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<figureCitation id="261E265890E1726A1F58DD611010BF26" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Amolops kottelati sp. nov., NUOL 00556, in preservative." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e102475.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/916372" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Figure 9 "Clade D"</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="190E76A9E40C69FE43715138AA914B5F" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Holotype.</paragraph>
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NUOL 00556 (field number SP 00745), adult male, Laos, Xaysomboun Province, Hom District, Ban Nam Yuak, Houay Kator,
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,
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, 405 m elev., coll. 1932 h on a rock 0.5 m above a stream torrent on 26 June 2015 by Somphouthone Phimmachak and Sengvilay Seateun.
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<emphasis id="F51766B6C88C5C8D6A1ED91CF28328EB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Figure 9.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="199BA88E887F9305381234F8E185F0E3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Amolops kottelati</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EE35FC44FAE905B8B84B7DE6138EB5D7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, NUOL 00556, in preservative.
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<paragraph id="EB024C9389F829E0290AA4B0087807AF" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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Laos, Bolikhamxay Province, Thaphabhat District, Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area, Tad Leuk: NCSM 79617 (one adult male),
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, 103.04321° E, 214 m elev., coll. 9 May 2012 by Sengvilay Seateun, Misan Keooudone, and Poklavanh Khounthavong. - Laos, Xaysomboun Province, Hom District: NCSM 86766-67, NUOL 00557 (three adult females), same data as holotype; NUOL 00555 (one adult female), Ban Nong (=Ban Sob Youak), Houay Tadkud,
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,
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, 987 m elev., coll. 23 June 2015 by Somphouthone Phimmachak and Sengvilay Seateun.
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<paragraph id="73BC5DE21BA42FABA8145727CC36440A" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Referred larvae.</paragraph>
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Laos, Xaysomboun Province, Hom District: NCSM 87612 (three larvae), Houay Kolong, first stream crossing road from Ban Houaysey to Ban Nam Youak,
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, 415 m elev., coll. 14 February 2014 by Maurice Kottelat.
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<paragraph id="6476475F53C60CAFE1A782E88DCA0B60" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific epithet is a patronym for Maurice Kottelat, Swiss ichthyologist and specialist of the Indochinese fish fauna, collector and co-describer of the types of
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<emphasis id="0F5687E00D4E6A5B7C108C1CCCA22F4F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. cremnobatus</emphasis>
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, and collector of the larvae of the new species.
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larval collections proved invaluable for the present study, exemplified by
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<emphasis id="AD8C648C64CF5A319A2D2EBAEA37C07E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. kottelati</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4DD6E31C1600A65A70C3116912005B6E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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being most readily diagnosed by its larval characters.
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<paragraph id="0378DA54AF80C4BCB4B11D2AA3C7373B" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Suggested Common Names.</paragraph>
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<normalizedToken id="7A058D025E456123C75EB59A5F3C717B" originalValue="Kottelat’s">Kottelat's</normalizedToken>
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Lao torrent frog (English);
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ົດເຕີລັດ (Khiat Korpha Lao Kottelat; Lao).
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<paragraph id="D27CE64D10FC7FC880D1AA7511993EFD" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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A member of the
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<emphasis id="BED7B332EDA3498B2968383768007080" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Amolops larutensis</emphasis>
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group having the combination of 3-4 vomerine teeth reliably present; relative finger lengths I<IV<II<III; mean
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SE SVL of adult males 33.3-35.0 mm (n = 2) and of adult females 39.0
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1.8 (range 38.0-41.7 mm; n = 4); and tadpoles with BL 17.0
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0.2 mm (range 16.8-17.1 mm; n = 3).
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<paragraph id="B233103258CDCFA9F364B93E3B1A408C" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Description of holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8552358E5F327CF93D278D372BB01F22" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Forelimbs moderately slender. Tips of all four fingers expanded into wide discs with circummarginal grooves. Fingers slender. Relative finger lengths I<IV<II<III. No webbing on hands other than very minimal basal webbing on outer fingers. Subarticular tubercles conspicuous, surfaces rounded, formula 1, 1, 2, 2. One supernumerary tubercle at base of fingers 2-4. Irregular palmar tubercle. Velvety well-developed nuptial pads on dorsal surface of Finger I, to level of distal end of subarticular tubercle.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="276D41A28DC586BC971B1F2F8D2D6A71" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Hindlimbs moderately long and slender. Toes slender. Tips of toes expanded into discs, with circummarginal grooves. Outermost toe disc barely wider than toe. Web on all toes to base of disc. Subarticular tubercles conspicuous, surfaces rounded, formula 1, 1, 2, 2, 2. Disc of longest toe narrower than discs of all fingers except thumb.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B7C0ACB8F08468E5B933297AEDEDEF5" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Skin with fine spinose glands dorsally. No supra-tympanic fold. Glandular dorsolateral fold. Flanks with small spinose glands on upper one-third to one-quarter.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="624E9F717747C498B2BD3A5E60880F4B" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Measurements of holotype (mm): SVL 35.0, HDL 10.9, HDW 11.8, SNT 5.0, EYE 4.8, IOD 3.2, IND 3.7, TMP 1.8, TEY 0.9, SHK 19.9, TGH 18.0, HND 10.0, FTL 17.2.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="71DC0A0052589792F3AE94E89E676720" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Coloration.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F0ACA07B84732C0ED6085C717E301C3C" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">In preservative, dorsal coloration dark brown with beige markings. Dorsal surface of thighs and arms with pale beige bars on dark brown background. Posterior surface of thighs smooth, with light beige mottling on dark brown background. Ventral surfaces of chin, chest, belly, and underside of thighs and arms uniformly creamy beige. Ventral surfaces of feet are dark gray-brown, and ventral surfaces of hands are dark beige.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4F18C0367BE2E53F970C9962617C9E1B" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">In life (photograph of NUOL 00555), dorsal surfaces greenish-brown with green mottling. Dorsal surfaces of thighs with green bars on dark green background. Eye mottled gray on bottom one-third, and mottled orange on remaining area. No photographs available of posterior surface of thighs, or ventral surface.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="717813E9A193148110D94E00161815FA" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" type="larvae">
|
||
<paragraph id="6BED74C5CB2CFB4450A6A17A9522824F" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Larvae.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BF42A76A045D38FA008F3976A05262EB" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">
|
||
Based on a larva at S29 from the series NCSM 87612, which includes tadpoles between S25-29. Tadpoles are assigned to this species because they were collected at the type locality and their morphology largely agrees with the tadpole description of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="646CAFBABF40D2CE5AA569772C17A08B" lsidName="A. cremnobatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="cremnobatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="612518C092D15740475045DAE615FA31" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. cremnobatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="823A50004898958BAC509285309F9913" author="Inger, RF" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" pagination="29 - 34" refId="B24" refString="Inger, RF, Kottelat, M, 1998. A new species of ranid frog from Laos. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46: 29 - 34" title="A new species of ranid frog from Laos." volume="46" year="1998">Inger and Kottelat (1998)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, including a divided upper jaw sheath and high number of labial tooth rows [9-10(5-9, 5-10)/6(1)]. Tadpoles of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EC2BDB713A6EBB3F027C0E774A0EB7F2" lsidName="A. kottelati" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="kottelati">
|
||
<emphasis id="CB9AEB73ED6EDA4D96B71FE55979F054" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. kottelati</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="E27D58FF36DB4ABA93ED9720029B4757" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
belong to the exotrophic, lotic, gastromyzophorus larval type (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B5E502CF379DE262E41822506018F08A" author="McDiarmid, RW" journalOrPublisher="University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" refId="B33" refString="McDiarmid, RW, Altig, R, 1999. Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL" title="Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae." year="1999">McDiarmid and Altig 1999</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), with large oral discs ventrally.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="CDABF3B9650EA0F1E8B17A66DF23BF0E" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">HB oval, broadly rounded, wider anteriorly than dorsally, with weak constriction near line through nares. HB width 63-65% of HBL, widest anterior to eyes. HB flat below with large abdominal sucker. Eyes dorsolateral, pointed laterad. Nares dorsolateral, closer to eyes than tip of snout. Spiracle low on side, tube free of body wall. Tail lanceolate, margins tapering in distal third to narrowly rounded tip; muscle deeper than fins in proximal half. Dorsal fin origin behind HB, origin of ventral fin distal to origin of dorsal fin. HB without spinules. Glands postocular, no glands in fins.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="EC9B3F7B8F3AE3E452A115842AEFE142" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Oral disc nearly as wide as HB, ventral; labial teeth 10(5-10)/6(1). A1 at margin of upper lip, short, approximately one-third length of A2, with very small denticles compared to other tooth rows. Papillae short, thick, in single row, absent from middle third of upper lip, but present across entire lower lip. Jaw sheaths with outer surface smooth, upper sheath divided, gap between black halves slightly greater than depth of keratinized portions; lower jaw sheath in single piece. Jaw sheaths with fine serrae.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="B471D03815CBB76C8E3D1BE9E862B13C" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Color in preservative of HB brown dorsally and laterally, cream ventrally without spots. Caudal muscle brown dorsally and laterally, cream ventrally. Upper fin with melanophores throughout, and lower fin with melanophores in distal half.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="FBA2B9760775FB29B51DB516C6798A42" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" type="sexual dimorphism">
|
||
<paragraph id="383DA4E026F940765D831986C1576E19" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Sexual dimorphism.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="0E56849C8FED959299D0563B833D5805" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">
|
||
Males (n = 2) differ from females (n = 4) in being smaller (33.3-35.0 mm SVL vs 39.0
|
||
<normalizedToken id="178FFCC738A2B8A08B913CC15B37DE05" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
||
1.8 mm SVL; Table
|
||
<tableCitation id="BA92B42109B7D02788C040CB27162EB6" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Mean + / - SD (range) of adult body measurements (mm) of Amolops examined in the present study." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/229B758EC90EA927C14B047ECBBC36DC" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" tableUuid="229B758EC90EA927C14B047ECBBC36DC">1</tableCitation>
|
||
), and in having paired vocal slits and distinct nuptial pads at base of first finger.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3B615C9B36EF1066D7593BCC04E816F" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" type="variation">
|
||
<paragraph id="185D88A6979EEA1A64948C52F426A035" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Variation.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="80404736E30C66DF71F7AC1EA0B029D4" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Pineal body sometimes present (NUOL 00555), but often absent. Rictal glands small and indistinct in nearly all individuals. Oval thenar tubercle present in females. Skin of males with fine spinose glands dorsally, while dorsal skin of females is glandular but not spinose. Flanks of males have small spinose glands, and flanks of females are glandular but not spinose. All females except NUOL 00557 with spinose glands above arm, posterior to tympanum. Female NUOL 00555 is very dark compared to the others with much less of the pale mottling dorsally, and all individuals except this one have uniformly cream chin, chest, belly, and underside of thighs and arms. NUOL 00555 has dark stippling on a beige background on the chin and chest, becoming less stippled on the belly, ventral surface of legs, and arms.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="129D5D1AEE0036E2D0AD71F3062EDDED" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="35B866E303C0A11B2558F71927825C7E" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Distribution and natural history.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="857F3C82D8283629711E5ECB1EDF7F81" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">This species is known from clear streams with torrents in western Bolikhamxay and eastern Xaysomboun Provinces of northern Laos.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="E1CCFC1CE796AEB669B8EF6DF3F02699" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" type="comparisons">
|
||
<paragraph id="CED3282391A4028F295C7E0E19259FEE" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Comparisons.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44A4310E9B502C40FF858DFF15E054A0" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="90480D70B195F5A022C3F353B46D9836" authorityName="Sheridan & Phimmachak & Sivongxay & Stuart" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Amolops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amolops kottelati" order="Caudata" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kottelati">
|
||
<emphasis id="04EBD008E993FC3189DB27BB0B9D028D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Amolops kottelati</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="6F217B9A95E2894DE28CB110B199FD4D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="11A78DC16A25394210233649A096FA51" lsidName="A. cremnobatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="cremnobatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="1674EE9F278AEB4BD9949F7822F3C6B1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. cremnobatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B04F8863E2422A3C3DACA1D84D76C9E6" lsidName="A. sengae" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="sengae">
|
||
<emphasis id="152EB555C0E3E919F638DEA57D3AD959" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. sengae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="250CB77F656D81A5260DE257227894F7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="57598EDA52CDF0BA199BD04DE63BA9A5" lsidName="A. attiguus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="attiguus">
|
||
<emphasis id="31FA06A696A34CA7B1DF2BE617A7D07C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. attiguus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="88BCEFF7DEB751402DDF13540DFE85B8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
by having a larger number (3-4) of vomerine teeth (2-3 in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EFC8339BEEFD40FD00205677D7731F80" lsidName="A. cremnobatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="cremnobatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="15A8BBFD222746C5158EE1938FBA6237" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. cremnobatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="86BCE6E13563C67C7030932EF382C603" lsidName="A. sengae" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="sengae">
|
||
<emphasis id="177A09BFD571A33B0E24789332666436" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. sengae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="2F42B221ECD33E1403227CD4391DC2C2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E9EEC4039556E09C4151D49EBD9020E8" lsidName="A. attiguus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="attiguus">
|
||
<emphasis id="EA6D0C7AD1280C654A9B6778E78BBDF1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. attiguus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="84931AE3E0F04AC13C81D1139B91C671" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
) that are reliably present (faint or sometimes absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F43BB3CC01A6501CC02E80EC94AB0246" lsidName="A. cremnobatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="cremnobatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5F5F68DFBAE58EC0ECE392372008FD9F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. cremnobatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C5FA247A705E39A549E4D6F14CD15B80" lsidName="A. sengae" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="sengae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B558965EB11DC54B7C04A9E2E60C69D8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. sengae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="AC4C4F6CB6D89E8E468984EE6D43C92D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E3E0F73BA7F320B0BF1C5AD0CB8B8982" lsidName="A. attiguus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="attiguus">
|
||
<emphasis id="4E4295F97312C09F3952ADE20B7EC250" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. attiguus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="78625C3B683ECD6A100A00ABA04DDC94" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="950A8BCA687A30AF4ADFFF50094D9484" authorityName="Sheridan & Phimmachak & Sivongxay & Stuart" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Amolops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amolops kottelati" order="Caudata" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kottelati">
|
||
<emphasis id="40E6E6B63AE87B7E6ADB8D904A3D1B88" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Amolops kottelati</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="7CD538A95E2DAA87135904F02ED0AFAA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="282B00D1DC2A3921A0F9C0EB0BBCF77B" lsidName="A. cremnobatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="cremnobatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ED7B2F26302FFD237DA94250EF72833E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. cremnobatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="34DBD90417ADF55192536416AACF9C3E" lsidName="A. tanfuilianae" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="tanfuilianae">
|
||
<emphasis id="30F81AF8DDD8AD78E42E38655A2319E4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. tanfuilianae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8A34A5700F4DB0D2CECBF45823DFA79C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
by having relative finger lengths I<IV<II<III (I<II<IV<III in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="39CE1ADA9246569FDBA4DF33F1D99968" lsidName="A. cremnobatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="cremnobatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7452CEAF23CB04B5F31801128489E207" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. cremnobatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9B716A57E5CEA37F20E6E96C85C4DE9C" lsidName="A. tanfuilianae" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="tanfuilianae">
|
||
<emphasis id="D74585B2B1A002F39CC47B5BC273F08C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. tanfuilianae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="BE0292D5A3E3F37B47C18C8BC8909845" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.)</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D78CF79DF647D4E91566C382AEA08E01" authorityName="Sheridan & Phimmachak & Sivongxay & Stuart" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Amolops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amolops kottelati" order="Caudata" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kottelati">
|
||
<emphasis id="3186CCC86484104B1E1B5F8C4A592E74" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Amolops kottelati</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="DFDAFDBEB9FFBEB286A54B4925298F54" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A16165D4E72CDA34CF962F6DF02A8E86" lsidName="A. sengae" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="sengae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2628125935510585808449568EB599D2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. sengae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="F9721FDC2C161E2D2EEF1A6F16629856" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
by having spinose glands above the arm usually present (absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0A1C6BFFEEC04A1983AE0B430365422A" lsidName="A. sengae" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="sengae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B3EAA2DD31467CCAED54764B9E0A0FEB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. sengae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="BEF4A62E2D0239E9A58EB7BA7482EB1A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="372A54DC1CB95DAE2188BC25BEC994E8" authorityName="Sheridan & Phimmachak & Sivongxay & Stuart" authorityYear="2023" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Amolops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Amolops kottelati" order="Caudata" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kottelati">
|
||
<emphasis id="E5FD36D99C7D1B830A3D7AE3A5FB7C4C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">Amolops kottelati</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="BA30669040D794E5F1AA5B8321F83519" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D8490CA1228816F4CC55313CFED14FA2" lsidName="A. tanfuilianae" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="tanfuilianae">
|
||
<emphasis id="47240BBD5BC4C19C5C33278D87CD5F31" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. tanfuilianae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="29972D93F11113EC1AA703E9AE89071F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
and further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="19392D5A8DD2344D22A4FABAA7659D27" lsidName="A. cremnobatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="cremnobatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="214B7720012B5F5F4A6442CD80189404" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. cremnobatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="501A1246A7472E14354BE38184415655" lsidName="A. sengae" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" rank="species" species="sengae">
|
||
<emphasis id="420FB34E97030BCFD8FA642C31B40A79" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">A. sengae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="066653CCD98F75808971555105D2711C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="931">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
by having larvae with much larger BL (Table
|
||
<tableCitation id="5EF2B63135855C5B22F134649BEFD4FF" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Mean + / - SD (range) of tadpole body measurements (mm) for available Amolops examined in the present study. For ease of comparison, we present data on all tadpoles of each species, as well as those at or below Gosner stage (S) 30." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/D5D0E487AC239B93A74A69441EFFA310" pageId="0" pageNumber="931" tableUuid="D5D0E487AC239B93A74A69441EFFA310">2</tableCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |