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<taxonomicName LSID="42301A4E-5191-51B7-B15C-9556E9149DBC" authority="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang, 2020" authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae" status="sp. nov.">Nidirana yeae</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Photos of the holotype CIBTZ 20190608004 of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. in life. A Dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal view of hand D ventral view of hand E ventral view of foot. Key: 1 indicates nuptial pad on the inner side of finger I." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372396" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Figures 4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. The holotype specimen CIBTZ 20190608004 of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. and topotype specimen CIB 2011081603 of N. daunchina. A-C Dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIBTZ 20190608004 D-F dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIB 2011081603 G, H oral cavity of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 (arrow point to vomerine ridge) I, J dorsal view of hand of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 K, L ventral view of hand of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 M, N ventral view of foot of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372397" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">, 5A-C</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Nidirana yeae sp. nov. A Dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608003 B dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608016 C dorsal view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005 D dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 E ventral view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 F ventral view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372398" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">, 6</figureCitation>
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;
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<figureCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Information for samples used in molecular phylogenetic analyses in this study." pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Table 1</figureCitation>
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, Suppl. material 1: Table S1
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Holotype.</emphasis>
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CIBTZ20190608004 (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Photos of the holotype CIBTZ 20190608004 of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. in life. A Dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal view of hand D ventral view of hand E ventral view of foot. Key: 1 indicates nuptial pad on the inner side of finger I." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372396" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">4</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. The holotype specimen CIBTZ 20190608004 of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. and topotype specimen CIB 2011081603 of N. daunchina. A-C Dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIBTZ 20190608004 D-F dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIB 2011081603 G, H oral cavity of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 (arrow point to vomerine ridge) I, J dorsal view of hand of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 K, L ventral view of hand of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 M, N ventral view of foot of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372397" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">5</figureCitation>
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), adult male, collected by Shi-Ze Li on 6 June 2019 in Huanglian Town (
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; ca. 1170 m a.s.l.), Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, China.
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372396" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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Photos of the holotype CIBTZ20190608004 of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. in life.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">A</emphasis>
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Dorsal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">B</emphasis>
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ventral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">C</emphasis>
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dorsal view of hand
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ventral view of hand
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ventral view of foot. Key: 1 indicates nuptial pad on the inner side of finger I.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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The holotype specimen CIBTZ20190608004 of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. and topotype specimen CIB2011081603 of
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<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. daunchina" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daunchina">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. daunchina</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">A-C</emphasis>
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Dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIBTZ20190608004
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">D-F</emphasis>
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dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIB2011081603
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">G, H</emphasis>
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oral cavity of CIBTZ20190608004 and CIB2011081603 (arrow point to vomerine ridge)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">I, J</emphasis>
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dorsal view of hand of CIBTZ20190608004 and CIB2011081603
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">K, L</emphasis>
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ventral view of hand of CIBTZ20190608004 and CIB2011081603
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">M, N</emphasis>
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ventral view of foot of CIBTZ20190608004 and CIB2011081603.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Paratypes.</emphasis>
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A total of nine specimens (eight adult males and one adult female) collected by Shi-Ze Li from Huanglian Town in Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, China. Two male specimens: CIBTZ20160714016 and CIBTZ20160714017 collected on 14 July 2016; one female specimen: CIBTZ20190608005 and six male specimens: CIBTZ20190608001, CIBTZ20190608003, CIBTZ20190608006, CIBTZ20190608010, CIBTZ20190608011, CIBTZ20190608013, CIBTZ20190608016 and CIBTZ20190608017 collected on 8 June 2019.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">One tadpole (CIBTZ20190608019) collected by Jing Liu on 8 June 2019.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is assigned to the genus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana</emphasis>
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based on molecular data and the following combination of characters: absence of thumb-like structure on finger I; disks of digits dilated, rounded; dorsolateral folds distinct; the presence of large suprabrachial gland in male.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. could be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) body of medium size (SVL 41.2-43.5 mm in males and 44.7 mm in female); (2) lateroventral groove only present on toes; (3) relative finger lengths: II <IV <I <III; (4) three metatarsal tubercles on palm; (5) heels overlapping when hindlimbs flexed at right angles to axis of body; (6) tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of eye when leg stretched forward; (7) a pair of subgular internal vocal sacs at corners of throat in male; (8) nuptial pad present on the inner side of base of fingers I in male in breeding season; (9) tadpole labial tooth row formula with 1:1+1/1+1:2; (10) in male, the advertisement call containing two kinds of note and the call containing 2-6 repeated regular notes.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Description of holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Body size medium, SVL 40.2 mm; head slightly wider than long (HDW/HDL = 1.03), flat above; snout rounded in dorsal and lateral views, slightly projecting beyond lower jaw; a maxillary gland in posterior corner of mouth from snout to tympanum, behind the gland a shoulder gland present; supratympanic fold absent; interorbital space narrower than internarial distance (IND/IOD = 1.38); eye large and convex, ED 0.76 times of SL; tympanum distinct, large and rounded, 0.76 times of ED, and close to eye; vomerine ridge present, but the outline of vomerine ridges are not sharp and almost connected to the internal nostril; tongue deeply notched posteriorly; paired subgular inner vocal sacs at corners of throat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Forelimbs moderately robust (LW/SVL = 0.08); lower arm and hand less than a half of body length (LAL/SVL = 0.42); relative finger lengths: II <IV <I <III; tip of fingers weakly dilated, forming elongated and pointed disks; lateroventral grooves on the disks of finger absent; fingers free of webbing, with lateral fringes on fingers III and IV; subarticular tubercles prominent and rounded; week supernumerary tubercles below the base of fingers III and IV; palmar tubercles three, elliptic, distinct.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Hindlimbs relatively robust, tibia 47% of SVL; tibia longer than thigh (TL/THL = 1.04); heels overlapping when hindlimbs held at right angles to axis of body; tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of mid-eye when hindlimb is stretched forward; toes long and thin, relative toe lengths: I <II <V <III <IV; tip of toes dilated, forming significantly elongated disks; distinct lateroventral grooves on toes; webbing weak, webbing formula:</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">I2-2II123-312III212-323IV323-2V;</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">toes with lateral fringes; subarticular tubercles rounded, prominent; inner metatarsal tubercle elliptic, twice as long as its width; outer metatarsal tubercle indistinct, small and rounded.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Dorsal skin of head and anterior part of body smooth, posterior part and flanks with several tubercles, some tubercles with black spot; a large suprabrachial gland behind base of forelimb; dorsolateral fold extending from posterior margin of upper eyelid to above groin; several granules on the dorsal surfaces of thigh, tibia, and tarsus; ventral surface of head, body, and limbs smooth, several flattened tubercles densely arranged on the rear of thigh and around vent.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Colouration of holotype in life.</paragraph>
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In life, dorsal surface and suprabrachial gland pale brown;
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relatively smooth with dense tubercles on region nearly the dorsolateral fold; several black spots on flank, dorsum, and head; a discontinuous light yellow streak from posterior head to cloacae; dorsal forelimbs light brown and one brown stripe in front of the base of forelimb; dorsal hindlimb grey-brown with dense tubercles, three brown bands on the thigh, four on the tibia and the tarsus; tympanum and temporal region black; maxillary gland white; ventral surface smooth, throat and ventral of thigh and forelimbs incarnadine, belly and chest light yellow (Fig.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Preserved holotype colouration.</paragraph>
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Dorsal surface faded to brown; black spots on dorsum and flank more distinct; limbs faded light brown and the crossbars becoming clearer; ventral surface faded to pale cream and throat fade to brownness (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. The holotype specimen CIBTZ 20190608004 of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. and topotype specimen CIB 2011081603 of N. daunchina. A-C Dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIBTZ 20190608004 D-F dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIB 2011081603 G, H oral cavity of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 (arrow point to vomerine ridge) I, J dorsal view of hand of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 K, L ventral view of hand of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 M, N ventral view of foot of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372397" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">5</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Variations.</paragraph>
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All adult specimens were similar in morphology but some individuals differed from the holotype in colour pattern. In some adult males, the colour of tympanum and temporal region pinkish red (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Nidirana yeae sp. nov. A Dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608003 B dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608016 C dorsal view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005 D dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 E ventral view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 F ventral view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372398" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">6A</figureCitation>
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); in some adult males, the colour of dorsum is reddish brown (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Nidirana yeae sp. nov. A Dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608003 B dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608016 C dorsal view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005 D dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 E ventral view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 F ventral view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372398" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">6B</figureCitation>
|
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); in the adult female, the colour of dorsum was brownish red and the flank was brownish under the dorsolateral fold (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Nidirana yeae sp. nov. A Dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608003 B dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608016 C dorsal view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005 D dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 E ventral view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 F ventral view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372398" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">6C</figureCitation>
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); in some adult males, the colour of dorsum brick-red and the tubercles on flank were obvious (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Nidirana yeae sp. nov. A Dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608003 B dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608016 C dorsal view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005 D dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 E ventral view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 F ventral view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372398" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">6D</figureCitation>
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); in some adult males, the throat was creamy and ventral surface of body was white with brown patches (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Nidirana yeae sp. nov. A Dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608003 B dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608016 C dorsal view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005 D dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 E ventral view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 F ventral view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372398" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">6E</figureCitation>
|
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); in the adult female, the throat was brown and there were some patchiness on the ventral surface of the body and thigh (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Colour variation in Nidirana yeae sp. nov. A Dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608003 B dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608016 C dorsal view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005 D dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 E ventral view of male specimen CIBTZ 20190608006 F ventral view of female specimen CIBTZ 20190608005." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372398" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">6F</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372398" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Figure 6.</emphasis>
|
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Colour variation in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">A</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ20190608003
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">B</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ20190608016
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">C</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view of female specimen CIBTZ20190608005
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">D</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view of male specimen CIBTZ20190608006
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">E</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view of male specimen CIBTZ20190608006
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">F</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view of female specimen CIBTZ20190608005.
|
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</paragraph>
|
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</caption>
|
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</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="63" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Tadpole description.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
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Measurements of specimen CIBTZ20190608019 (in mm): TOL 35.2, SVL 14.0, BW 6.1, BH 5.1, SL 3.1, SS 8.1, IOD 3.3, TAL 20.7, TAH 4.0, TBW 3.0. Body oval, body and tail yellowish brown, flattened above; several brown spots on dorsum and tail; maximum depth near posterior part of tail and more than body depth; body width longer than body height (BW/ BH = 1.53); eyes lateral, nostril near snout; spiracle on left side of body, directed dorsoposteriorly; keratodont formula: 1:1+1/1+1:2; ventral of body oval, creamy white with dense brown spots on flank of body; both upper and lower lips with labial papillae; some additional tubercles at the angles of the mouth, usually with small keratodonts; tail fusiform, approximately 1.5 times as long as snout-vent length, tail height 19.3 % of tail length; dorsal fin arising behind the origin of the tail (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. The tadpole CIBTZ 20190608019 of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. in life. A Dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D mouth structure. Key: 1, spiracle; 2, lower keratodonts; 3, additional tubercles at the angles of mouth; 4, upper keratodonts; 5, labial papillae on upper lips; 6, labial papillae on lower lips." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372399" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">7</figureCitation>
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).
|
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</paragraph>
|
||
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372399" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Figure 7.</emphasis>
|
||
The tadpole CIBTZ20190608019 of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. in life.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">A</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">B</emphasis>
|
||
lateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">C</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">D</emphasis>
|
||
mouth structure. Key:
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">1</emphasis>
|
||
, spiracle;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">2</emphasis>
|
||
, lower keratodonts;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">3</emphasis>
|
||
, additional tubercles at the angles of mouth;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">4</emphasis>
|
||
, upper keratodonts;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">5</emphasis>
|
||
, labial papillae on upper lips;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">6</emphasis>
|
||
, labial papillae on lower lips.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="63" type="advertisement call">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Advertisement call.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
Eleven advertisement calls of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. were recorded from the holotype CIBTZ20190608004 on the ridge of a paddy field in Huanglian Town, Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, China on 8 June 2019 between 21:00-22:00. The call has two kinds of notes (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Advertisement calls of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. (holotype CIBTZ 20190608004), N. daunchina (specimen CIB 2011081603) and N. yaoica (specimen SYS a 007009). A Waveform showing two-note call of Nidirana yeae sp. nov B sonogram showing two-note call of Nidirana yeae sp. nov C waveform showing two-note call of N. daunchina D sonogram showing two-note call of N. daunchina E waveform showing two-note call of N. yaoica F sonogram showing two-note call of N. yaoica." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372395" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">3</figureCitation>
|
||
; Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 5" captionStartId="T5" captionText="Table 5. Comparisons of characteristics of advertisement calls of Nidirana yeae sp. nov., N. daunchina, and N. yaoica. Units in milliseconds (ms)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/9E41BF3A83A7B2C6B1F126EDE6798123" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" tableUuid="9E41BF3A83A7B2C6B1F126EDE6798123">5</tableCitation>
|
||
). Call duration was 728-2082 ms (mean 1199
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
||
174 ms,
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 11). Call interval was 2000-9435 ms (mean 4586
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
||
2659 ms,
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 10). The first type of note is the start note in each call and the other notes in each call are termed the second type. Amplitude modulation within strophe is apparent, beginning with moderate energy pulses, decreasing slightly to a minimum then increasing approximately to the midnote, subsequently increasing to a peak then decreasing rapidly towards the end of each note in the first type; in the second type amplitude beginning with highest pulses and decreasing towards approximately the midnote then increasing slightly then decreasing towards the end of each note. The first type of note has a longer duration than the second type (308-440 ms,
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 10 vs.135-240 ms,
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 23).The two-note call (
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 5) has a duration of 728-825 ms, and dominant frequency is 4200-5040 Hz, three-note call (
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2) has a duration of 988-1135 ms and dominant frequency is 4620-5040 Hz, four-note call (
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 3) has a duration of 1400-1563 ms and dominant frequency is 4680-5160 Hz, six-note call (
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 1) has a duration of 2082 ms and dominant frequency is 5280 Hz (Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 5" captionStartId="T5" captionText="Table 5. Comparisons of characteristics of advertisement calls of Nidirana yeae sp. nov., N. daunchina, and N. yaoica. Units in milliseconds (ms)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/9E41BF3A83A7B2C6B1F126EDE6798123" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" tableUuid="9E41BF3A83A7B2C6B1F126EDE6798123">5</tableCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="63" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Secondary sexual characteristics.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
A pair of subgular inner vocal sacs, a pair of slit-like openings at posterior of jaw; a single light brown nuptial pad on the inner side of dorsal surface of finger I (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Photos of the holotype CIBTZ 20190608004 of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. in life. A Dorsal view B ventral view C dorsal view of hand D ventral view of hand E ventral view of foot. Key: 1 indicates nuptial pad on the inner side of finger I." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372396" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">4C</figureCitation>
|
||
); nuptial spicules invisible; suprabrachial gland present.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="63" type="morphological comparisons">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Morphological comparisons.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. leishanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leishanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. leishanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. lini" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lini">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. lini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having smaller body size (SVL <45 mm in the new species vs. SVL> 49 mm in males of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. leishanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leishanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. leishanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and SVL> 57 mm in females of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. lini" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lini">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. lini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. daunchina" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daunchina">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. daunchina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. hainanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. hainanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. leishanens" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leishanens">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. leishanens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the presence of lateroventral groove only on toes (vs. both fingers and toes present in the latter).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. pleuraden" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pleuraden">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. pleuraden</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the presence of lateroventral groove only on toes (vs. both fingers and toes absent in the latter).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. adenopleura" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="adenopleura">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. adenopleura</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. hainanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. hainanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. lini" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lini">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. lini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. nankunensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nankunensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. nankunensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. okinavana" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="okinavana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. okinavana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. pleuraden" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pleuraden">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. pleuraden</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the relative finger lengths II <IV <I <III (vs. II <I <IV <III or II <I = IV <III in the latter).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. hainanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. hainanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
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,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. lini" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lini">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. lini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. nankunensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nankunensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. nankunensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of eye when leg stretched forward (vs. reaching nostril or beyond snout in the latter).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. okinavana" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="okinavana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. okinavana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having subgular internal vocal sacs (vs. gular vocal sacs absent in the latter).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. hainanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. hainanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. leishanensi" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leishanensi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. leishanensi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having nuptial pad on the inner side of base of fingers I in males in breeding season (vs. nuptial pad absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. hainanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. hainanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and nuptial pads on both fingers I and II in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. leishanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leishanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. leishanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. nankunensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nankunensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. nankunensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. okinavana" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="okinavana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. okinavana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the call containing 2-6 notes (vs. 13-15 notes in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. nankunensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nankunensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. nankunensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and 17-25 notes in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. okinavana" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="okinavana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. okinavana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. is genetically closer to
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. chapaensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chapaensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. chapaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. daunchina" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daunchina">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. daunchina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. yaoica" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yaoica">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. yaoica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. It differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. chapaensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chapaensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. chapaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the following characters: the relative finger lengths II <IV <I <III (vs. II <I = IV <III), tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of eye when leg stretched forward (vs. reaching nostril), having nuptial pad on the inner side base of finger I in males in breeding season (vs. having two nuptial pads on finger I), tadpole labial tooth row formula of 1:1+1/1+1:2 (vs. 1:1+2/1+1:2); differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. daunchina" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daunchina">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. daunchina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the presence of lateroventral groove only on toes (vs. both fingers and toes present), heels overlapping when hindlimbs flexed at right angles to axis of body (vs. heels meeting), tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of eye when leg stretched forward (vs. reaching nostril), having significantly lower value of SVL in males and having significantly lower ratios of HDL, ED, TED, HLL, TW, TFL, and FL to SVL in males, the outline of vomerine ridges not sharp and almost connected to the internal nostril (vs. outline of vomerine ridges sharp and distinctly separated from the internal nostril; Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. The holotype specimen CIBTZ 20190608004 of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. and topotype specimen CIB 2011081603 of N. daunchina. A-C Dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIBTZ 20190608004 D-F dorsal view, ventral view and dorsolateral view of CIB 2011081603 G, H oral cavity of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 (arrow point to vomerine ridge) I, J dorsal view of hand of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 K, L ventral view of hand of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603 M, N ventral view of foot of CIBTZ 20190608004 and CIB 2011081603." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372397" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">5G, H</figureCitation>
|
||
), having longer call duration in two-note call and three-note call, having shorter note interval in the two-note call and three-note call (Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="T4" captionText="Table 4. Diagnostic characters separating Nidirana yeae sp. nov. from its congeners." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/184A94742342721CA08C297D0A1F7F30" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" tableUuid="184A94742342721CA08C297D0A1F7F30">4</tableCitation>
|
||
); differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. yaoica" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yaoica">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. yaoica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the presence of lateroventral groove only on toes (vs. both fingers and toes present), relative finger lengths II <IV <I <III (vs. II <I <IV <III), tibiotarsal articulation reaching the level of eye when leg stretched forward (vs. reaching nostril), having significantly lower ratios of HDL, HDW, ED, TED, RAD, TL, and FL of SVL in males, having longer call duration and longer note duration in two-note call and three-note call, having shorter note interval in two-note call and three-note call, and having higher dominant frequency in call (Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 5" captionStartId="T5" captionText="Table 5. Comparisons of characteristics of advertisement calls of Nidirana yeae sp. nov., N. daunchina, and N. yaoica. Units in milliseconds (ms)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/9E41BF3A83A7B2C6B1F126EDE6798123" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" tableUuid="9E41BF3A83A7B2C6B1F126EDE6798123">5</tableCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="63" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wu, L" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" refId="B45" refString="Wu, L, Dong, Q, Xu, RH, 1986. Amphibians of Guizhou province. Guizhou People Press, Guiyang." title="Amphibians of Guizhou province. Guizhou People Press, Guiyang." year="1986">Wu et al. (1986)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
reported that the populations from Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve of Suiyang County, Fanjiang Mountain of Jiangkou County and Leigong Mountain of Leishan County, Guizhou Province, China belonged to
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. adenopleura" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="adenopleura">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. adenopleura</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Fei, L" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" refId="B14" refString="Fei, L, Ye, CY, Huang, YZ, 1990. Key to Chinese Amphibians. Publishing House for Scientific and Technological, Chongqing." title="Key to Chinese Amphibians. Publishing House for Scientific and Technological, Chongqing." year="1990">Fei et al. (1990</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Fei, L" journalOrPublisher="Herpetologica Sinica" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" refId="B17" refString="Fei, L, Hu, SQ, Ye, CY, Huang, YZ, 2009. Fauna Sinica, Amphibia 2, AnuraRanidae. Science Press, Beijing." title="Fauna Sinica, Amphibia 2, AnuraRanidae. Science Press, Beijing." year="2009">2009</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) suggesting that populations from Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve of Suiyang County together with the populations from north-eastern part of Guizhou Province, China should be
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. daunchina" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daunchina">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. daunchina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and the populations from Fanjiang Mountain of Jiangkou County and Leigong Mountain of Leishan County, Guizhou Province, China should be
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. adenopleura" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="adenopleura">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. adenopleura</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5695" author="Li, SZ" journalOrPublisher="Asian Herpetological Research" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" refId="B28" refString="Li, SZ, Wei, G, Xu, N, Cui, JG, Fei, L, Jiang, JP, Liu, J, Wang, B, 2019a. A new species of the Asian music frog genus Nidirana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Southwestern China. PeerJ 7: e7157. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5695" title="A new species of the Asian music frog genus Nidirana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Southwestern China. PeerJ 7: e 7157." url="https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5695" year="2019 a">Li et al. (2019a)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
proved that the population from Leigong Mountain of Leishan County should be a new species, which they named
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. leishanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leishanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. leishanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. From the morphological description and morphometric data of the population from Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve of Suiyang County, some characters is very similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov.: body of medium size (SVL 39.0-46 mm in males and 44-48 mm in females); lateroventral groove on toes present; relative finger lengths II <IV <I <III; three metatarsal tubercles on palm; a pair of subgular internal vocal sacs at corners of throat in males; nuptial pad present on the inner side of base of fingers I in males in breading season; tadpole labial tooth row formula with 1:1+1/1+1:2. This population was probably
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., and detailed comparisons especially with molecular data should be conducted to establish its identity. The phylogenetic trees in our work and
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.858.34363" author="Lyu, ZT" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" pagination="109 - 126" refId="B31" refString="Lyu, ZT, Mo, YM, Wan, H, Li, YL, Pan, H, Wang, YY, 2019a. Description of a new species of Music frogs (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) from Mt Dayao, southern China. ZooKeys 858: 109 - 126, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.858.34363" title="Description of a new species of Music frogs (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) from Mt Dayao, southern China." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.858.34363" volume="858" year="2019 a">Lyu et al. (2019a)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
all supported that the population from Hejiang County, Sichuan Province, China was the closest to topotypes of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. daunchina" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daunchina">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. daunchina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but separated from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dubois" authorityYear="1992" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">yeae</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. and other relatives, and so this population in the south-eastern part of Sichuan Province should be
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. daunchina" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daunchina">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. daunchina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and not
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. Although the morphometric data (large body size) of the population from Fanjiang Mountain of Jiangkou County in
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wu, L" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" refId="B45" refString="Wu, L, Dong, Q, Xu, RH, 1986. Amphibians of Guizhou province. Guizhou People Press, Guiyang." title="Amphibians of Guizhou province. Guizhou People Press, Guiyang." year="1986">Wu et al. (1986)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
indicated that it was similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Amphibia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. leishanensis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leishanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">N. leishanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, we still need detailed comparisons and molecular data to clarify its taxonomic status.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="63" type="ecology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Ecology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. is currently found from the paddy field (
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="28.44317" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="28.44317">28.44317N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="107.02003" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="107.02003">107.02003E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; ca. 1170 m a. s. l.) in Huanglian Town, Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, China. The individuals were found on the paddy field near an evergreen broad-leaved forest (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitats of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. in the type locality, Huanglian Town, Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, China. A Landscape of montane forests in the type locality B a paddy field occupied by the species in its type locality. insert: a male of Nidirana yeae sp. nov. in the paddy field." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372400" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">8</figureCitation>
|
||
). Tadpoles of the species could be found in the water. Two sympatric amphibians,
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Stejneger" baseAuthorityYear="1924" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Zhangixalus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zhangixalus omeimontis" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="omeimontis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Zhangixalus omeimontis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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(Stejneger, 1924) and
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Vogt" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Polypedates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Polypedates braueri" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="braueri">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Polypedates braueri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Vogt, 1911) were also found in the type locality.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.904.39161.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/372400" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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Habitats of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in the type locality, Huanglian Town, Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, China.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">A</emphasis>
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Landscape of montane forests in the type locality
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">B</emphasis>
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a paddy field occupied by the species in its type locality.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">insert</emphasis>
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: a male of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wei & Li & Liu & Cheng & Xu & Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Nidirana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nidirana yeae" order="Anura" pageId="0" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yeae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Nidirana yeae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in the paddy field.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="63" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="63">
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The specific name
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="63">yeae</emphasis>
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is in homage to the famous taxonomist Ye Chang-Yuan for her great contributions to Chinese amphibian research. For the common name, we suggest
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Ye’s">Ye's</normalizedToken>
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Music Frog (English) and Ye Shi Qin Wa (Chinese).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |