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Gifu Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 37382, 39976,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FD9E2349FCB9FB9B" box="[598,830,1111,1137]" country="Japan" name="Shizuoka" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Shizuoka Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; AUEZ 2616,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FC282349FB19FB9B" box="[992,1182,1111,1137]" country="Japan" name="Aichi" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Aichi Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; AUEZ 1345513456, 25559, 4292842929, 42934, 42936, 42938, 42941,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FD242365FC10FB7F" box="[748,919,1147,1173]" country="Japan" name="Mie" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Mie Prefecture</collectingRegion>
, KUHE 24152, 25433, 33109, 34913, 39940, 4135041351,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FEF72381FE7AFB53" box="[319,509,1183,1209]" country="Japan" name="Shiga" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Shiga Prefecture</collectingRegion>
; KUHE 4323543236,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFACBE75FCCD23BEFC4EFB53" box="[773,969,1183,1210]" country="Japan" name="Kyoto" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Kyoto Prefecture</collectingRegion>
.
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFACBE75FF0F23DDFEC9FB37" bold="true" box="[199,334,1219,1245]" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is a Greek (and Latin) noun denoting a leopard, alluding to the color pattern of the rear of thigh observed in this species.
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFACBE75FF0F2215FEC5FACF" bold="true" box="[199,322,1291,1317]" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A moderate-sized species of the genus
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFACBE75FD362215FCF8FACF" box="[766,895,1291,1317]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">Dryophytes</emphasis>
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, with adult SVL
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in males and
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in females. It shares most morphological characters with its sister species,
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFACBE75FBDC222EFB23FAA3" box="[1044,1188,1328,1353]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="74" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFACBE75FBDC222EFB23FAA3" box="[1044,1188,1328,1353]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">D. japonicus</emphasis>
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, but usually differs in having the black and/or white patterns on the rear of thigh, and they definitely differ in mitochondrial and nuclear genome characters. It differs from other congeneric species in
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,
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFACBE75FC772266FBEBFA7B" box="[959,1132,1400,1425]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">D. suweonensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFACBE75FB692266FAD6FA7B" box="[1185,1361,1399,1425]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="74">D. immaculatus</emphasis>
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, in the presence of finger webbing and more developed toe webbing, as well as in the pattern of the rear of thigh.
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Description of
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(in millimeters).
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Snout-vent length (SVL) 30.9; body robust; head short, wider (HW 12.2, 39.4%SVL) than long (HL 10.3, 33.4%SVL); snout truncate, tip rounded in dorsal outline; projecting beyond lower jaw, slightly rounded in lateral profile; canthus sharp; lore vertical, concave; nostril below canthus, midway between tip of snout (S-NL 1.5, 4.9%SVL) and anterior margin of upper eyelid; internarial distance (IND 2.5, 8.0%SVL) subequal to nostril to eye (N-EL 2.3, 7.3%SVL); eye large, length (EL 4.2, 13.5%SVL) 1.8 times eyenostril distance, equaling to snout length (SL 4.2, 13.5%SVL); interorbital (IOD 3.0, 9.7%SVL) wider than width of upper eyelid (UEW 2.7, 8.7%SVL) and internarial distance; pineal spot invisible; tympanum large and distinct, nearly circular (TDv=TDh 1.9, 6.0%SVL), about half eye diameter; vomerine teeth in indistinctly oval, small, and slightly oblique raised series (each of 3 teeth), the center posterior to line connecting posterior margins of choanae, connected with each other, but widely separated from choanae; tongue narrow anteriorly, moderately notched, without papilla; a pair of internal vocal sacs and vocal openings on corners of mouth. Forelimb stout (forelimb length 18.6, 60.1%SVL; LAL 15.0, 48.6%SVL); webbing poorly but distinctly developed; finger length formula: I&lt;II&lt;IV&lt;III (
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), second finger as long as third; finger tips with round adhesive discs having circummarginal grooves; disk of third finger largest (3FDW 1.23, 4.0%), two thirds of tympanum diameter; indistinct palmar tubercles and supernumerary tubercles present; subarticular tubercles prominent, circular; indistinct nuptial pads on dorsal, medial, and ventral surfaces of first finger extending from its base to subarticular tubercle, covered with minute yellow asperities; inner palmer tubercle distinct, oval (IPTL 1.7, 5.5%SVL), subequal to tympanum diameter; indistinct skin fold present in outer side of forelimb, starting from disk of fourth finger to elbow. Hindlimb long (HLL 45.8, 148.6%SVL), about 2.5 times the length of forelimb; tibia (TL 13.8, 44.7%SVL) shorter than foot (FL 13.8, 44.8%SVL); heels do not touch with each other when limbs are held at right angles to body; tibiotarsal articulation of adpressed limb reaching posterior corner of eye; toe tips with round adhesive discs having circummarginal grooves; toe length formula I&lt;II&lt;III&lt;V&lt;IV; third toe subequal to fifth; toes moderately webbed, formula I 12 II 02
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III 02 IV 21 V (
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); excision of membrane between two outer toes reaching middle subarticular tubercle of fourth when toes in contact; webs thick, not crenulate; subarticular tubercles prominent, rounded; inner metatarsal tubercle distinct, oblong (IMTL 1.2, 4.0%SVL), equaling to 3FDW, less than half length of first toe (1TL 3.5, 11.2%SVL); outer metatarsal tubercle small but distinct; indistinct tarsal fold present, connecting tibiotarsal articulation to inner metatarsal tubercle. Two distinct skin folds connecting both arms present on pectoral region, starting from anterior and posterior edges of arms, respectively. Head and dorsum smooth; no dorsolateral fold; a supratympanic fold from eye, curving to axilla; ventral and ventrolateral side of trunk and ventral side of thigh coarsely granular.
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFAFBE76FF5F21FEFE94F912" bold="true" box="[151,275,1760,1784]" pageId="14" pageNumber="75">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of the whole body, ventral view of left hand (C) and foot (D), and a lateral view in life (E) of the holotype of
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(KUHE 66109). Scale bar = 10 mm (A, B)/5 mm (C, D).
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFAFBE76FF0F2070FEDBF862" bold="true" box="[199,348,1902,1928]" pageId="14" pageNumber="75">Color in life.</emphasis>
Dorsum green fringed with a narrow yellowish white line on canthus, eyelid, supratympanic fold, and lateral side of trunk; a dark brown band running below canthus and supratympanic fold, vaguely expanding to lateral side of trunk; lores green below canthus; upper lip white with dark dots; upper half of tympanum surrounded by the band below supratympanic fold; dorsal side of thighs marked with dark crossbars; rear of thighs marked with several white blotches with reticulated pattern formed by cluster of pigmentation; anterior half of ventrum white; vocal sac and posterior half of ventrum yellowish white; ventral surfaces of thigh and tibia yellowish pink.
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFAEBE77FF0F27C0FEB8FF12" bold="true" box="[199,319,222,248]" pageId="15" pageNumber="76">Variation.</emphasis>
Females are significantly larger in SVL (mean ± SD = 33.0 ±
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, n = 40) than males (30.4 ± 2.0 mm, n = 40; t-test, P &lt;0.01). Size of N-LL, IND, and some characters of distal part of forelimbs (1FL, HAL, 3FDW, 1TL, and FL), all relative to SVL, tended to be greater in females than males (Mann-Whitney U-test, two-tailed, P &lt;0.05). Similar sexual differences tended to be seen in 4TDW and LAL, but p-values were slightly larger than 0.05 (p=0.052 and 0.058, respectively). Males tended to have more developed toe webbing than females. In the second and the third toes, outer edge of web reach at toe disk in males, but reach at the first articulation in females. In the fourth toes, two phalanges are free from inner webs in males, while three phalanges are free in females.
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Although the center of vomerine teeth lays posterior to the line connecting the posterior borders of the choanae in the
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, it lays anterior the line in a part of paratypic specimens (i.e. KUHE 66110), and the latter status seems to be common in this species (
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).
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFAEBE77FF0F2559FE0BFD8B" bold="true" box="[199,396,583,609]" pageId="15" pageNumber="76">Eggs and larvae.</emphasis>
In the topotypic population,
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, eggs laid at a time ranged from 109161 (mean ± SD = 124 ± 25, n = 4) (Motohiro Nakamura, personal communication). Eggs each
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in diameter and light brown in animal hemisphere. Eggs are usually laid in small clumps. A total of eight tadpoles in stages 3135 (total length [TOTL] = 25.838.3 [mean ± SD = 33.5 ± 3.8] mm, head body length [HBL] = 11.114.0 [mean ± SD = 12.3 ± 1.0] mm), and three in stages 3641 (TOTL 33.840.9 [mean = 37.4] mm, HBL=14.515.3 [mean = 14.8] mm), from the
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locality were closely examined. Head and body slightly flattened above, spheroidal below; head body width (HBW) maximum slightly anterior to level of spiracle 5468% (median = 62%) of HBL; head body depth (HBD) 89108% (median = 97%) of HBW; snout rounded; eyes dorsolateral, visible from below; nostril open, dorsal, rim raised, midway between tip of snout and eye; internarial 2958% (median = 49%) of interorbital. Oral disk anteroventral, emarginate, width 3143% (median = 39%) of HBW; marginal papillae on upper labium with wide gap; lower labium with a continuous row of papillae, submarginal papillae present near corners; denticles 2(2)/3 (
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) or 2(12)/3; beaks with black outer margins; outer surface smooth; margin finely serrate; upper beak weekly convex medially; neither beak divided. Spiracle sinistral, tube pointing upward and backward, almost completely attached to body wall. Anal tube dextral, attached to ventral fin; loops of gut visible ventrally in young larvae. Tail moderately long and lanceolate, both margins weakly convex, tapering gradually to slightly rounded tip; tail length 178219% (median = 197%; only specimens with non-damaged tail) of HBL, maximum depth 3036% (median = 36%) of length; dorsal fin origin at midpoint of body, deeper than ventral fin except near tail tip and body; ventral fin origin continuous to vent; caudal muscle moderately strong, maximum tail width 3651% (median = 44%) of HBW; muscle depth at anterior one-third of tail 3445% (median = 41%) of tail depth, steadily narrowed posteriorly, shallower than either fin in distal half of tail. Neuromasts on body surface are not discernible. In life dorsal and lateral body brown, spotted with clusters of dark pigmentations; venter white, scattered with dark gray on throat; tail scattered with black spots (
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).
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFAEBE77FF0F2241FEC9FA93" bold="true" box="[199,334,1375,1401]" pageId="15" pageNumber="76">Karyotype.</emphasis>
Diploid chromosome 2n = 24, with six large and six small pairs, that are homomorphic and lacking sexual difference (
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). Chromosomes Nos. 1 and
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the larger group and Nos. 8 and
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the smaller group are metacentric, while Nos. 3, 4,
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the larger group and Nos. 7, 10, 11, and
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the smaller group are submetacentric. The large chromosome No. 6 is subtelocentric, having satellites at the tip of the short arms. Although nucleolus organizer region (NOR) is supposed to exist on No. 6 as is usual in
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFAEBE77FB9722F1FB67F9E3" box="[1119,1248,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="76">Dryophytes</emphasis>
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frogs (Anderson 1991), an additional examination is needed for this character because there are no reports which could be exactly assigned to this species.
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFAEBE77FF0F2144FE87F99E" bold="true" box="[199,256,1626,1652]" pageId="15" pageNumber="76">Call.</emphasis>
We analyzed mating calls of ten males, recorded at the topotypic population,
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,
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at an air temperature of 16.8°C on
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by T. Shimada. Calls (N=10; acoustic parameters of each individual were estimated from average of five continuous notes) consisted of a series of notes each emitted at an interval (between the beginnings of two successive notes) of 0.29 ± 0.01 (0.25 0.32) s (
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). Each note was composed of 17.3 ± 0.57 (1320) short pulses and lasted for 0.10 ± 0.00 (0.070.12) s. The fundamental frequency was 1.68 ± 0.08 (1.551.88) kHz and the dominant frequency was 3.48 ± 0.12 (3.303.80) kHz. There are weak frequency and intensity modulations and some clear harmonics. Although we collected those data from males calling alone, it is known that a pair of males often call alternately, and the intervals of notes become longer in such cases compared with those emitted alone (
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Aihara
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., 2006
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). The pulse duration is known to correlate positively with male body size, while the dominant frequency negatively correlate with it (
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Takahashi
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2016
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).
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FF0F2788FEEAFF5A" bold="true" box="[199,365,150,176]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Comparisons.</emphasis>
This species shares most morphological characters with its sister species,
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FB5F2789FAA3FF5A" box="[1175,1316,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. japonicus</emphasis>
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. However, the typical specimens of the new species is conspicuous in having a pigmented pattern of the rear of thigh (
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), which is not popular in
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FE6027C1FDBFFF12" box="[424,568,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. japonicus</emphasis>
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and other congeneric species of
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(
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;
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). Yet, this diagnosis is not perfect because there is a pattern (category C) which is sometimes appear both in
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FB16261DFAEAFEF6" box="[1246,1389,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the new species. Further, this diagnosis cannot totally be applied for the populations close to the specific border (Kinki region). Although several morphometric differences were detected among local groups of those species, no significant differences were found between
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FD632671FCB9FE63" box="[683,830,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FC8E2671FC26FE63" bold="true" box="[838,929,367,393]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2415795FFB1BE68FC8E2671FC26FE63" box="[838,929,367,393]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and its adjacent populations of
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FAC42671FA1BFE62" box="[1292,1436,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Chugoku-Shikoku group) (See “Ratios of each character to SVL” in Morphometric comparison of Results section).
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FF5F26A9FE2AFE3B" box="[151,429,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Dryophytes immaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FE2826A9FD0AFE3A" box="[480,653,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. suweonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from the new species in lacking finger webbing (vs. rudimentary finger webbing present) and less developed toe webbing with its excision reaching the line connecting dorsal ends of the middle subarticular tubercle of fourth toe and distal subarticular tubercle of fifth toe (vs. excision of webbing not reaching the line;
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB1BE68FE43253DFDC1FDD7" author="Kuramoto, M." box="[395,582,547,573]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" pagination="100 - 108" refId="ref17111" refString="Kuramoto, M. (1980) Mating calls of treefrogs (genus Hyla) in the Far East, with description of a new species from Korea. Copeia, 1980, 100-108. https://doi.org/10.2307/1444138" type="journal article" year="1980">Kuramoto, 1980</bibRefCitation>
; Borzée
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FD60253DFD67FDD7" box="[680,736,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">et al.</emphasis>
2020).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB936FCFFB1BE68FF5F2343FF7DFB56" blockId="16.[151,1436,1117,1213]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FF5F2343FE94FB9F" bold="true" box="[151,275,1117,1141]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Dorsal (A), lateral (B), and ventral (C) views and the oral disc (D) of a tadpole of
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FBAC2343FAC4FB9F" box="[1124,1347,1117,1141]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Dryophytes leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FA832343FA1BFB9F" bold="true" box="[1355,1436,1117,1141]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2415795FFB1BE68FA832343FA1BFB9F" box="[1355,1436,1117,1141]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in stage 37 of
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, collected on 18 June 2014 at the topotypic population (Toyota city, Aichi Pref., Japan). Scale bar = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BB936FCFFB1BE68FF04220EFF7AF8CB" blockId="16.[151,1437,1295,2042]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">
From the New World congeners, the new species,
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FD24220EFCFCFAC3" box="[748,891,1295,1321]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FC482211FC50FAC3" bold="true" box="[896,983,1295,1321]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2415795FFB1BE68FC482211FC50FAC3" box="[896,983,1295,1321]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, differs morphologically in the following manner (data from
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and
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB1BE68FD59222DFCCDFAA7" author="Duellman, W. E." box="[657,842,1331,1357]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" refId="ref15611" refString="Duellman, W. E. (2001) Hylid Frogs of Middle America. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Contributions to Herpetology No. 18. 2 nd Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Marceline, Missouri, xvi + x + 1159 + 94 (unnumbered pages of pls.) pp., illustrations (some color), maps." type="journal volume" year="2001">Duellman, 2001</bibRefCitation>
): The new species has nearly smooth dorsal skin [vs. skin granulated in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FEAF2246FDF1FA9B" authority="(Le Conte)" baseAuthorityName="Le Conte" box="[359,630,1367,1393]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gratiosus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FEAF2246FE76FA9B" box="[359,497,1368,1393]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. gratiosus</emphasis>
(Le Conte)
</taxonomicName>
] and has finger webbing [vs. no webbing between fingers in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FAE92246FE84FA7F" authority="(Brocchi)" baseAuthorityName="Brocchi" baseAuthorityYear="1877" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plicatus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FAE92246FA1AFA9B" box="[1313,1437,1367,1393]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. plicatus</emphasis>
(Brocchi)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FEF52262FD9DFA7F" authority="(Stuart)" baseAuthorityName="Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="1954" box="[317,538,1403,1429]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="walkeri">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FEF52262FE31FA7F" box="[317,438,1403,1429]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. walkeri</emphasis>
(Stuart)
</taxonomicName>
]. In the new species, lores green below canthus and upper lip white with dark dots [vs. dark-edged light spot beneath eye in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FD5622BEFC09FA53" authority="(Cope)" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[670,910,1439,1465]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arenicolor">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FD5622BEFCB1FA53" box="[670,822,1439,1465]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. arenicolor</emphasis>
(Cope)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FC5222BEFBFAFA53" authority="(Viosca)" baseAuthorityName="Viosca" baseAuthorityYear="1928" box="[922,1149,1439,1465]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avivoca">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FC5222BEFB93FA53" box="[922,1044,1440,1465]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. avivoca</emphasis>
(Viosca)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FB4022BEFF5CFA34" authority="(Le Conte, 1825)" baseAuthorityName="Le Conte" baseAuthorityYear="1825" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="versicolor">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FB4022BEFA9AFA53" box="[1160,1309,1439,1465]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. versicolor</emphasis>
(Le Conte, 1825)
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FEDD22DAFD9EFA37" authority="(Cope)" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[277,537,1475,1501]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysoscelis">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FEDD22DAFE47FA37" box="[277,448,1475,1501]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. chrysoscelis</emphasis>
(Cope)
</taxonomicName>
], and a narrow yellowish white line fringing on canthus and eyelid, and a narrow light line and a dark brown band running below canthus and supratympanic fold, vaguely expanding to lateral side of trunk [vs. white-edged lavender stripe on side in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FD112112FC4AF9CF" authority="(Baird)" baseAuthorityName="Baird" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[729,973,1547,1573]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andersonii">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FD112112FCF4F9CF" box="[729,883,1547,1573]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. andersonii</emphasis>
(Baird)
</taxonomicName>
, a light-edged purple to black stripe from snout through eye and along side in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FDE6212EFC87F9A3" authority="(Baird)" baseAuthorityName="Baird" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[558,768,1583,1609]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eximius">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FDE6212EFD21F9A3" box="[558,678,1584,1609]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. eximius</emphasis>
(Baird)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FCC4212EFB8BF9A3" authority="(Taylor)" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1941" box="[780,1036,1583,1609]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arboricola">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FCC4212EFC21F9A3" box="[780,934,1583,1609]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. arboricola</emphasis>
(Taylor)
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FB8F212EFAD4F9A3" authority="(Taylor)" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1939" box="[1095,1363,1583,1609]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wrightorum">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FB8F212EFB6AF9A3" box="[1095,1261,1583,1609]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. wrightorum</emphasis>
(Taylor)
</taxonomicName>
, white stripe along upper jaw and side of body in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FDB0214AFCF0F987" authority="(Daudin)" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1800" box="[632,887,1619,1645]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="squirellus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FDB0214AFC80F987" box="[632,775,1619,1645]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. squirellus</emphasis>
(Daudin)
</taxonomicName>
, and sharply defined light stripe along upper jaw and side of body in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FEBC2166FD03F97B" authority="(Schneider)" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1799" box="[372,644,1655,1681]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FEBC2166FE73F97B" box="[372,500,1656,1681]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. cinereus</emphasis>
(Schneider)
</taxonomicName>
]. In the new species, color pattern of rear of thigh is variable, and large or small white dots present, and if absent, black patterns with clusters of melanophores present [vs. uniformly brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FF7D21DEFE21F933" authority="(Brocchi)" baseAuthorityName="Brocchi" baseAuthorityYear="1877" box="[181,422,1727,1753]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plicatus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FF7D21DEFEB6F933" box="[181,305,1727,1753]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. plicatus</emphasis>
(Brocchi)
</taxonomicName>
, yellow spots on dark brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FCD921DEFBC8F933" authority="(Gunther)" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[785,1103,1727,1753]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="euphorbiaceus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FCD921DEFC5FF933" box="[785,984,1727,1753]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. euphorbiaceus</emphasis>
(Günther)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FB4E21DEFA1FF933" authority="(Mocquard)" baseAuthorityName="Mocquard" baseAuthorityYear="1899" box="[1158,1432,1727,1753]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bocourti">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FB4E21DEFA8FF933" box="[1158,1288,1727,1753]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. bocourti</emphasis>
(Mocquard)
</taxonomicName>
, gray to reddish-brown; yellow to white spots on dark in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FCEA21FAFBA5F917" authority="(Daudin)" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1800" box="[802,1058,1763,1789]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="femoralis">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FCEA21FAFC36F917" box="[802,945,1763,1789]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. femoralis</emphasis>
(Daudin)
</taxonomicName>
, and uniformly tan in
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB1BE68FAEC21FAFF75F8CB" authority="(Stuart)" baseAuthorityName="Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="1954" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="16" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="walkeri">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FAEC21FAFA1BF917" box="[1316,1436,1763,1789]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. walkeri</emphasis>
(Stuart)
</taxonomicName>
].
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FF0F2035FE9DF8AF" bold="true" box="[199,282,1835,1861]" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Range.</emphasis>
Northeastern
<collectingCountry id="F311766CFFB1BE68FE752032FE7AF8AC" box="[445,509,1836,1862]" name="Japan" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Japan</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FDC62035FD06F8AF" box="[526,641,1835,1861]" country="Japan" name="Hokkaido" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Hokkaido</collectingRegion>
, Honshu, and some adjacent islands) and Sakhalin.
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FB1D2035FA1EF8AF" box="[1237,1433,1835,1861]" country="Japan" name="Hokkaido" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Hokkaido region</collectingRegion>
:
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FF5F2051FE06F883" box="[151,385,1871,1897]" country="Japan" name="Hokkaido" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Hokkaido Prefecture</collectingRegion>
(including Rishiri Is., Yagishiri Is., Teuri Is., Kunashiri Is. and Shikotan Is.). Tohoku region:
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FF5F206DFF76F867" box="[151,241,1907,1933]" country="Japan" name="Aomori" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Aomori</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FF36206AFEB8F864" box="[254,319,1908,1934]" country="Japan" name="Iwate" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Iwate</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FE83206DFE18F867" box="[331,415,1907,1933]" country="Japan" name="Miyagi" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Miyagi</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FE62206DFE6CF867" box="[426,491,1907,1933]" country="Japan" name="Akita" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Akita</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FE3F206AFDE1F864" box="[503,614,1908,1934]" country="Japan" name="Yamagata" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Yamagata</collectingRegion>
(including Tobi Is.), and
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FC42206DFB81F867" box="[906,1030,1907,1933]" country="Japan" name="Fukushima" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Fukushima</collectingRegion>
Prefectures. Kanto region:
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FA88206DFA1FF867" box="[1344,1432,1907,1933]" country="Japan" name="Tochigi" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Tochigi</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FF5F2089FF6BF85B" box="[151,236,1943,1969]" country="Japan" name="Gunma" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Gunma</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FF332089FECAF85B" box="[251,333,1943,1969]" country="Japan" name="Ibaraki" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Ibaraki</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FE952089FE24F85B" box="[349,419,1943,1969]" country="Japan" name="Chiba" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Chiba</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FE792089FD89F85B" box="[433,526,1943,1969]" country="Japan" name="Saitama" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Saitama</collectingRegion>
, and
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FD992086FD40F858" box="[593,711,1944,1970]" country="Japan" name="Kanagawa" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Kanagawa</collectingRegion>
Prefectures (including Eno Is.) and
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FBBB2089FB3DF85B" box="[1139,1210,1943,1969]" country="Japan" name="Tokyo" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Tokyo</collectingRegion>
Metropolis. Chubu region:
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FF2620A5FEC4F83F" box="[238,323,1979,2005]" country="Japan" name="Niigata" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Niigata</collectingRegion>
, (including Sado Is. and Awa Is.),
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,
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,
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(except for western tip, where mtDNA of
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB1BE68FF7F20FEFEC0F813" box="[183,327,2016,2041]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">D. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was found),
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,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FDAD20FEFD38F810" box="[613,703,2016,2042]" country="Japan" name="Nagano" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Nagano</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FD0320C1FC86F813" box="[715,769,2015,2041]" country="Japan" name="Gifu" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Gifu</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FCC620C1FCFEF813" box="[782,889,2015,2041]" country="Japan" name="Shizuoka" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Shizuoka</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FC4C20C1FC45F813" box="[900,962,2015,2041]" country="Japan" name="Aichi" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Aichi</collectingRegion>
(including Saku Is.), and
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB1BE68FB2120C1FA91F813" box="[1257,1302,2015,2041]" country="Japan" name="Mie" pageId="16" pageNumber="77">Mie</collectingRegion>
Prefectures (including Toshi Is., Sakate Is., and Suga Is.) (except for southern tip, where mtDNA of
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB0BE69FB4D2789FA92FF5A" box="[1157,1301,151,176]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FB4D2789FA92FF5A" box="[1157,1301,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">D. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was found). Kinki region:
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,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB0BE69FE5127A5FE65FF3F" box="[409,482,187,213]" country="Japan" name="Osaka" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">Osaka</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB0BE69FE3827A5FDBEFF3F" box="[496,569,187,213]" country="Japan" name="Kyoto" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">Kyoto</collectingRegion>
, and
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB0BE69FDB027A5FD29FF3F" box="[632,686,187,213]" country="Japan" name="Nara" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">Nara</collectingRegion>
Prefectures. Although most part of
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB0BE69FB8427A5FA88FF3F" box="[1100,1295,187,213]" country="Japan" name="Osaka" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">Osaka Prefecture</collectingRegion>
is supposed to be occupied by this species, the hybrid zone with
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FD2327C1FCFCFF12" box="[747,891,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">D. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exists at the northern area (Minoo City, Toyono Town, Nose Town) (See
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). In
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,
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FD36261DFC17FEF7" box="[766,912,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">D. leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FC50261DFC74FEF7" bold="true" box="[920,1011,259,285]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2415795FFB0BE69FC50261DFC74FEF7" box="[920,1011,259,285]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is restricted to southeastern half, and the middle to northwestern half are supposed to be
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FD1B2639FCE5FEAA" box="[723,866,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">D. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or (if any) hybrid populations of those two species (See
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). In
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB0BE69FE812655FE7AFE8F" box="[329,509,331,357]" country="Japan" name="Nara" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">Nara Prefecture</collectingRegion>
, we genetically examined only a sample from the southern tip, which had mtDNA of
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB0BE69FF7E2671FEC1FE62" box="[182,326,367,392]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FF7E2671FEC1FE62" box="[182,326,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">D. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but judging from genetic identification of surrounding prefectures, it is natural to consider that at least northern
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population is
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB0BE69FDC6268DFD18FE47" authorityName="Shimada &amp; Matsui &amp; Tanaka" authorityYear="2025" box="[526,671,403,429]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leopardus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FDC6268DFD18FE47" box="[526,671,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">D. leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2415795FFB0BE69FD6F268DFC85FE47" box="[679,770,403,429]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FD6F268DFD7CFE47" bold="true" box="[679,763,403,429]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
In
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, most populations seem to belong to
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB0BE69FF7B26A9FEC6FE3A" box="[179,321,439,464]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FF7B26A9FEC6FE3A" box="[179,321,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">D. japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but we found mtDNA of
<taxonomicName id="4C064D7FFFB0BE69FDAA26A9FD75FE3B" authorityName="Shimada &amp; Matsui &amp; Tanaka" authorityYear="2025" box="[610,754,439,465]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Dryophytes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leopardus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FDAA26A9FD75FE3B" box="[610,754,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">D. leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FD3026A9FCD6FE3B" bold="true" box="[760,849,439,465]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2415795FFB0BE69FD3026A9FCD6FE3B" box="[760,849,439,465]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
at the northern and eastern tips. At least, one of them (Koya Town) is supposed to be a hybrid population, and we need further studies to examine if pure populations of
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FA4926C5FE81FDF3" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">D. leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FEC626E1FEEFFDF3" bold="true" box="[270,360,511,537]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2415795FFB0BE69FEC626E1FEEFFDF3" box="[270,360,511,537]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
exist in this prefecture. Outside of
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, it is only distributed in southernmost part of Sakhalin (
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB0BE69FF57253DFE44FDD7" author="Kuzmin, S. &amp; Maslova, I. V." box="[159,451,547,573]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" refId="ref17230" refString="Kuzmin, S. &amp; Maslova, I. V. (2003) The amphibians of the Russian Far East. Advances in amphibian research in the former Soviet Union 8. Pensoft, Sofia, 464 pp." type="book" year="2003">Kuzmin &amp; Maslova 2003</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB936FCFFB0BE69FF5F213EFB0FF9B6" blockId="17.[151,1437,1568,1628]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FF5F213EFE98F9D2" bold="true" box="[151,287,1568,1592]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Advertisement call of
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FDCB213EFD66F9D2" box="[515,737,1568,1592]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">Dryophytes leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FD2F213EFCB1F9D2" bold="true" box="[743,822,1568,1592]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2415795FFB0BE69FD2F213EFCB1F9D2" box="[743,822,1568,1592]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from the topotypic population (Toyota city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan), recorded at an air temperature of 16.8°C, showing sonogram (top) and wave form (bottom).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FF0F21B0FE0DF922" bold="true" box="[199,394,1710,1736]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">Natural History.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FE5821B0FD00F922" box="[400,647,1710,1736]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">Dryophytes leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FD4521B0FD62F922" bold="true" box="[653,741,1710,1736]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2415795FFB0BE69FD4521B0FD62F922" box="[653,741,1710,1736]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
inhabits widely in plains and low mountains, but is sometimes seen in highland. Its altitudinal range occupies from shoreline (Oga city,
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;
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Kimura
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FB1921CDFA8BF906" box="[1233,1292,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">et al.</emphasis>
2017
</bibRefCitation>
) up to at least alt.
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(Minamimaki village,
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; Shimadas personal observation). It uses various
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of habitats, such as paddy fields, forests, wetlands, and gardens. In Honshu Is., it emits calls during most part of spring and summer [late April to middle August;
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB0BE69FD0E2021FC03F8B2" author="Yamamoto, Y." box="[710,900,1854,1881]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" pagination="13 - 18" refId="ref19034" refString="Yamamoto, Y. (2012) Sound monitoring of anuran amphibians at two sites of different land usage in East Mikawa area. Scientific Report of the Toyohashi Museum of Natural History, 22, 13-18. [https://www.toyohaku.gr.jp/sizensi/06shuppan/kenkyuuho/kenpou22/22kenkyuu-houkoku13.pdf]" type="journal article" year="2012">Yamamoto 2012</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB0BE69FC582020FBFFF8B2" author="Shimada, T. &amp; Imamura, A. &amp; Onishi, N." box="[912,1144,1854,1880]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" pagination="77 - 85" refId="ref18494" refString="Shimada, T., Imamura, A. &amp; Onishi, N. (2013) A study of larval phenologies of five anuran species in Japanese paddy fields. Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan, 2013, 77-85." type="journal article" year="2013">
Shimada
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FC322021FBB3F8B2" box="[1018,1076,1854,1880]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
], but some of them might include rain calls, and ovipositional activities itself are supposed to finish before high summer (
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB0BE69FB3B207CFF53F84A" author="Shimada, T. &amp; Imamura, A. &amp; Onishi, N." pageId="17" pageNumber="78" pagination="77 - 85" refId="ref18494" refString="Shimada, T., Imamura, A. &amp; Onishi, N. (2013) A study of larval phenologies of five anuran species in Japanese paddy fields. Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan, 2013, 77-85." type="journal article" year="2013">
Shimada
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB0BE69FAA9207DFA1AF896" box="[1377,1437,1890,1916]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
). The timing of reproductive start is similar in
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB0BE69FD242098FCDDF84A" box="[748,858,1926,1952]" country="Japan" name="Hokkaido" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">Hokkaido</collectingRegion>
Is. (late April;
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB0BE69FBC22098FB26F84A" author="Tokuda, T." box="[1034,1185,1926,1952]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" refId="ref18872" refString="Tokuda, T. (2011) Compact picture guide to Hokkaido reptiles and amphibians. Hokkaido Shimbun Press, Sapporo, 95 pp." type="book" year="2011">Tokuda 2011</bibRefCitation>
), but is reported to be later in
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and Kunashiri Is. (late May to early June;
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB0BE69FCE120B4FC5BF82E" author="Basarukin, A. M." box="[809,988,1962,1988]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" pagination="3 - 15" refId="ref15012" refString="Basarukin, A. M. (1982) Herpetofauna of the Kunashir Island. Ekologo-Faunisticheskie Issledovaniya Nekotorykh Pozvonochnykh Sakhalina i Kurilskikh Ostrovov, Vladivostok, 1982, 3-15." type="journal article" year="1982">Basarukin 1982</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB0BE69FC2F20B4FBA4F82E" author="Basarukin, A. M." box="[999,1059,1962,1988]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" pagination="123 - 126" refId="ref15044" refString="Basarukin, A. M. (1984) On reproduction of Hyla japonica on Sakhalin.: Ekologo-Fenologicheskie Issledovaniya v Sakhalinskoi Oblasti, Vladivostok, 1984, 123-126." type="journal article" year="1984">1984</bibRefCitation>
). It breeds in various
<typeStatus id="54BD885EFFB0BE69FADA20B5FACAF82F" box="[1298,1357,1963,1989]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78">types</typeStatus>
of still water such as rice fields, ponds, ditches, wetlands, and sometimes small artificial tanks. Although
<bibRefCitation id="EF974B0DFFB0BE69FB1220D0FA1BF802" author="Basarukin, A. M." box="[1242,1436,1998,2024]" pageId="17" pageNumber="78" pagination="123 - 126" refId="ref15044" refString="Basarukin, A. M. (1984) On reproduction of Hyla japonica on Sakhalin.: Ekologo-Fenologicheskie Issledovaniya v Sakhalinskoi Oblasti, Vladivostok, 1984, 123-126." type="journal article" year="1984">Basarukin (1984)</bibRefCitation>
reported that females lay each single egg separately in
<collectingRegion id="49C2F81EFFB3BE6AFD3D2789FCDDFF5B" box="[757,858,151,177]" country="Russia" name="Sakhalin" pageId="18" pageNumber="79">Sakhalin</collectingRegion>
, this remark should be re-checked because eggs laid in small batches are popular in other populations. Eggs are often attached to vegetation such as weeds, roots, and aquatic plants, but those laid just on muddy bottoms are seen as well.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB3BE6AFF0F261CFE3CFEF7" bold="true" box="[199,443,258,285]" pageId="18" pageNumber="79">Conservation status.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB3BE6AFE0A261DFD30FEF6" box="[450,695,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="79">Dryophytes japonicus</emphasis>
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including
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB3BE6AFCE6261DFC38FEF7" box="[814,959,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="79">D. leopardus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB3BE6AFC0D261DFB98FEF7" bold="true" box="[965,1055,259,285]" pageId="18" pageNumber="79">
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is listed as Least Concern (LC) in IUCN category (
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Kuzmin
<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB3BE6AFE7A2639FE64FEAB" box="[434,483,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="79">et al</emphasis>
. 2017
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). It is not listed in the Japanese Red List by the Ministry of Environment, but in
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Metropolis, populations assigned to
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<emphasis id="B972EAEEFFB3BE6AFDBF2655FC80FE8F" box="[631,775,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="79">D. leopardus</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
are treated as Endangered (urban area), Vulnerable (northern and southern Tama), and Near Threatened (western Tama) by the local government. Populations in Rishiri and Yagishiri Is. in
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are listed as the threatened local populations by the local government, although the former might have already been extinct (K. Kazama and M. Kazama, personal communications).
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